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Green Meets Greenwash 2 days ago Read More 
The Greenwashing Index is inviting people to vote on whether or not Clorox advertisements for Green Works cleaning products constitutes greenwashing.
Joel Makower of Greener World Media has a new ...
The Mormon Proposition 3 days ago Read More
A TV commercial by opponents of Proposition 8 highlights the Mormon role in promoting the measure.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (also known as the LDS or Mormon Church) is facin...
Maryland Police See 'Terrorists' Everywhere 3 days ago Read More
In November 2005, activists from the Chesapeake Climate Action Network peacefully protested against the failure by then-Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr to significantly curb pollution from coal-fired pow...
Too Much Information 3 days ago Read More
The Associated Press recently conducted a study of news consumption by young people which found that participants "showed signs of news fatigue; that is, they appeared debilitated by information ov...
Science Reporting by Press Release 4 days ago Read More
Science reporting "is more and more the direct product of PR shops," according to Charles Petit, a veteran science reporter who runs MIT’s online Knight Science Journalism Tracker. Petit says infor...
