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Rachel's Democracy & Health News: Three Articles on the New Environmentalism


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From: <www.rachel.org>
Rachel's Democracy & Health News #830

"Environment, health, jobs and justice--Who gets to decide?"

Thursday, November 24, 2005
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Featured stories in this issue...

Can the Environmental Movement Regain Its Moxie?

As good jobs become scarcer, some surveys find a majority of
Americans putting economic concerns above environmentral concerns.
Could the environmental movement regain its moxie by joining forces
with a growing number of people working on local economic development?

The New Face of Environmentalism

"There is a green wave coming, with renewable energy, organic
agriculture, cleaner production," Van Jones said in an interview.
"Our question is, will the green wave lift all boats? That's the
moral challenge to the people who are the architects of this new,
ecologically sound economy. Will we have eco-equity, or will we have
eco-apartheid?" --Van Jones

Studies Show Global Warming Is Harming Human Health
Scientists say 150,000 people per year for the past 30 years have
died as a result of a gradually warming planet, plus 5 million new
cases of illness each year.

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