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Phil Baugh is the Director of Community Development over at Green Exchange. He's looking for green companies to be tenants. A Green Exchange business or non-profit must be advancing initiatives in one or more the following areas: 1) environmental responsibility, 2) health and wellness, or 3) social responsibility. You can catch him at phil@greenexchange.com.

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Last fall, folks from across the country working on coal and energy-related issues came together to launch a new project- Power Past Coal: Expose the True Cost of Coal, Plug into New Power. The goal of this project is to "connect, identify, and publicize 100 independent actions during the first 100 days of the Obama administration and weave them together into a narrative about the growing movement for a better energy future." They hope to raise the profile of individual campaigns and educate citizens, business leaders and politicians about the problems caused by coal and solutions that will help us move beyond coal.

The campaign kicks off January 21st with a national call-in day to the White House organized by CLEAN, a collaborative movement of organizations and individuals with the common goal of implementing a new energy future. Christians for the Mountains has pledged to make 400 calls.

Rebekah Epling sez there's lots more at powerpastcoal.org.

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Jordan Blevins, one of the good folks at National Council of Churches Eco-Justice, sez Senate bill 22 "provides a unique opportunity to take action to protect more lands for the good of God's Creation."

From giving congressional authorization to the National Landscape Conservation System, to protecting some of the finest scenic views, wildlife habitat, and outdoor recreational opportunities in the Wyoming Range, to establishing new wilderness areas in the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia, this legislation provides Americans across the country with new opportunities to experience the beauty of God's Creation, and new places to which they can journey to experience the presence of the Holy.

More here.

Shea Gunther has launched Green Options. Go over and run up his new hit counter, will you?

Been a while since our last cow flatulence update. (via)

While I'm a skeptic about anthropogenic global warming gas, I have been steadily pointing out the suspicious silence by the MSM on the meat issue -- because according to all the official data, human meat consumption is said to be the number one cause of global warming. I now I see that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is laying the issue at Al Gore's feet -- and they accuse his movie of failing to address cause number one...Among other things the letter cites studies showing that switching to a vegan diet is more effective than switching to a Prius...I hope they hold Al Gore's feet to the fire on this one. Something about the way they're avoiding meat strikes me as downright devious. I suspect it's because they don't believe their own rhetoric. Or maybe it's because they think taking the country off meat will be too much of a hard sell. Whatever it is, I'd like nothing more than to get to the bottom of this nonsense.

I hope PETA makes Gore squeal like a stuck hog.

Time to start thinking sirloin offsets! More on cap"-and-charade" at Greenie Watch.