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In a letter written to nine former leaders of the Drug Enforcement Administration, President Obama’s Attorney General Eric Holder threatened states attempting to legalize marijuana. In the past the Obama Administration had taken somewhat more of a “hands off” approach to the regional legalization of medical cannabis; now, however, the Attorney General is apparently adamantly [...]
Ecolocalizer is at Bioneers! I’m live tweeting from the Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, CA all weekend. You can follow along at @Ecolocalizer or get the ecolocalizer Twitter widget Box. Founder Kenny Ausubel coined the word bioneers in 1990 to describe “an emerging culture of social and scientific innovators who are mimicking nature’s operating instructions [...]
“Buying bottled water is more expensive than buying gas,” says Commissioner Barbara Willer of the Multnomah County Board in Oregon. Willer joined the other commissioners in a unanimous decision to ban the purchase of bottled water with county funds, making Multnomah County the first county in Oregon to do so. Going forward, the county will [...]
This post is part of our participation in Blog Action Day 2010, which is on the topic of Water. Willie Sutton famously said when asked why he robbed banks, “Because that’s where the money is.” Why would anyone want to rob the Great Lakes? Because that’s where the water is. Almost 20% of the world’s [...]
