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Activists urge residents to keep voices heard in Flint water issue
2015-09-16 15:43:11| Waste Management - Topix.net
If they want change, Flint resident Melissa Mays said those gathered in the crowd at Saints of God Church in Flint they need to have their voices heard from the city all the way to Lansing and in Washington, D.C. More than 100 people filled pews inside the church off Forest Hill Avenue on the city's north side to hear Virginia Tech professor Marc Edwards speak about the study conducted by himself and a group of students. "I'm telling you: this was an epically bad decision," said Edwards of the switch from Detroit water to Flint river water, going back over information he discussed earlier Tuesday during a news conference at Flint City Hall.
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Musicians Urge Climate Pact Love Song to Earth
2015-09-07 19:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: More than a dozen famous musicians are raising their voices in a new song, hoping inspire world leaders to reach a global climate change agreement during the United Nations climate conference in December. Paul McCartney, Jon Bon Jovi, Leona Lewis, Sheryl Crow, Fergie and UN Goodwill Ambassador Angelique Kidjo are among the musicians who released the single 'Love Song to the Earth,` now available for download from iTunes and Apple Music. More artists featured on the song include: Colbie Caillat,...
State officials urge preparation as 2 hurricanes approach Hawaii
2015-08-29 22:27:52| Airlines - Topix.net
This composite satellite image shows Hurricane Ignacio , Hurricane Jimena and Tropical Storm Kilo around the Hawaiian islands in the Central and East Pacific. Rainfall associated with hurricane Ignacio was measured by the GPM core observatory satellite's Microwave Imager Thursday.
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the Know-Nothing Urge:
2015-08-28 01:05:56| Air Courier - Topix.net
The Fearful and the Frustrated : Donald Trump's nationalist coalition takes shape--for now. To inhabit Trump's landscape for a while, to chase his jet or stay behind with his fans in a half-dozen states, is to encounter a confederacy of the frustrated--less a constituency than a loose alliance of Americans who say they are betrayed by politicians, victimized by a changing world, and enticed by Trump's insurgency.
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Islamic Experts Urge Muslim Action Climate Change
2015-08-22 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A group of Islamic experts urged the world's 1.6 billion Muslims to do more to fight global warming, in a new example of religious efforts to galvanize action before a U.N. climate summit in Paris in December. In June, the world's most important Christian leader, Pope Francis, urged world leaders to hear "the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor" in an encyclical on the environment for the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics. Unlike Roman Catholicism, Islam is a highly decentralized religion...
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