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It All Comes Out in the Walsh Bill Walsh, founder of the Healthy Building Network, answers Grist's questions		21 Feb 2005	InterActivist
Bill Walsh. What work do you do? I'm the founder and national coordinator of the Healthy Building Network. How does it relate to the environment? The Healthy Building Network is the only organization dedicated to linking green building strategies to the specific goals of the environmental-health movement. Our goal is to shift market demand in the building and construction indu ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, placemaking (all these topics)

Me Fred, You Jane Fred Thompson, CEO of Jane Goodall Institute, answers readers' questions		14 Jan 2005	InterActivist
Fred Thompson, Jane Goodall Institute. How do you convince someone who lives in the U.S. and has never seen a chimpanzee outside the zoo about the importance of saving natural habitat in a place they'll probably never see? -- Name not provided It's true many people don't "get it" and aren't moved by the conservation arguments that we find so compelling -- even the arguments that ap ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

As Goodall as It Gets Fred Thompson, CEO of Jane Goodall Institute, answers Grist's questions		10 Jan 2005	InterActivist
Fred Thompson. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I'm president and CEO of the Jane Goodall Institute. What does your organization do? What, in a perfect world, would constitute "mission accomplished"? Our mission is to inspire and empower people to take informed, compassionate action to make the world a better place for people, animals, and the environment. F ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

To Helvarg and Back David Helvarg, marine activist, answers readers' questions		07 Jan 2005	InterActivist
David Helvarg, Blue Frontier Campaign. What advice do you have for federal resource-agency scientists trying to do the right thing under this administration? -- Mike Kelly, McKinleyville, Calif. Remember that sign they hung up in an EPA office during the Reagan administration, "No good deed goes unpunished"? Under George Bush, no good science goes unpunished. It's not that government researche ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, oceans (all these topics)

Come Helvarg and High Water David Helvarg, marine activist, answers Grist's questions		03 Jan 2005	InterActivist
David Helvarg. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I'm president of Blue Frontier Campaign. What does your organization do? What, in a perfect world, would constitute "mission accomplished"? Blue Frontier works to strengthen America's ocean constituency by building unity among seaweed (marine grassroots) activists at the local, regional, and national levels by providin ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, oceans (all these topics)

Hamburger Patty Patricia Lovera, food safety crusader, answers readers' questions		10 Dec 2004	InterActivist
Patricia Lovera, Public Citizen. Scientifically, what is wrong with irradiated food? I haven't seen any studies indicating illness or unhealthy effects. The articles I did read indicated that some foods could be preserved without refrigeration safely and longer. -- Jerry Broadbent, Bucoda, Wash. Concerns center around the potential health effects of eating chemical byproducts created in the process o ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

All You Need Is Lovera Patricia Lovera, food safety crusader, answers Grist's questions		06 Dec 2004	InterActivist
Patricia Lovera With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I am deputy director of the Energy and Environment Program at Public Citizen. We have campaigns on energy (fighting nuclear power and electricity deregulation), against the privatization of our water supplies, and on food safety (fighting food irradiation and other methods of industrialized food production that negatively aff ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, food and agriculture, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Ross 'n' Roll Marc Ross, rocker and activist, answers readers' questions		15 Oct 2004	InterActivist
Marc Ross, founder of Rock the Earth How do you ensure the music doesn't drown out the message, that hot licks instead enhance learning? -- Carl F. Rebstock, Cofounder and Executive Director, Passionfish, Monterey, Calif. Although most people will be attending concerts to experience music, I really don't think the music will drown out the message, but rather will enhance it -- and vice versa. To have someone ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, green living, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Hey, Man, Is That Freedom Rock? Marc Ross, rocker and activist, answers Grist's questions		11 Oct 2004	InterActivist
With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I am president and executive director of Rock the Earth. What does your organization do? What, in a perfect world, would constitute "mission accomplished"? Rock the Earth is a relatively new environmental advocacy nonprofit organization based in Denver, Colo. It was created to work with the music community on environmental issue ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, green living, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

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 ...
Topics: elections, environmental non-government organizations, grassroots activism, Muckraker, politics (all these topics)

Polluting the Village to Save It Bush administration cites 'national security' as reason to skirt enviro rules	Amanda Griscom	12 Aug 2004	Muckraker
Bush administration cites "national security" as reason to skirt enviro rules By Amanda Griscom 12 Aug 2004 What are the enviro impacts of a construction project on the U.S.-Mexico border? Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Bush administration has proposed yet another list of environmental sacrifices that it believes America should make for the War on Terror. Last year, President Bush pushed through legislation that exempts military training ba ...
Topics: Department of Homeland Security, environmental non-government organizations, logging, Muckraker, national security, politics, waste, water pollution (all these topics)

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 ...
Topics: elections, environmental non-government organizations, Muckraker, politics (all these topics)

Brown and Out Jeffrey St. Clair's Been Brown so Long slams Clinton's enviro record as well as Bush's	Stephen Hendricks	26 Jul 2004	Arts and Minds
He's bad, but is he the baddest? Photo: White House. Ask 10 environmentalists and 9 will tell you George W. Bush has been worse for the planet than Bill Clinton -- and they would be wrong. In their error lies much that is ill in the environmental movement (if "movement" it can be called) and shows how long are the odds against righting the wrongs of the ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, politics, United States (all these topics)

Sting Ray Ray Vaughan, an environmental lawyer, answers readers' questions		23 Jul 2004	InterActivist
Ray Vaughan, executive director of WildLaw. What are your feelings about vegetarianism and its contribution to reducing environmental damage and alleviating world hunger? And why do you carry a gun? -- Marylou Noble, Portland, Ore. I admire folks who can truly reduce their impacts while still working on the big-picture problems; my comment was directed to people I know who make minimizing their impacts th ...
Topics: environmental justice, environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, politics, Southeast (all these topics)

WildLaw, You Make My Heart Sing Ray Vaughan, an environmental lawyer, answers Grist's questions		19 Jul 2004	InterActivist
Ray Vaughan. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I am executive director of WildLaw. What does your organization do? What, in a perfect world, would constitute "mission accomplished"? WildLaw is a nonprofit environmental law firm that represents hundreds of community, environmental, and conservation organizations around the country. We work mainly in the So ...
Topics: environmental justice, environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, politics, Southeast (all these topics)

Cohen Postal Ben Cohen, ice cream maven and TrueMajority founder, answers readers' questions		18 Jun 2004	InterActivist
It seems like every time you turn around, there's another helpful website where you can sign a petition or some such. But does it work? -- Anupa Choduri, Los Angeles, Calif. Ben Cohen, cofounder of Ben & Jerry's and founder of TrueMajority. Will online groups change the world overnight? No. But groups like MoveOn.org and TrueMajority.org are reaching out to hundreds of thousands of pe ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Flavor of the Week Ben Cohen, ice cream maven and TrueMajority founder, answers Grist's questions		14 Jun 2004	InterActivist
With what organizations are you affiliated? I work with Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities, TrueMajority.org, and TrueMajorityACTION.org. What do your organizations do? BLSP is a group of more than 500 business leaders in the U.S. who are committed to focusing on the most pressing issues we face (education, health care, environmental responsibility) by diverting a small percentage ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview (all these topics)

Party Favors Bush drilling plan ticks off many New Mexicans and tickles GOP donors pink	Amanda Griscom	10 Mar 2004	Muckraker
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) is facing off against the Department of Interior and its Bureau of Land Management over a plan to allow oil and gas drilling on his state's pristine Otero Mesa -- an expanse of desert grassland which the governor, with a touch of dramatic flair, has called "the West's ANWR." Don't mesa 'round with New Mexico. Photo: Nathan Newcomer, N ...
Topics: Bill Richardson, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior, energy, environmental non-government organizations, land stewardship, Muckraker, New Mexico, oil and gas drilling, politics (all these topics)

She Bothered Me With Science The Bush administration's scientific distortions threaten the environment	Amanda Griscom	02 Mar 2004	Muckraker
In late February, after a star-studded, bipartisan lineup of Nobel laureates and leading American scientists accused the Bush administration of misusing and distorting science to serve political ends, the initial response from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. was flat-out denial. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy chief John Marburger dismissed the scientist ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, Muckraker, politics, scientific research, US EPA (all these topics)

Savage Salvage Federal agencies at odds over salvage-logging proposal in Oregon	Amanda Griscom	26 Feb 2004	Muckraker
Siskiyou-hoo! Photo: BLM. A U.S. Forest Service proposal to conduct a massive salvage-logging operation in Oregon's Siskiyou National Forest has come up against a surprising critic -- the U.S. EPA. While the Bush administration has advertised the plan as a necessary measure to protect the future health of the forest -- which was hit by the Biscuit fire, the largest wildfire in the nation ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, logging, Muckraker, national forests, Oregon, politics, US EPA, US Forest Service (all these topics)

Pentagoners Apocalyptic Pentagon report on global warming could spur action on Capitol Hill	Amanda Griscom	25 Feb 2004	Muckraker
We're having a heat wave ... Image: NOAA. A hair-raising Pentagon report [PDF] on the potentially imminent and colossal national security threat posed by climate change has been making its way around the Internet since its release in late January, and this week it picked up considerable speed. Fortune magazine was the first major news outlet to cover the report; the "Cli ...
Topics: climate, environmental non-government organizations, Muckraker, national security, politics, US Military (all these topics)

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 ...
Topics: elections, environmental non-government organizations, League of Conservation Voters, Muckraker, politics, Sierra Club (all these topics)

Spoilent Green Many Enviros Unhappy About Nader's Presidential Bid		24 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: elections, environmental non-government organizations, political groups, politics (all these topics)

A Green and Pleasant Continent Europe's Green Parties Unite		23 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
A Green and Pleasant Continent Europe's Green Parties Unite Thirty-two national Green parties united on Saturday to become the European Green Party, predicting that a unified voice will gain them influence and votes in the coming elections. The Greens, now the first pan-European political party, will run under a common banner and with a common age ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, European Union, Germany, green living, Italy, political groups (all these topics)

Certifiably Insane? Wood-labeling program less green than it appears	Jeff Shaw	23 Feb 2004	Main Dish
If you've got plans to undertake a woodworking project -- building a deck, say, or a fancy new china cabinet -- you're probably not going to figure a plane ticket to Burma or Humboldt County, Calif., into the budget, even if you'd like to be sure that the wood you'll use has been harvested sustainably. Hence, the rise of green labeling: a convenient way for consumers to put their money where their value ...
Topics: business, commercial and industry organizations, environmental non-government organizations, Forest Stewardship Council, green living, logging, wilderness (all these topics)

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