If you follow current events (or if, like me, you watch the Colbert Report), you’ve likely heard some of the recent public outcry over the cold shoulder Frito Lay gave the environmental movement by scrapping SunChips’ compostable packaging.  Apparently, after 18 months of producing the bag, consumer feedback overwhelmingly showed that they were “too loud,” [...]

Cross-posted from Gosztola Blog (http://open.salon.com/blog/kevin_gosztola)
By Kevin Gosztola
Over a thousand Appalachian residents and activists participated in a rally and march in Washington, D.C. on Monday, September 27th. The action was the culmination of a multi-day convergence that had been put together by a coalition known as Appalachia Rising, which organized the activity to advance the movement [...]