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Bill McKibben Links Climate Change to Corruption in Stirring Occupy Wall Street Speech (Video)

October 9, 2011

The climate activism community is now firmly in the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) fight. 350.org joined in the tens of thousands on the streets of New York last week; and now environmental activist Bill McKibben has starkly laid out the links between clim…

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Proof of "Human Fingerprints" on Global Climate Change

October 7, 2011

Photo: christine zenino (chrissy575) Flickr, CC BY

Yes, you know that human activity is causing the global climate to change. But do you know exactly how we know this? Like, if some smart-alecky climate skeptic said ‘prove it–how do you know humans …

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Dissent Rocks Final Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Hearing

October 7, 2011

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Today saw the US State Department’s final public hearing before the Obama administration reaches a decision on whether or not to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. The 1,700 mile pipeline would, as yo…

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Climate Activists Join 10,000 Protesters to Occupy Wall Street (Video)

October 6, 2011

Photo credit: Peter Walsh Projects via Flickr

Drums pounded, horns blared, an incensed speaker’s voice crackled over the PA. Union members chatted with students and gay rights campaigners raised their flags. Parents pushed children in strollers, the …

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Reverend Billy & the Church of Stop Shopping Occupy Wall Street (Video)

October 6, 2011

The Reverend Billy Talen and his infamous Church of Stop Shopping dropped by the massive protests on Wall Street last night to deliver a brief sermon, and I caught the Rev’s speech on video. Watch above as he rejoices because #OccupyWallStreet protes…

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Are UK Conservatives Lurching to the Lunatic Fringe Too?

October 6, 2011

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The UK Chancellor’s vow that Britain would not take a leadership position on CO2 cuts was disappointing, but given his party’s previous pledges to be the greenest government eve…

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Why I’m Occupying Wall Street with the Green Movement Today

October 5, 2011

Photo: Mat McDermott via Flickr

Since the Occupy Wall Street movement began, there’s been plenty of long-winded pontificating about what it stands for or what it doesn’t stand for or what it should stand for and so on. (Most of that pontificating has…

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Green Movement to Occupy Wall Street Today

October 5, 2011

Photo credit: Mat McDermott via Flickr

Over the last few weeks, the Occupy Wall Street movement has (peacefully) fought its way into the national spotlight. And it’s still growing. I was down in Zuccotti park last afternoon, and I spoke to plenty of …

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Are We About to Start Geoengineering Up in Here?

October 4, 2011

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Geoengineering is a frightening prospect. It should be, anyway. Intentionally attempting to engineer the planet’s climate system by seeding cloud cover or scattering reflective particulates or so forth might seem harm…

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Fossil Fuel Subsidies to Hit $660 Billion by 2020

October 4, 2011

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Fossil Fuel Subsidies Ballooned by $110 Billion Last Year
It could take all afternoon to list the myriad reasons that more fossil fuel subsidies are the last thing we need right now. So suffice to say that so as …

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