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Down To Earth archive for April 8, 2011

FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2011


Who bikes? 

Leave it to the Sightline Institute to provide a transportation reality check. A new analytical report examines the race and income components of U.S. bicycling. Even though bicycling falls under the category of "stuff white people like," as of 2009, over twenty percent of all…

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And out come the wolves...

Politics are funny and if you need a laugh, simply turn to the legislators in Idaho for real hysterics. In case you missed it, Hucklberries posted an online poll, asking “What scares you more: the Idaho Legislature in the Statehouse or wolves in the forest?”…

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Double-shot of climate action

I have some very good news for climate activists. Two of the nation's biggest climate action groups are joining forces: 350.org and 1Sky. They will work together to grow a movement to take the power back from big oil, the dirty coal industry, and polluters…

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