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EPA exposed for hiding chemical risks, favoring corporate interests.

Posted on September 1, 2021 by John Blair

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Climate Activist Tim DeChristopher Subjected to Cruel and Unusual Punishment–as Climate Destabilizes??

Posted on March 28, 2012 by John Blair

March 28, 2012, by Jeff Biggers in AlterNet In the same March week that an unprecedented heat wave made even President Obama feel “a little nervous,” imprisoned climate change activist Tim DeChristopher languished mysteriously in isolation at the FCI Herlong’s Special Housing Unit in … Continue reading →

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Why the Environmental Movement Is Not Winning

Posted on March 1, 2012 by John Blair

A new report places the blame on misguided strategies of environmental funders. March 1, 2012 – By Peter Montague in Alternet. Editor’s Note-Valley Watch has received funding from a major foundation only one time. In 2003, we received a $60,000, … Continue reading →

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“Nuclear power is a hell of a way to boil water”

Posted on November 7, 2011 by John Blair

November 7. 2011-by Linda Greene in the Bloomington Alternative According to the scientific secretary for the European Committee on Radiation Risks (ECRR), when senior employee of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission the late Professor John Goffman resigned from his post, … Continue reading →

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Duke Energy’s Edwardsport plant dominates night in sleepy SW Indiana community

Posted on October 6, 2011 by John Blair

October 6, 2011-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor. Duke Energy has a long history in Edwardsport, IN. It is about to dismantle a small, very old conventional coal plant that has operated in one form or another since the turn of … Continue reading →

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Steve Jobs fostered a new way of thinking

Posted on October 6, 2011 by John Blair

October 6, 2011-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor I really was saddened to hear about the death, at far too young an age, of Steve Jobs, the man who shares my desk everyday. His visionary innovations have made life better for … Continue reading →

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CAC asks – Why does the IURC remain silent on the huge Duke/Progress Energy merger?

Posted on August 23, 2011 by John Blair

August 22, 2011-Press release from the Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana Today, in a letter to Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission Chairman James Atterholt, the Citizens Action Coalition raised concerns with respect to the Commission’s apparent lack of engagement to date, … Continue reading →

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Where this road has led, and how we turn around

Posted on December 28, 2010 by John Blair

December 28, 2010-by Carol Polsgrove in the Bloomington Alternative –Carol Polsgrove is author of Divided Minds: Intellectuals and the Civil Rights Movement and other books. She can be reached at ccpolsgrove@gmail.com. I remember my first ride on a new four-lane highway … Continue reading →

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