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The Power of Grassroots
2013-03-01 12:00:22| Country Lines Online
Electric co-op consumer-members can help shape rules and laws that keep electricity reliable, affordable and environmentally responsible. Electric co-ops often ask their consumer-members to get involved when it comes to laws and regulations that affect the affordability or reliability of electric service. But what does it really mean for you to be part of this [...]
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Introducing ... Frontline Online A weekly round up of action from the grassroots
2013-01-12 15:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: There's little good environmental news coming from Canada these days, but two recent stories buck this trend. The 'Idle No More' movement consisting of Canada's First Nations people has organized the biggest Indigenous mass mobilization in recent history to highlight what they consider to be an all out assault on Indigenous rights, in particular, recent alterations to Bill C-45 which removes environmental protection and erodes long-standing treaties with First Nations people under the Indian Act....