Occupy Boston fights evictions #ows

Occupy Boston: "Stand up against unnecessary evictions and foreclosures at this rally organized by Mass Alliance Against Predatory Lending (MAAPL) and National Lawyers Guild.
Wednesday, January 11th
Noon - Speak-out for Justice at State House
1pm – Hearing, State House, Rm B-1

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Gasoline Spending: This year, Americans will break the record for the annual amount spent on gasoline. - Courant.com

Gasoline Spending: This year, Americans will break the record for the annual amount spent on gasoline. - Courant.com: "By the time the ball drops in Times Square at midnight, the nation's consumers will have spent a record-breaking $483 billion on gasoline this year — $100 billion more than last year, according to the Oil Price Information Service."

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If cars are so great, why subsidize them?

Congress should pass bill giving transit users the same break as drivers. - Courant.com: "Facing a demonstrable need to use less fossil fuel, the country's leaders ought to encourage commuters to use transit. Congress is about to do just the opposite."

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#occupyboston has started something that cannot be stopped

Occupy Boston: "We might have been evicted, but we shall not be moved." | OccupyWallSt.org: "We have learned over the past ten weeks just how powerful the people can be. "

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#occupymaine

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2010 Atmospheric carbon dumping exceeds IPCC "worst case scenario"

Biggest jump ever seen in global warming gases - Yahoo! News: "Even though global warming skeptics have attacked the climate change panel as being too alarmist, scientists have generally found their predictions too conservative, Reilly said. He said his university worked on emissions scenarios, their likelihood, and what would happen. The IPCC's worst case scenario was only about in the middle of what MIT calculated are likely scenarios."

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Why not make New Haven a #carfree haven?

New Haven has a free shuttle, good.

But still has a lot of ugly parking, bad.