CREDO Blog

Search Results

Entries from CREDO Action tagged with 'environment'

Tastier than Irish Children

Invasive species--non-local plants or animals transplanted into a new environment--can wreak havoc on an ecosystem, driving native species to extinction and crowding them out of their habitat. Taras Grescoe, writing for the New York Times, states that "According to one...

Posted by Justin Krebs on February 20, 2008 9:28 AM

Tags: environment invasive species
Healthy Cities vs. Wilderness

Daily Kos discusses how racial minorities are disproportionately exposed to toxins and pollutants. The post also talks about how environmentalism was initially primarily concerned with the preservation of wilderness spaces and not focused on the pollutants that were causing cancers...

Posted by Justin Krebs on January 30, 2008 1:12 PM

Tags: environment Environmental Working Group racism
A Nuclear Power Plant Could Soon Be Built Near You

An amazing coalition of progressive musicians and advocacy groups are teaming up to stop the massive new subsidies for nuclear power plants that are in the Senate version of the pending energy bill. So far, the nuclear industry wants...

Posted by Will Easton on October 11, 2007 4:53 PM

Tags: energy environment nuclear waste that remains toxic dozens of times longer than recorded human history
Bloggers Beware!!!

Just in time for Yearly Kos, Chicago's environment is taking a hit. USA Today reports that BP has gotten the "OK" to dump mercury into Lake Michigan. "With one permit, this company and this state are undoing years of work...

Posted by Justin Krebs on July 31, 2007 1:24 PM

Tags: environment Rahm Emanuel water YearlyKos
Double Trouble

How often do two issues we care so deeply about intersect so perfectly? The two issues I'm talking about are our good old environment and our good old... well not too good... corrupt Vice President. After orchestratingthe cutting of water...

Posted by Justin Krebs on July 31, 2007 9:17 AM

Tags: corruption Dick Cheney environment politics
Nature: The Store

Lee Camp of Laughing Liberally delivers a "Liberal Shot of Political Whiskey" -- a quick tirade on the nature of our "nature"...and a reminder that our culture of malls may also be a culture that mauls. No, that bad pun...

Posted by Justin Krebs on July 26, 2007 2:40 PM

Tags: environment Lee Camp nature video
Is This the Answer?

Raymond J. Learsy made an interesting proposition today. In response to the mounting threat of oil dependency when the world's supply of oil is steadily diminishing, Learsy proposes an idea that, while controversial, could actually work: Gas Rationing. According to...

Posted by Justin Krebs on July 23, 2007 10:56 AM

Tags: energy environment oil
What's Your Plan?

A new report by the National Parks Conservation Association recently predicted a scary fate for our Nation's national parks. [The report] highlights the possibility of more wildfires in Yosemite, flooding in the Everglades, and disrupted ecosystems in the Smoky Mountains...

Posted by Justin Krebs on July 20, 2007 12:50 PM

Tags: environment president2008 youth vote
Credit Where Credit Is Due

We at Working Assets are not afraid of a little criticism (I mean we're sensitive, don't get me wrong, but not that sensitive). We want to hear what you have to say about us. That's why we were glad to...

Posted by Justin Krebs on July 17, 2007 1:35 PM

Tags: coal credit cards environment Working Assets
Vatican Neutral

This week a top Vatican official issued a pronouncement saying that... the Pope is going Green? The Vatican plans to be the world's first carbon-neutral sovereign state by offsetting its emissions through planting trees in Hungary, a top Vatican official...

Posted by Justin Krebs on July 17, 2007 7:23 AM

Tags: carbon offsets cellphones environment
Take It From the Tap

by Kerry Trueman, cross-posted on Open Left "Plastics" was the big buzzword in 1967's The Graduate: Mr. McGuire: I just want to say one word to you - just one word. Ben: Yes sir. Mr. McGuire: Are you listening? Ben:...

Posted by Justin Krebs on July 16, 2007 8:45 AM

Tags: environment plastic water
That Good Ole Environment

This week, James Hansen, who has previously claimed that NASA and the Bush Administration tried to silence him on his climate change findings, led a team of researchers in publishing Climate Change and trace gases. This harrowing paper says that...

Posted by Justin Krebs on July 13, 2007 8:35 AM

Tags: climate change Congress environment fuel economy global warming NASA take action
And We Thought Foxes Would Love the Earth

The poor fox...an animal already known for its cunning and mischief-making ways...now its reputation is only made worse by a "news" agency that stole its name. And now that same news agency is helping polluters steal the fox's habitat as...

Posted by Justin Krebs on July 10, 2007 12:24 PM

Tags: Brave New Films environment Fox News video
Minimum Security: Terror Confusion - Featured Cartoon

Today's featured cartoon chuckles at the choice between profits for corporations and protections for animals. Unfortunately, it's chuckling to cover up the sighs and gasps as often the wrong choice is made. At Working Assets, though, protecting the Earth...

Posted by Justin Krebs on June 6, 2007 9:27 AM

Tags: corporations environment minimum security
Minimum Security: It's So Simple - Featured Cartoon

Today's featured cartoon reminds us that saving our environment is so easy that even children can recognize the ways to do it...but it means making changes in our own lives. While we figure out our individual responsibility, we can...

Posted by Justin Krebs on May 16, 2007 11:18 AM

Tags: environment global warming minimum security
Some Step It Up SF Photos

Here are some photos from Step It Up 2007, San Francisco as well as the protest immediately afterwards, at the San Rafael Hummer dealership. Some of the crowd that braved the rain to attend Step It Up 2007 in San...

Posted by Ben Benjamin on April 16, 2007 4:30 PM

Tags: environment Hummer H3 polar bears protest Step It Up 2007
Working Assets at Step It Up 2007 - Striking Fear in the Hearts of Hummer Dealerships Everywhere

It was extremely windy in San Rafael when the 7 of us, Nina from Mainstreet Moms, Meghan and Jessica from Ruckus Society, and Bhanu, Steve, Liza and yours truly from Working Assets started inflating our gigantic weather balloons....

Posted by Ben Benjamin on April 16, 2007 1:35 PM

Tags: environment Hummer H3 protest Step It Up 2007
SF Step It Up: Huge Success (Thanks to some Polar Bears).

On Saturday, hundreds of people joined Working Assets and Mainstreet Moms at the Presidio Sports Basement to tell Congress to Step It Up and reduce carbon emissions now. There were 3 electric cars, 15 biodiesel cars and a very large solar...

Posted by Ben Benjamin on April 16, 2007 11:15 AM

Tags: electric cars environment polar bears Step It Up 2007

Other Tags

TAKE ACTION
<SCRIPT language='JavaScript1.1' SRC="http://ad.doubleclick.net/adj/N5273.149027.1466058945321/B3337834;abr=!ie;sz=300x250;ord=[unique-string]?"> </SCRIPT> <NOSCRIPT> <A HREF="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/N5273.149027.1466058945321/B3337834;abr=!ie4;abr=!ie5;sz=300x250;ord=[unique-string]?"> <IMG SRC="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/N5273.149027.1466058945321/B3337834;abr=!ie4;abr=!ie5;sz=300x250;ord=[unique-string]?"" BORDER=0 WIDTH=300 HEIGHT=250 ALT="Click Here"></A> </NOSCRIPT>
Recent CREDO Blog entries
This Modern World
- November 18, 2009
  
  Health Care: Not That Complicated
- November 11, 2009
  
  When History Began
- November 5, 2009
  
  Joe Lieberman, The Most Important Politician Ever
- October 29, 2009
  
  A Terrifying Halloween Costume
- October 22, 2009
  
  Feeling Run Down Lately? Here's Why
see the complete this modern world archive
Donations Recipients
see full recipient list
RSS feeds