I AM TROY DAVIS

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Global Day of Action for Troy Davis.Troy Davis faces execution for the 1989 murder of Police Officer Mark MacPhail in the state of Georgia despite strong evidence to the contrary. Despite no murder weapon being reclaimed, no physical evidence linking Troy Davis to the crime, seven of the nine non-police officers recanting/contradicting their story, and the fact that other witnesses identified the shooter as Slyvester "Redd"...

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EPA Holds Special Hearing on Greenhouse Gas emissions and Public Health

Today the Environmental Protection Agency is holding a special public hearing on the Agency's recent endangerment findings. These hearings stem from a April 2, 2007 decision in Massachusetts v. EPA, 549 U.S. 497 (2007), the Supreme Court found that greenhouse gases are air pollutants covered by the Clean Air Act. The Court held that the Administrator must determine whether or not emissions of greenhouse gases from new motor vehicles cause or contribute...

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