(Sign a petition to ban hydrofracking here.) A series of workshops, presentations and strategic planning sessions on the political steps needed to replace fossil fuels and nuclear power with reduced energy usage and alternative energy sources is attrac…
Activists Frack Themselves
Image by arimoore via Flickr [From: On The Wilder Side] During last year’s election, anti-fracking activists wasted time protesting Andrew Cuomo. He could care less. All he cared about was money and votes, and they did not get in the way of either. Fracking activists ignored calls to raise funds for and get votes for fracking-ban governor [...]
A Tale of Two Committees: Bipartisan Bias in New York and California
From: Poli-Tea Last week, in a discussion of California’s newly-minted Citizens Redistricting Commission, I noted that even though the commission is multi-partisan in character – by law, it consists of five Democrats, five Republicans and five four individuals who are not affiliated with either of the major parties – reporters, commentators and even commissioners themselves have continually referred to it [...]
Sign a Petition to Ban Hydrofracking
Join the Green Party in support a statewide ban of hydrofracking. A hydrofracking moratorium has been in place in New York for the past two years while the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) does its environmental review. The moratori…
Ian Murphy on the Death of bin Laden
Ian Murphy is the Green Party candidate in the NY-26 special congressional election on May 24. This is Murphy’s Statement on the Death of bin Laden. The bad man is dead, but I don’t feel like celebrating. I’m pleased many Americans feel that just…
Elizabeth May Elected Canada’s first Green Party MP
JUSTINE HUNTERGlobe and Mail (Toronto), May 3 2011 Elizabeth May asked voters in her adopted riding to make history. And on Monday, voters in Saanich-Gulf Islands elected Canada’s first Green Party MP. The Green Party Leader moved to the riding almost two years ago, hoping to make a breakthrough in a riding that has rarely [...]
Massachusetts Dems Pass Bill to ‘Eliminate Collective Bargaining as We Know It’
By Mike Elk, In These Times Robert A. DeLeo, speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, did not strengthen his party’s traditional alliance with organized labor this week. (Photo viaMassachusetts-election-2010.com) Last night, the Massachusetts House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill (111-42) to strip public-sector workers of their ability to bargain collectively for healthcare. The rhetoric surrounding the [...]
