Blake Skylar
LATEST ARTICLES BY Blake Skylar
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U.S.
Across the U.S., anti-fracking groups speak out
October 23, 2012From the western U.S. to the East Coast, new grassroots coalitions are forming to protest one of today's most significant environmental hazards - the natural gas extraction process known as fracking.
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Arts
“Arrow” is sharp, but has yet to hit its mark
October 19, 2012Though drawing too many parallels to the Dark Knight, the format gradually pays off, as it allows the series to avoid the awful camp and soap opera of the CW's previous superhero show, "Smallville."
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Environment
Chinese activists don’t want Canada’s ill-begotten seal products
October 18, 2012In an open letter to the Canadian Senate, 50 Chinese environmental and animal welfare groups have asked that the exportation of seal products from Canada to China be stopped immediately.
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U.S.
Outsourced Bain workers describe life in Romney’s America
October 17, 2012GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney is utterly disconnected from workers in America.
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Labor
Bain workers rev up protests on day of Debate 2
October 16, 2012On the day of the second debate between President Obama and his Republican challenger, Bain Capital workers step up efforts to expose Mitt Romney's role in the outsourcing of their jobs.
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Arts
Radical ecology and the emergence of green metal
October 15, 2012"It is shocking to me that one could be seriously interested in black metal and not be deeply committed to radical ecology," says Wolves in the Throne Room's Aaron Weaver.
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Arts
Environ-Metal: Where green is the new black
October 12, 2012Today, new and aggressive underground genres are re-connecting with environmental activism, and metal - and its most abrasive subgenres - is no exception.
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Environment
Massive wind project approved for Wyoming
October 11, 2012Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that his department had approved the Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Project.
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