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Friend of FoE? Greenpeace speaks on Lieberman-Warner Coal Subsidy Act

February 5th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Greenpeace has sent a letter to Senator Barbara Boxer expressing their support for Friends of the Earth (FoE)  effort calling on the Senate to Fix or Ditch the Lieberman-Warner Global Warming Bill.   Senator Boxer jabbed back at FoE
“They’re sort of the defeatist group out there. They’ve been defeatists from day one. And it’s unfortunate. They’re [...]

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Tags: Congress · Energy · Global Warming · climate change · environmental · financial policy · government energy policy · lieberman-warner · politics

Govt action can spark social change: Plastic bags extinct in Ireland

February 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Dealing with our environmental and global warming challenges is not susceptible to a single, simple, silver bullet answer. There are technological, resource, political, fiscal, and social challenges. At times, multiple domains can coalesce to help drive change.
In 2002, Ireland instituted a fee on plastic bags. There was an awareness campaign and a fee of 33 [...]

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Tags: eco-friendly · environmental