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The Dalai Lama on the Environment

“It is often difficult to judge how our actions and their impact on the environment are likely to affect others.

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Yes! Gov. Cuomo Bans Fracking!

On December 17, 2014, New York State officially dashed the hopes of hydrofracking companies looking to tap into the rich natural gas deposits

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Microbeads — At What Cost Beauty?

An article in yesterday’s edition of The Buffalo News caught my attention. Living near the Lake Ontario shore

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A Victory for Clean Water

t least for now. My local paper reported this morning that the New York State Assembly has voted in a bill placing a 2-year moratorium

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Conscious Capitalism

Two things wake me up on a workday morning: a good cup of coffee and MSNBC’s Morning Joe news program.

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Have We Forgotten our Relationship with Nature?

Traditional societies have long harmonized their lives with the patterns and processes of Nature, building a spiritual relationship

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Portland Protests Coal Exports

I rarely gave coal a thought or regarded it as anything more than a resource that miners extract from the mountains of

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Oil Spills in Lower Mississippi River Valley

Please click on the following link: http://lmrk.org/issues/oil-and-chemical-spills/overflight-of-leaking-taylor-wells.html

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Fighting the Plastic Pollution Menace — Kyra Sedgwick Takes the Lead

Anyone who knows me knows that I faithfully watch MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” news program every weekday morning. The show’s guest list frequently includes

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Save the Clean Water Act!

The Waterkeepers Alliance website recently published a link to a New York Times op-ed describing the challenges facing the Clean Water Act.

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