Climate Action
Joining together to avert catastrophe.
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Rewriting the “Tragedy of the Commons”
by Bill McKibbenposted Jan 10, 2011 - We've been privatizing our way to disaster. It's time to chart a new course.
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Mountain Memories: Interview with Judy Bonds
by Taylor Lee Kirklandposted Jan 07, 2011 - West Virginia activist Judy Bonds died of cancer this week. Before she died, she gave this interview about fighting to save her home from mountaintop removal coal mining.
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A Different City
by Richard Conlinposted Jan 05, 2011 - In Seattle, the coming decades will bring new challenges—from storms and rising seas to climate refugees. How will the city adapt?
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What Can One Person Do When 6.8 Billion Are Frying the Planet?
posted Dec 28, 2010 - A visual essay.
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10 Most Hopeful Stories of 2010
by Sarah van Gelderposted Dec 22, 2010 - There was plenty of disappointment and hardship this year. But the year also brought opportunities for transformation.
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Strategies for Carbon Neutrality
by Richard Conlinposted Dec 16, 2010 - What are a city's options for cutting its carbon?
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Rise Up, Kiribati
posted Dec 14, 2010 - Video: Residents of Kiribati share a haunting song about the disappearance of their island home under the waves.
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Cancún: Changing the Climate Conversation
by Madeline Ostranderposted Dec 14, 2010 - Seven years ago, activists in Cancún started a powerful international movement. How can climate justice advocates have the same impact?
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Kicking the Habit: Air Travel in the Time of Climate Change
by Joseph Nevinsposted Dec 13, 2010 - Air travel is neither just nor sustainable. So how can environmental justice activists make a global difference?
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At Climate Talks, an Answer Grows Outside
by Luis A. Ubiñasposted Dec 09, 2010 - In Mexico, communities own and manage their own forests, a proven method for reducing deforestation.
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How We Saved the Climate (and Ourselves)
by Bill McKibbenposted Dec 06, 2010 - Bill McKibben imagines himself in the year 2100, looking back at a century of climate chaos and asking: What did it take to save the world?
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Maude Barlow: Read Me My Environmental Rights
by Madeline Ostranderposted Dec 03, 2010 - An international movement—of governments, scientists, and activists—is bringing a focus on environmental rights to the climate negotiations in Cancún.
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In Mexico City, a Message for Cancún
by Laura Carlsenposted Dec 02, 2010 - Why peasant farmers in Mexico are taking the UN climate negotiations seriously.
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Big Problem, Big Art
posted Nov 30, 2010 - Photo essay: As climate negotiators meet in Cancun, activists the world over are reminding them of what’s at stake with some very big art.
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In Coal Country, A Win for Clean Energy
by Sue Sturgisposted Nov 19, 2010 - A Kentucky power cooperative had plans to burn more coal. Local residents instead demanded cleaner energy and greater efficiency—and won.
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