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Down To Earth archive for Feb. 11, 2009

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11, 2009

Earth and People Sustainability Forum

Sometimes a local event is deemed too relevant or too important to live only in our Calendar / Events section, as is the case with the Earth and Sustainability Forum. Being held on Sunday, February 22 from 1 to 4:30, this brainstorming, informational, knock your…

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Columbia River contaminants

Last month the EPA published a disturbing report about pervasive contaminants throughout the vast Columbia River Basin. To wit: “The Columbia River Basin is contaminated with many toxic contaminants that are moving up the food chain, threatening the health of the Basin’s people, fish, and…

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Laugh hard it's a long way to the bank

One would hope this is a day of reckoning for the nation’s top bank executives when they testify before a House committee. Most likely though, it will be a toothless dressing-down, where executives squirm their way out of accountability, and rationalize symbolic sacrificial gestures like…

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