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[About.com Environmental Issues] Like his brothers before him, Ted Kennedy eventually ran for president, losing his bid for the 1980 Democratic presidential nomination. Kennedy’s concession speech, intended to encourage and comfort his supporters, also seemed to speak for his family’s legacy of service: “For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die.”

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[Climate Progress] Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), a champion of the environment ...: Payments from the Federal Water Pollution Control State Revolving Fund are essential to protecting vital water resources, wildlife and the public health in the U.S. To ensure adequate funding for the account, Senator Kennedy introduced an amendment to the FY 2006 Budget Resolution that expressed support for increasing water pollution payments to states.

[Worldchanging: Bright Green] Worldchanging: Bright Green: Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), A ...: In 2004, Senator Kennedy cosponsored legislation to establish a federal research program examining ocean resources and their application to human health. The bill would have created the Oceans and Human Health Program at the Department of Commerce, and directed the Department to establish an outreach effort with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

[Underground Dissident] Teddy Kennedy's Deadly Legacy For America : Underground Dissident: Kennedy single handedly planted the seeds for the destruction of our country per the words of President Teddy Roosevelt, “The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, or preventing all possibility of its continuing as a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities.”

[Welcome Obama] The Cabinet Honors Senator Kennedy | Welcome Obama: "Every day I look at the portrait of his brother Robert that hangs in my office and I am reminded that the Kennedy family has shown to America, through its actions, the importance of fighting for what is right even in the face of difficult odds. I would not be in the office I now hold were it not for their contributions and commitment to our nation. 

[Planet Forward] Ted Kennedy - An Environmental Pioneer |Sustainable Products ...: Despite controversy in his personal life and setbacks in his political life, Senator Kennedy inspired many.   He was a masterful politician and an effective, aggressive reformer and always seemed to be championing one of society’s underdogs.  Though he was more known for his achievements with health care and civil rights, few know he was also an environmental steward.  Here, we are going to pay tribute to the lesser known - but equally important - green legacy he left behind.

[Kansas City Star: Breaking News] Sen. Ted Kennedy, icon of American politics, dies of brain cancer ...: He was the youngest child of Joseph and Rose Kennedy, last in line behind brothers groomed for the presidency. He lacked the polished charm of his brother John, who won the presidency in 1960, or the grit and fire of brother Bobby, who pursued the White House in 1968.

[Womenstake] Womenstake: Because of Ted Kennedy”¦: It was a blazingly hot day, and as we passed through the metal detectors with our gowns draped over our arms, our excitement was shadowed by the sad reason for then-Senator Obama’s presence. He had come in place of our planned commencement speaker, Senator Ted Kennedy, who had recently been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor.

[The Swamp] Kennedy's salutes: Reagan, Clintons too: The Swamp: "In his 46 years in the Senate, Sen. Kennedy's primary focus - and the legacy he will be most remembered for - will be his work to improve the plight of ordinary Americans, to empower the powerless and to end the scourge of discrimination based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability and economic background that was all too prevalent in an earlier time....

[mass rights blog] mass rights blog: Senator Kennedy's Civil Rights Legacy: "No memorial oration or eulogy could more eloquently honor President Kennedy's memory than the earliest possible passage of the civil rights bill for which he fought so long…If his life and death had a meaning, it was that we should not hate but love one another, we should use our powers not to create conditions of oppression that lead to violence, but conditions of freedom that lead to peace."

[Atlanta Progressive News Blog] Reactions to Kennedy's passing: Because of Ted Kennedy, more young children could afford to become healthy.  More young adults could afford to become students.  More of our oldest citizens and our poorest citizens could get the care they need to live longer, fuller lives.  More minorities, women and immigrants could realize the rights our founding documents promised them.  And more Americans could be proud of their country.

[gov_wire's blog] THOMPSON STATEMENT ON PASSING OF SENATOR EDWARD M. KENNEDY | Room ...: “I am deeply saddened by the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy, a man who throughout the hardships and losses he faced, continued to stand up and fight for the American people. He dedicated his life to the service .

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[Refugio's Blog] RIP Senator Ted Kennedy « Refugio's Blog: Kennedy, has expressed his feelings about losing his colleague and spoken wistfully for a working institution again. In his honor and as a tribute to his commitment to his ideals, let us stop the shouting and name calling and have a civilized debate on health care reform wh […] CA Berkeley WV

[Breaking News] Sen. John Kerry praises Kennedy as 'irrepressible, larger than ...: WASHINGTON - Visiting Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said the military operation in the North West Frontier Province's Swat Valley would continue until the Taliban and other extremist groups are completely flushed out, and 'normalcy' returns to the troubled region. Addressing a joint press conference with his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai and US Senator John Kerry here, Zardari said: "It is going to carry on until life in Swat comes back to normalcy."Zardari's statement came after Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani declared an all out war against the Taliban in restive Swat and Malakand Divisions of the NWFP.

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