The top green stories of the ‘00s - http://www.grist.org/article/2009-12-21-the-t...

Greenpeace Will Keep Up Pressure on Global Warming - http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/12/24/wo...

Got em...Inhofe Questioned About Manipulating Climate Polling Data - http://www.desmogblog.com/inhofe-questioned-a...
Ah...the life of the king of the Extinctionists/Deniers/'skeptics'....always lying to get his way....no morals, no regrets, no humanity, no sympathy or empathy....a useless existence...

Bigger mistake than this 'healthcare reform' bill: "Bruised by the health care debate and worried about what 2010 will bring, moderate Senate Democrats are urging the White House to give up now on any effort to pass a cap-and-trade bill next year." Just pass a tax on toxic emissions.
- http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/309...
Seriously...the Senate is an obsolete & totally useless function of our democracy....needs to be abolished, term limits, or dropped to every 4 years at a minimum...

Climate change and overuse have put one of Africa's mightiest lakes in mortal danger, and the livelihoods of the 30 million people who depend on its waters is hanging by a thread as a result.
- http://www.buzzflash.net/story.php?id=1060877

The Seminal » Unions, Health Care Reform, and the cycle of domestic abuse in Washington - http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/21133
When [insert special interest group or Progressives in general] stop offering support up front, they will become much more important when the White House or Congressional Leadership is having trouble putting together a winning voting bloc. What experienced political organization gives unequivocal financial and political support to something without knowing ANY of the details?
It’s tantamount to malpractice. Imagine if unions hadn’t blown tens of millions of dollars "greasing the way" for health care reform on what can fairly be described as ‘at best a private assurance that EFCA would be acted on at some point’. Then, they would have had abundant resources and their significant political support badly needed by the White House and Leadership when the HCR debate was in the final, most critical stages.
The unions were severely outplayed by Rahm and Company. They got used like an mentally abused girlfriend who keeps convincing herself that deep down, he really does love her. But at the end of this particular cycle of abuse, she is out of cash, knocked up, lacking health insurance and the boyfriend refuses to help her.
Until the abused girlfriend stands up for herself, exerts her own strength, starts acting in her own best interest and is ready to walk away, the abuse will continue.

Why con-servatives are stupid: Top 1 Percent Control 42 Percent of Financial Wealth in the U.S. - How Average Americans are Lured into Debt Servitude by Promises of Mega Wealth.
- http://www.mybudget360.com/top-1-percent-cont...
They buy the magic beans and then eat them...instead of planting them...

Con-servative Democratic Senators Vow To Kill HCR if House Alters it Much for the Better - http://www.opednews.com/articles/ConservaDem-...

It was theirs' already: Indian tribes buy back thousands of acres of land - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091227/ap_on_re_...
"Native American tribes tired of waiting for the U.S. government to honor centuries-old treaties are buying back land where their ancestors lived and putting it in federal trust. Tribes put more than 840,000 acres — or roughly the equivalent of the state of Rhode Island — into trust from 1998 to 2007, according to information The Associated Press obtained from the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Freedom of Information Act."

40+ Beached Whales Freed from Mudflats at Coromandel, New Zealand - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0912/S00242.htm
More than 40 stranded pilot whales were heading back out to sea on the evening of Sunday 27 December after a massive effort to rescue a pod of 63 found on the mudflats in Colville Bay, Coromandel, this morning.

Its true & its ridiculous: Bring a Diaper: Some airlines are telling passengers that new security regulations prohibit them from leaving their seats beginning an hour before landing.
- http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091226/ap_on_bi_...
As a man with a pregnant wife, I can tell you this new 'regulation' is absurdly true... What about babies? Are they supposed to sit in their diapers for an hour? Pregnant women that can't 'hold it'.... Exceptions must be made...its getting ridiculous (no bottles, no books, no electronic devices, etc, etc)

Why did security checks fail to spot explosives? - http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/12/27/airline.a...

In New Gas Wells, More Drilling Leaves Toxic Chemicals Underground Potentially Leaching Into Groundwater and Streams
- http://www.propublica.org/feature/new-gas-wel...

Krugman: "Imperfect as it is, the health care reform bill, which will likely become a law, will make America a better country."
- http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/25/opinion/25k...

THANK YOU! Whole Foods CEO Who Wrote Right Wing Op-Ed for WSJ Stepping Down As Chairman. He Tarnished the Brand of Whole Foods to a Largely Progressive Customer Base.
- http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=9...

Richard Power: 2010 & Beyond: Beltwayistan, the Body Politic, & the Message of Avatar - http://words-of-power.blogspot.com/2009/12/20...

Are School Lunches Safe?: 26,500 Schools Lack Proper Inspections - http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/are-s...

.... tells me this is 180 degrees from the right solution.

trumps youth and idealism.

Very true