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Top Ten Alternative Fueled City Fleets

Top Ten Alternative Fueled City Fleets March 31, 2009 | Posted in Transportation

The top ten city green fleets, out of the largest 50 US cities.

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Considering organics? Farmers offer advice on how to get started

March 18, 2009 | Posted in Hamilton City, Farmers Markets & CSAs

Interest in growing organic commodities remains high among California farmers and ranchers, with certifying agencies reporting increases in the number of acres being converted.

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Living on the -Very- Cheap in Detroit

March 18, 2009 | Posted in Detroit, Home and Garden

You’ve started hearing rumors about it: A friend of a friend bought a row house in North Philly for $10,000. Someone somebody knows picked up a fixer-upper in Cleveland for $5,000. But $100 for a home? Cheaper than a high-end tent? Surely a myth.

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Schwarzenegger Launches Green Corps As California Fisheries Collapse

March 18, 2009 | Posted in Sacramento

Indybay news/op-ed: "Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger launched his 'Green Corps' today, another cynical ploy by Schwarzenegger to cast himself as the 'Green Governor' when he is in fact the worst-ever Governor for fish and the environment in California history."

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Report: Water Stress Rapidly Becoming Key Strategic Risk to Commerce

March 18, 2009 | Posted in Water

Impacts of declining water quality and availability will be “far-reaching” for business and industry in the developed as well as the developing world...

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Violent Protesters Disrupt Conference on Preventing Conflicts Over Water

March 18, 2009 | Posted in Water

Several hundred stone-throwing protesters disrupted the opening of the World Water Forum, an international gathering in Istanbul designed to address the growing demand for fresh water, and to find ways to avert conflicts over the limited resource.

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Obama Taps Van Jones as Green Jobs Adviser

Obama Taps Van Jones as Green Jobs Adviser March 11, 2009 | Posted in Green Jobs, Environment and Society

Activist and green jobs visionary Van Jones will be joining the Obama Administration March 16 as a special adviser for green jobs, enterprise and innovation, announced the White House Council on Environmental Quality today.

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'Let's not look upon the demise of our financial base as a bad thing'

March 9, 2009 | Posted in Banking & Investing

We are now beginning to hear predictions of even less growth, and the likely length of the depression increasing...

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Ken O.

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