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		<title>Democrats Put the Brakes on Climate Legislation, The Youth Climate Movement Responds:</title>
		<link>http://checktheweather.net/2010/07/23/democrats-put-the-brakes-on-climate-legislation-the-youth-climate-movement-responds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MissKGreen</dc:creator>
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Yesterday Democratic Senators decided it was time to wait on supporting the American Power Act, a senate bill introduced by Senators John Kerry (Democrat) and Joe Lieberman (Democrat turned Independent). The American Power Act was touted as legislative action that would lower air pollution and create millions of new jobs in various forms of alternative energy.
The Energy Action Coalition]]></description>
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		<title>USDA Tries To Fire Black Woman For Telling The Truth: Black Farmers DO Face Discrimination.</title>
		<link>http://checktheweather.net/2010/07/21/usda-tries-to-fire-black-woman-for-telling-the-truth-black-farmers-do-face-discrimination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MissKGreen</dc:creator>
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Yesterday, July, 20, 2010 Fox News aired an excerpt of a speech by Shirley Sherrod, the US Department of Agriculture&#8217;s Georgia director of Rural Development. In the speech given at an NAACP event this past March, Sherrod discusses dealing with racism and discrimination within the agricultural community and then coming to terms that those most impacted]]></description>
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		<title>Minorities See Little Benefit From BP Oil Spill Jobs</title>
		<link>http://checktheweather.net/2010/07/14/minorities-see-little-benefit-from-bp-oil-spill-jobs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MissKGreen</dc:creator>
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The NAACP just got back from visiting the gulf coast and the news is no bueno for Black and Asian workers in the Gulf Coast. Find out what&#8217;s going on by reading this article from the root.com written by Environmental Reporter, Brentin Mock  
Minorities See Little Benefit From BP Oil Spill Jobs.
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		<title>Southwest Worker&#8217;s Union Interns Victims of Drive By Shooting</title>
		<link>http://checktheweather.net/2010/07/12/southwest-workers-union-interns-victims-of-drive-by-shooting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 22:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MissKGreen</dc:creator>
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Early Sunday morning, several interns and staff of the Southwest Workers Union were greeted by a hail of bullets. James Domingue an intern from Southern Louisiana was hit in the hip and suffers from a shattered pelvic bone. Domingue was in San Antonio to support SWU&#8217;s Roots of Change Community Garden. Donations  and cards can]]></description>
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		<title>DJ Cavem, Growing Green 101 Trailer (video)</title>
		<link>http://checktheweather.net/2010/07/01/dj-cavem-growing-green-101-trailer-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MissKGreen</dc:creator>
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As we fly out on our quest to highlight the real, our paths crossed with emerging Hip hop legend DJ Cavem. Based out of Denver, Colorado, DJ Cavem incorporates all aspects of hip hop culture to the cause he is most passionate about, Food Justice. Check out the trailer from the interview and Check the]]></description>
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		<title>[ CHESTER GREEN ] Chester&#8217;s Community Grocery Co-op Making Great Strides &#8211; Ghetto PRINT Network</title>
		<link>http://checktheweather.net/2010/06/24/chester-green-chesters-community-grocery-co-op-making-great-strides-ghetto-print-network/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MissKGreen</dc:creator>
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Another update from Chester, Pennsylvania courtesy of Ghettoprint.com. You all will be happy to know this is a very positive update. Click on the link below to see how community members are utilizing food for change in Chester.
[ CHESTER GREEN ] Chester&#8217;s Community Grocery Co-op Making Great Strides &#8211; Ghetto PRINT Network.
Share]]></description>
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		<title>WTF! Deepwater Drilling Ban Lifted by New Orleans Federal Judge &#8211; Bloomberg</title>
		<link>http://checktheweather.net/2010/06/23/wtf-deepwater-drilling-ban-lifted-by-new-orleans-federal-judge-bloomberg/</link>
		<comments>http://checktheweather.net/2010/06/23/wtf-deepwater-drilling-ban-lifted-by-new-orleans-federal-judge-bloomberg/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MissKGreen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://checktheweather.net/?p=913</guid>
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Ain&#8217;t this some Bullmess! After all the lost lives, Dead and destroyed animals and water life they still want to drill oil. Shame on the New Orleans judge that lifted the ban and shame on the readers at mediatakeout.com for this story only recieving 1,732 views in comparison to a picture of Mary J. Blige]]></description>
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		<title>Niger Delta Spills: Nigerias 50-Year Oil Crisis Ignored &#8211; BV Black Spin</title>
		<link>http://checktheweather.net/2010/06/23/niger-delta-spills-nigerias-50-year-oil-crisis-ignored-bv-black-spin/</link>
		<comments>http://checktheweather.net/2010/06/23/niger-delta-spills-nigerias-50-year-oil-crisis-ignored-bv-black-spin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MissKGreen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://checktheweather.net/?p=906</guid>
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While the United States is talking about the BP oil spill, across the Atlantic, an oil crisis has been killing off the Niger Delta for five decades. Check this story from Laura Adibe, writer with AOL Black Voices on what&#8217;s popping off in the Niger Delta. Trust it&#8217;s even deeper than what Talib Kweli was]]></description>
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		<title>Yea! Theroot.com Shows Checktheweather Link Love!</title>
		<link>http://checktheweather.net/2010/06/21/yea-theroot-com-shows-checktheweather-link-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MissKGreen</dc:creator>
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Theroot.com a leading African-American New Site is Obsessing over none other than Checktheweather.net!  Today Checktheweather.net was featured in theroot.com&#8217;s article &#8220;Worth Obsessing Over: Our Favorite Blogs&#8221;. Check the link below to see why they they think we&#8217;re kinda cool, plus the 16 other sites they have their eye on. On the real, we can&#8217;t lie,]]></description>
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		<title>Comparison of the People’s Agreement and the Copenhagen Accord « World People&#8217;s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth</title>
		<link>http://checktheweather.net/2010/06/21/comparision-of-the-people%e2%80%99s-agreement-and-the-copenhagen-accord-%c2%ab-world-peoples-conference-on-climate-change-and-the-rights-of-mother-earth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MissKGreen</dc:creator>
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The Politics of Climate Change has been growing in relevancy over the past few years across the world.  In December of 2009 at the United Nation&#8217;s Framework Convention on Climate Change, President Obama and a few other countries including China, Brazil and South Africa came up with a two page statement known as the Copenhagen]]></description>
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