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 Stories About: elections AND environmental non-government organizations AND Muckraker AND politics
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Methinks They Doth Not Protest at All Mainstream green groups opt out of GOP convention protests |
Amanda Griscom |
26 Aug 2004 |
Muckraker |
| Image: Indymedia.org. New York City expects protests at next week's Republican National Convention to be the most widespread and strident to hit any political convention since Chicago in 1968, when the Democrats nominated Hubert H. Humphrey over Eugene McCarthy at the height of Vietnam furor, and chaos stole the political spotlight. Already GOP spinners have begun fra ... |
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| Topics: elections, environmental non-government organizations, grassroots activism, Muckraker, politics (all these topics) |
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Convene Green Environmentalism takes the stage at the Democratic National Convention |
Amanda Griscom |
28 Jul 2004 |
Muckraker |
| Where it's all goin' down. Photo: DNC. Environmentalism is descending on the Democratic National Convention this week in the form of biodegradable balloons and recycled confetti -- and that's just the beginning. All of the electricity powering the festivities is coming from renewable sources or an onsite fuel-cell generator. Local Massachusetts farms are supplying food for a hand ... |
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| Topics: elections, environmental non-government organizations, Muckraker, politics (all these topics) |
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Spoilent Green Nader's presidential bid is eliciting heated rhetoric from enviros |
Amanda Griscom |
24 Feb 2004 |
Muckraker |
| See Ralph run. Ralph Nader -- that alternately beloved and begrudged gadfly -- buzzed back onto the political scene Sunday with an announcement that he intends to mount yet another presidential campaign. Mainstream environmentalists, among others desperate to oust President Bush, were not amused. Speaking on Meet the Press, Nader sounded a familiar battle cry when he vowed to take ... |
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| Topics: elections, environmental non-government organizations, League of Conservation Voters, Muckraker, politics, Sierra Club (all these topics) |
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Greenslinging
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Ben White |
25 Feb 2000 |
Muckraker |
| The environment -- oh-so-neglected for much of the presidential campaign (as we noted in past columns) -- has bubbled up to the top of the issue mix in recent days. While the Republican battle royale between Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Arizona Sen. John McCain still steals most of the ink and gets the lion's share of airtime on the evening news, the Democrats have ratcheted up their battle for the hearts and minds of environmentalists. Things starte ... |
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| Topics: elections, environmental non-government organizations, Muckraker, politics (all these topics) |
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