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A Critical Mass for Real Food
by Anim Steelposted Aug 06, 2012 - The old logic of the slave plantation is still the logic of our industrial food system, 500 years in the making. There’s a new way of thinking taking off.
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Fighting Coal While Supporting Miners?
by John C. Bergposted Aug 03, 2012 - Can you fight austerity and climate change at the same time?
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Blockade Aims to Stop Southern KXL Pipeline
by Christine Leclercposted Aug 03, 2012 - Activists in the Gulf Coast aren’t willing to stand by while a portion of the controversial pipeline gets fast-tracked.
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Paragliding Africa
posted Aug 01, 2012 - How one photographer captured the continent from the sky—with a fan strapped to his back.
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Bidder 70: The Tim DeChristopher Story
by Samantha Herndonposted Aug 01, 2012 - Last year, climate activist Tim DeChristopher went to jail for bidding $1.7 million (that he didn't have) to save 22,000 acres of public land from corporate extraction.
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How Cities Can Get Drivers Biking
by Jay Walljasperposted Jul 27, 2012 - How can planners attract the 60 percent of Americans who say they would bike more if they felt more secure? The answer could be cheap and simple.
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Carbon Neutrality: It’s Technically Possible
by Richard Conlinposted Jul 25, 2012 - The technology to achieve carbon neutrality exists, or could in the near future. What has to happen to put those capabilities in play?
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What We Learned From Swimming With Leeches
by Shannon Hayesposted Jul 25, 2012 - The appearance of “bloodsucking parasites” in one farm family’s pond got them thinking: How could we be so comfortable with our natural world, yet paranoid about harmless—and helpful—creatures in it?
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Occupy the Dam: Brazil’s Indigenous Uprising
by John Perkinsposted Jul 23, 2012 - In the Amazonian backcountry, tribes are challenging construction of the world’s third-largest dam—by dismantling it. Here’s what they can teach us about standing up to power.
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Climate Emergency Action Plan
by Sarah van Gelderposted Jul 20, 2012 - We can still avoid a devastating climate crisis, but we’ll need a World War II-level mobilization — and we’ll need to stand up to Dirty Energy.
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Inside America’s Worst Toxic Waste Cover-Up
by Valerie Schloredtposted Jul 18, 2012 - Film Review: The Big Fix exposes BP’s efforts to minimize awareness of North America’s biggest oil spill.
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How to Save Bats in Your Own Backyard
by Heidi Bruce, Shannan Stollposted Jul 17, 2012 - Bats are mammals, shy creatures of the night, and fascinating to watch. They’re also endangered by loss of habitat, disease, and pesticide poisoning. You can help by providing protection.
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Cry Wolf: An Unethical Oil Story
posted Jul 05, 2012 - In an attempt to bolster caribou populations, Alberta is hunting wolves. But are they really the cause of the problem?
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Trading in Democracy: Why Rights Are Still For Real People
by Robin Broad, John Cavanaghposted Jun 28, 2012 - International trade deals allow businesses to sue elected governments when corporate interests are threatened abroad. Here’s why you should care.
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One More Benefit of Local Food
by Shannon Hayesposted Jun 28, 2012 - A farmer sings the praises of having non-farmers close at hand.
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