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How a CEO's midlife crusade became Gov. Mike Pence's problem
2015-06-28 05:46:30| IT Services - Topix.net
How a CEO's midlife crusade became Gov. Mike Pence's problem Why Angie's List executive Bill Oesterle, who's about to turn 50, dropped everything to support gay rights Check out this story on IndyStar.com: http://indy.st/1No5Ge2 Bill Oesterle, CEO of Angie's List, talks about his life journey from New York state to Indianapolis during an interview on Angie's List's corporate headquarters campus on East Washington Street in Indianapolis on Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. Since March, the about-to-turn-50 chief executive of Angie's List first touted a $40 million expansion on the Near Eastside , then canceled it to protest the state's new religious freedom law.
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One senator's crusade to combat a McConnell anti-EPA onslaught
2015-06-04 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EnergyWire: When Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse started his 95th Senate floor speech on global warming, the discerning cable viewer witnessed a shift from his bully pulpit admonition that often begins, "We are sleepwalking our way to a climate catastrophe." "Mr. President," he said, standing over a small dais in the back of the chamber in April, "the distinguished majority leader, the senior senator from Kentucky, is resolutely opposed to any serious conversation about climate change." Four months into Sen. Mitch...
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Luke Perry's Discusses His Crusade Against Cancer
2015-04-09 15:47:44| Chemicals - Topix.net
The actor lost a friend this year to colon cancer, and his childhood friend Chad Schrack's wife is a survivor of the disease. "I can't imagine anything Chad would ask me to do that I wouldn't help him with, so I was happy to jump in and help," the actor, 48, tells PEOPLE about how he got involved with Fight Colorectal Cancer's "One Million Strong" campaign, which encourages people to get screened for the disease.
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Green Runoff Filter Was Engineer's 12-Year Crusade
2015-01-21 19:07:37| ENR.com: Headline News
Kleinfelder program team manager helped Cambridge, Mass., envision an innovative stormwater treatment wetland thats boosting water quality and providing a unique urban oasis.
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Tom Steyer's climate change crusade focuses on midterm races, for now
2014-10-11 22:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Tom Steyer wants to save the planet, but first he wants to know about the U.S. Senate race in Iowa. Seated in a hotel coffee shop, with a packet of data in his lap, he bursts with questions for the political strategists arrayed around the table: How many early voters? How many undecided? How much spending on persuasion and how much turning out the environmental-minded vote? Later, touring an eco-friendly farm, Steyer asks about the compost used to grow the organic figs and wild berries. Is...