Climate Action
Joining together to avert catastrophe.
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Tim DeChristopher: Sacrifice for the Climate
by Brooke Jarvisposted Jan 11, 2012 - The YES! Breakthrough 15: It’s a blessing to risk it all to stop climate change—even if it means jail time.
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May Boeve: Friendship to Carry Us Through Crisis
by Colin Beavanposted Jan 10, 2012 - The YES! Breakthrough 15: The worldwide climate-change movement started with the dreams of a few college friends.
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Why I’m Giving Up Cynicism for New Year's
by Bill McKibbenposted Jan 06, 2012 - Let’s be naïve enough to demand a country more like the one we were promised in high school civics class.
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The Scientization of Politics
posted Dec 22, 2011 - How did climate science get so politicized—and what can we do about it? Climatologist Michael Mann responds in this TEDx talk.
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After Durban: Climate Activists Target Corporate Power
by Madeline Ostranderposted Dec 13, 2011 - After another disappointing round of UN negotiations, climate justice activists have a new strategy.
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Crisis Time in Durban
by Jamie Hennposted Dec 08, 2011 - World leaders are stalling on climate action at the 2011 Climate Summit in Durban, South Africa. What needs to happen to get things moving and make a change before it’s too late?
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Protesters Win Pipeline Delay
by Brooke Jarvisposted Nov 10, 2011 - How thousands of determined protesters dragged a little-known pipeline into the national spotlight—and convinced the Obama administration to delay its approval.
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Toilet Paper Preparedness vs. True Resilience
by Shannon Hayesposted Nov 02, 2011 - What I learned from the hurricane: Real emergency preparedness has more to do with community than canned goods.
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Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin: Doing the Impossible
by Sarah van Gelderposted Nov 02, 2011 - The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner accepted an appointment as U.S. poet laureate so he could offer just one simple warning.
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Occupy Wall Street’s Moral Ground
by Kathleen Mooreposted Nov 01, 2011 - Much of the Occupy movement’s power comes from a simple moral message: It’s wrong to wreck the world. It’s wrong to wreck the health and hopes of others.
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EU: Drawing a Line in the Tar Sands?
by Robert Mellingerposted Oct 28, 2011 - A controversial move to prohibit oil imported from what’s been called the world’s dirtiest fuel source could be an example for the rest of us.
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Red State Ranchers Vs. the Pipeline
posted Oct 07, 2011 - Nebraska isn’t known for environmental activism—but an oil pipeline that would cross the Ogallala aquifer is changing that.
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Can Households Help Create a Carbon Neutral City?
by Richard Conlinposted Oct 06, 2011 - In Seattle’s quest for carbon neutrality, what role do personal actions play?
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Eco-Politics Back on the Ranch
by Madeline Ostranderposted Sep 30, 2011 - In Nebraska, the fight against the Keystone XL pipeline is no longer about left versus right.
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A Moveable Planet
posted Sep 29, 2011 - Video: In more than 175 countries, people found creative ways to show they're ready to move away from fossil fuels.
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