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Hard Rocker Joins Fight for His Homeland’s Forests

March 10, 2010

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Cyclists assemble in Yerevan, Armenia, for a bike tour to Teghut Forest. Photo by Ruzanna Hovasapyan via ride-earth on Flickr.

Armenian environmental activists fighting plans to build a copper mine in an endangered forest got a boost recently when former System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian, surely the world’s most famous Armenian-American rock star, sent a me…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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How Best to Debate Climate Deniers on TV? Simple: Don’t.

March 10, 2010

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I can’t wait to see the comments on this one. Really, I can’t. But this is a concept that I think is important to think about, especially at a time when much of the media appears to be buying into the narrative that the science supporting climate change is being ‘called into question’. As a result, we’re seeing more calls for televised ‘debate’ than usual, especially from outlets already convinced that global warming is a big hoax. So what’s a climate scientist to do when s/he’s asked by a skeptic to appear on Fox News to defend the <a href="http://www.treehugger.co…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Co-opportunity by John Grant – Join Up For a Sustainable, Resilient, Prosperous World (Book Review)

March 10, 2010

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We’re excited to welcome British author and green marketing guru John Grant back to the top of our reading list. His latest offering ‘Co-opportunity’ invites us all to “Join up for a sustainable, resilient, prosperous world.” In his recent Change Makers interview John said, “I actually think green should be a bi-product of us living co-operativ…Read the full story on TreeHugger

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