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Walking around Cochabamba, Bolivia many in our delegation have been suprised by the amount of passed out dogs on the city streets. At times we had to take a second look just to make sure the dogs were even breathing. We caught up with one of the United States  Environmental Justice  delegates Julien Terrell who told us an interesting story on his experience trying to give a poor pup some water check it out to find out the dogs surprising response.

The fact that dog’s are so surprised when someone offers them water was completely understandable once we saw this picture

A whole river run dry right near the University in Cochabamba. Climate Change, Damn.

Okay it’s SUPER Important to fill out the census. How do we know? Because Kirin Kennedy with the League of Young Voters told us so a couple weeks ago in a previous post. However, like many folk who work on soul time (aka cp time) I waited till the last minute to fill mine out only to find out whoever created the census was even farther behind than me. If you are of African descent and already filled out the census, good for you, but I’m pretty sure you know what I mean when I say WTF is up with this Census form? Check out the homie Whitney and I filling out our 2010 census. FYI: we drop a few f-bombs so you may want to get some headphones if you are at work.

2010 marks the 40th anniversary of the Environmental Protection Agency and for the first time in a long time that the EPA is on the J-O-B. One of the main reasons the EPA is getting it together, the Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. Checktheweather.net Video Blog Series “Word on the Concrete got a chance to get a few words with the Administrator before she went off to meetings on Capitol Hill.

Check out what she has to say about being the First African-American to head the Environmental Protection Agency. What she hopes for the future of going green. Plus a special message for the grassroots of America.

For more information on what’s going down at the EPA click here.

Also look out for future episodes of Word on the Concrete very soon….

What do you know about the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act? Right now the Senate and the World’s wealthiest countries are talking about this bill and what it could mean to fighting the drastic impacts of Climate Change worldwide. Checktheweather.net took a stroll through the parts of DC you’re not going to see when you watch political thrillers or come visit for a conference. Check out the latest episode of Word on the Concrete: H st. Corridor

Oh yeah! For those of you viewing this post on our mobile site, I’ll tell you one thing, folk were not too pleased to be uninformed!