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		<title>The Core Of The Problem (Part 2)</title>
		<link>http://thebeatnews.org/thoughts/2011/10/23/the-core-of-the-problem-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 13:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Winn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In my last blog, I pointed out that the wages of the average worker in this country have been dropping precipitously since 1980 despite increased worker productivity, that corporate profits have been soaring, and that CEOs are keeping these record profits for themselves with little to no sign of any “trickle down” to workers. Of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Core Of The Problem</title>
		<link>http://thebeatnews.org/thoughts/2011/10/20/the-core-of-the-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Winn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It has never been easy advocating for the environment, but these days it’s especially difficult for BEAT. It seems that every regulation protecting the environment is under attack. Every attempt to clean up environmental pollution is met with resistance. Protecting rare and endangered species annoys the real-estate industry and the lobbies representing developers. Trying to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whale says &#8220;Thank You!&#8221; to rescuers.</title>
		<link>http://thebeatnews.org/thoughts/2011/08/18/whale-says-thank-you-to-rescuers/</link>
		<comments>http://thebeatnews.org/thoughts/2011/08/18/whale-says-thank-you-to-rescuers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Winn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I saw this video on YouTube.  Please watch it to the end.  What a testimony to the value of helping wildlife!]]></description>
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		<title>Streamlining regulations is a double-edged sword.</title>
		<link>http://thebeatnews.org/thoughts/2011/08/12/streamlining-regulations-is-a-double-edged-sword/</link>
		<comments>http://thebeatnews.org/thoughts/2011/08/12/streamlining-regulations-is-a-double-edged-sword/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Winn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A recent story on an environmental page has me concerned.  The story on “Climate Progress” was making the point that small hydro generating stations could be viable if it weren’t for all the red tape imposed by regulatory agencies.  Most of the regulatory agencies cited were state and federal environmental regulatory agencies. I’ve heard the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where are our priorities?</title>
		<link>http://thebeatnews.org/thoughts/2011/07/15/where-are-our-priorities/</link>
		<comments>http://thebeatnews.org/thoughts/2011/07/15/where-are-our-priorities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Winn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last October, DuPont, the same chemical company that invented chlorofluorocarbons, began marketing a new, “environmentally friendly” lawn chemical called Imprelis.  You may not have heard of it because only licensed professionals can apply it to your lawn.  Hooray!  An environmentally friendly herbicide!  Well, that’s how it was marketed anyway. In late May, the reports started [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GE: How can this be happening?</title>
		<link>http://thebeatnews.org/thoughts/2011/07/14/ge-how-can-this-be-happening/</link>
		<comments>http://thebeatnews.org/thoughts/2011/07/14/ge-how-can-this-be-happening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Winn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GE/PCBs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I’m writing this, my country is dangerously close to defaulting on its debts for the first time in its history.  Standard and Poor says that if this happens, it will lower the country’s credit rating from AAA to D.  We’re in hard economic times and we have to make some tough decisions.  Legislators have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Citizens United: What an ironic name.</title>
		<link>http://thebeatnews.org/thoughts/2011/07/09/citizens-united-what-an-ironic-name/</link>
		<comments>http://thebeatnews.org/thoughts/2011/07/09/citizens-united-what-an-ironic-name/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Winn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GE/PCBs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In yesterday’s blog I warned of the dangers of corporate influence in government. This issue is strongly affecting environmental issues. If you doubt this, ask yourself why it is that we have to fight so hard to get GE to clean PCBs from the Housatonic River. If you or I dumped a million pounds of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protecting the Environment by Encouraging Democracy</title>
		<link>http://thebeatnews.org/thoughts/2011/07/08/protecting-the-environment-by-encouraging-democracy/</link>
		<comments>http://thebeatnews.org/thoughts/2011/07/08/protecting-the-environment-by-encouraging-democracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 19:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Winn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebeatnews.org/thoughts/?p=1713</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Corporate influence in government has gotten out of hand. Now you might say, “BEAT is an environmental organization. You focus on environmental issues. Why do you care about corporate influence in government?” Two reasons: regulation and enforcement. Regulation provides the rules that protect the environment. Enforcement ensures that the rules are followed. We&#8217;ve notice a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environment Under Siege: In Washington And In Massachusetts</title>
		<link>http://thebeatnews.org/thoughts/2011/04/20/environment-under-siege-in-washington-and-in-massachusetts/</link>
		<comments>http://thebeatnews.org/thoughts/2011/04/20/environment-under-siege-in-washington-and-in-massachusetts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Winn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebeatnews.org/thoughts/?p=1651</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve said it before.  There is no climate-change debate. More than a thousand of the top climate scientists in the world were pulled together by the United Nations and asked to research the issue of climate change. This group, the Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change (IPCC), submitted their findings to about 100 of their peers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corporations: Let&#8217;s Do Something About Them</title>
		<link>http://thebeatnews.org/thoughts/2011/03/23/corporations-lets-do-something-about-them/</link>
		<comments>http://thebeatnews.org/thoughts/2011/03/23/corporations-lets-do-something-about-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Winn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This amendment affirms that constitutional rights extend only to human persons. Corporations, partnerships, and other organizational entities are not human persons and, therefore, are not entitled to constitutional protections. This is the current wording of a proposed 28th amendment to the US Constitution. It simply says that corporations aren&#8217;t people. That sounds kind of obvious, [...]]]></description>
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