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From Neighborhood Association System to Participatory Democracy - Broadening and Deepening Public Involvement in Portland, Oregon

2013-03-19 20:30:41| PortlandOnline

The Office of Neighborhood Involvement's Director, Amalia Alarcon deMorris and staff person, Paul Leistner, authored an article for the National Civic Review. PDF Document, 53kbCategory: What is public involvement?

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Documents of democracy pay a visit to Kansas City

2013-03-13 08:37:21| Railroads - Topix.net

Some of the most important literary contributions to the Western ideal of human rights will be displayed in Kansas City in conjunction with the premiere of a giant-screen film being funded largely by area companies and foundations.

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An Inside Look at Democracy in Action to Ban Fracking in Fort Collins

2013-03-06 22:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: I drove to Fort Collins, Colorado last night to testify in favor of a proposed ban on fracking within that citys boundaries. When I got there I discovered the Colorado Petroleum Association, the political arm of the industry, had already issued a press release stating the council had passed the ban. Sure enough, the council, after hearing several hours of citizen testimony voted 5-2 in favor of the ban, causing one activist to mutter in amusement that you just cant underestimate the power of...

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Latest Move on Fracking Shows Democracy is Alive and Well in NY

2013-02-28 19:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Governor Andrew M. Cuomos recent decision to hit the reset button on fracking proves that participatory democracy is alive and well in New York. Last week, Cuomos State Health Commissioner, Dr. Nirav Shah, announced that he needs more time to review frackings health impacts, meaning that the states current proposed fracking regulations will expire on Feb. 28. Any future plans for fracking now depend on how the health issue comes out, which may take as much as a year or more to determine, according...

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Fort Collins Bans Fracking as Democracy Comes Alive in Colorado

2013-02-20 17:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: If you dont fight for what you want, you deserve what you get. --Van Jones Almost exactly nine months ago on May 22, 2012, I wrote an editorial in the Fort Collins Coloradoan newspaper, Fort Colllins Should Ban Fracking. And yesterday, on Feb. 19, a sharply divided Fort Collins City Council voted 5-2 to ban fracking in the City of Fort Collins. Nine months ago the conversation around fracking was relatively new in Colorado and few people and environmental groups were directly addressing...

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