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National Wildlife Federation’s Global Warming Expert Calls for Voluntary Action

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By David Ridenour: Laura Hickey, senior director of global warming education at the National Wildlife Federation said, "If people participate in a voluntary system, then I don't see the need for a legislative strategy," according to an article in the ...
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Is Annie Leibovitz Picture of Gisele Bundchen and LeBron James Racist?

Project 21 has weighed in on the question: Is the Annie Leibovitz picture of Gisele Bundchen and LeBron James on the cover of April's Vogue magazine racist? Here's what Project 21's Deneen Borelli and Darryn "Dutch" Martin had to say: ...
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If Animals Ran Political Ads, What Would They Look Like?

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To draw a bit of fun attention to the polar bear question (should they or should they not be listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act due to "global warming"), The National Center for Public Policy Research, in conjunction ...
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New Visions Commentary: Racial Bias Is What Some People Want Us to See… No Matter What

Comedian Chris Rock used to play a recurring character on "Saturday Night Live" named Nat X. During the humorous, nonsensical rants of this Black Nationalist talk show host, Nat X would sometimes be chased by his studio's "white-man cam." When ...
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Earth Day 2008 Fact Sheet: Quotes About the Environment

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Energy: • "With one-fifth of all U.S. CO2 emissions coming from light trucks and cars, any serious effort to significantly reduce U.S. emissions would have to encourage fuel conservation in personal automobiles.  But almost half of all Americans oppose spending ...
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Earth Day 2008 Fact Sheet: Environmental Progress

Air Quality:  The air we breathe is cleaner:  • Between 1970 and 2005, total emissions of the six principal air pollutants in the United States (nitrogen dioxide, ozone, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter, carbon monoxide and lead) tracked by the Environmental ...
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Earth Day 2008 Fact Sheet: The History of Earth Day

April 22, 2008 marks the 38th anniversary of the first observance of Earth Day, first commemorated on April 22, 1970. Former U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-WI), Earth Day's co-founder, said he modeled Earth Day on anti-Vietnam War demonstrations called "teach-ins" ...
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Race Preference Policies Are “Discriminatory On all Ends” Says Borelli

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From David Almasi: Congratulations to Project 21 fellow Deneen Borelli for spelling out the antiquity of affirmative action policies in the March 18 Boston Globe. Globe reporter Matt Negrin called Project 21 to ask if the election of a black ...
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Americans Cool to Global Warming Action, New Poll Finds

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Nearly Half Wouldn't Be Willing to Pay Even a Penny More for Gasoline; Opposition to Taxes Especially Strong Among Minorities Washington, D.C.: Forty-eight percent of Americans are unwilling to spend even a penny more in gasoline taxes to help reduce ...
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Citizens Must Be Able to Defend Their Property

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From David Almasi: Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on the first major case dealing with the 2nd Amendment right for citizens to own a firearm in almost 70 years. Wednesday, readers of the Examiner newspaper chain were able ...
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