Environmental Movement

This World Is Not Ours

Rep. John D. Dingell | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Earth Day 1970, Impact-Earth-Day, Earth Day, Environmental Movement, Environment, Earth Day 2012, Environmentalism, Clean Air Act, 42nd Earth Day, Home News
Rep. John D. Dingell

We have made great environmental gains during the past generation and are seeing attempts to dismantle it. On this 42nd Earth Day, I challenge all Americans to demonstrate a commitment to protecting the air we all breathe, water we all drink, and the land we borrow to sustain us.

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Eco Etiquette: Forget Earth Day?

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Earth Day 2012, Green News, Green Advice, Environmental Movement, Eco Etiquette, Environmentalism, Doomsday, Green Living, Earth Day, Pollution, Future of Humankind, Planet in Peril, Green News
Jennifer Grayson

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. This week, I had original...

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We Were the 99%

Paul Gallay | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Green Movement, Environmental Movement, Gallup Poll, Delaware-River-Basin-Commission, Energy Department, Fracking, Riverkeeper, Green News
Paul Gallay

But the fact that fracking isn't safe may not be enough to stop it. After all, President Obama himself delivered a veritable infomercial for fracking during his State of the Union address, pushing it as a source of cheap, reliable energy.

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Is the Green Movement Dead?

Francesca Olivieri | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Environmental Regulations, Cap and Trade, Environmental Laws, EPA Ozone Layer, EPA Environment Regulations, Environmental Movement, Ozone Protection Law, Epa Ozone, Epa Standards, Cap Trade EPA, Green Movement, Epa Regulations, Green News
Francesca Olivieri

We know the drill. We know we need to turn off the water, stop buying plastic bottles and unplug the toaster. Do these small actions really make a difference?

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WATCH: Greenpeace Has Dealt With 40 Years Of @#$% (EXPLICIT LANGUAGE)

Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Greenpeace 40 Years, Video, Green Organizations, Environmental Justice, Environmentalists, Green-Living, Environmental Movement, Environment, Environmentalism, Greenpeace, Green News

Greenpeace turned 40 years old this week. In honor of the milestone, director Peter Thwaites and production company Gorgeous/Les Telecreateurs pre...

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Women as Environmental Change Agents

Melanne Verveer | Posted 06.22.2011

Read More: Environment, Women Climate Change, Women Environment, Earth Day 2011, Earth Day, Climate Change, Women Environmentalists, Environmental Movement, STEM Education, Green News
Melanne Verveer

As we celebrate Earth Day, we would be wise to focus on the role of women as environmental leaders. Investing in women will be critical to addressing the myriad environmental challenges our world faces.

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Planet in Sight Series: Shifting From Sacrificial Conservation

Nathaniel Loewentheil | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Environment, Environmentalism, Climate Change, Environmental Movement, Green News
Nathaniel Loewentheil

We need to think and to frame environmental issues in terms of welfare, and we need to tackle environmental challenges first and foremost through political messaging and organizing.

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Obama Administration Announces Massive Coal-Mining Expansion

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wild Earth Guardians, Politics, Democratic Primary, Powder River Basin, Nuclear Power, Environmental Movement, Fukushima, Oil, American Petroleum Institute, Bernie Sanders, Ken Salazar, Coal, Barack Obama, Green News
Glenn Hurowitz

Despite his administration's rhetorical embrace of clean energy, when push comes to shove, Obama is effectively using modest wind and solar investments as cover for a broader embrace of dirty fuels.

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An Invitation to Create Beautiful Actions Seeable From Space (350 EARTH)

Bill McKibben | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 350 Earth, Green Movement, Climate Change, Green Art, Environmental Movement, Green News
Bill McKibben

We need to reach past people's heads to their hearts. Environmentalists have traditionally been more comfortable with the side of the brain that likes bar graphs; we need to engage the rest of our souls in this movement.

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Our Planet, Our Selves: The Earth's Symptoms and What to Do About Them

Dana Ullman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Environmental Policy, Green Living, Environmental Health, Dana Ullman, Children's Environmental Health, Environmental Movement, Healthy Living News
Dana Ullman

Human health is more dependent on the health of the planet than the planet is dependent on human health. Unless we learn to live in harmony, we will be expelled from this Garden of Eden.

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Greenwash: Nativists Cynically Working to Co-Opt Environmental Movement

Mark Potok | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roy Beck, Immigration, John Tanton, Southern Poverty Law Center, Nativism, Environmental Movement, Federation for American Immigration Reform, Progressives for Immigration Reform, Green News
Mark Potok

Environmentalists need to be aware of so-called "progressives for immigration reform" and their true motives. These individuals and organizations do not see protecting the environment as their primary goal.

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Stewart Brand On Colbert (VIDEO): Is Nuclear Power Green 'Because That's The Color We'll Glow?'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stephen Colbert, Stewart Brand Nuclear Power, Nuclear Waste, Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto, Stewart Brand, Nuclear Power, Ecopragmatism, Environmental Movement, Stewart Brand Colbert, Poll, Steward Brand Ecopragmatism, Colbert Report, Whole Earth Catalog, Green News

Stewart Brand has been around since right around the inception of the environmental movement. He's best known for the Whole Earth Catalog, published b...

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Earth Day at 40 In Brooklyn

Linda Cronin-Gross | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: El Puente, Brooklyn Greenway, Heroes, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, Parks, Earth Day, Trails, Parks and Trails, New York, Urban, Neighbors Allied for Good Growth, Environmental Movement, Environemental Justice, Environment, Greenpoint, Urban Heroes, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Newtown Creek, Broadway Stages, Ewvidco, Green News
Linda Cronin-Gross

These are the people and groups who toil, every single day, for a better environment, no matter what. Here in Brooklyn, we are taking out some time on this environmentally symbolic day to honor some of those groups and people.

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Earth Day 2010: Celebration vs. Cynicism

Leslie Hatfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Earth Day, Greenwashing, Environmental Movement, Food Politics, Green News
Leslie Hatfield

Originally published on The Green Fork. It's hard to believe it's been two years since we launched The Green Fork but there it is, 473 blog posts l...

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Republican Opinions on Environmentalism have Shifted Drastically in the Past 10 Years

Josh Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chart, Polling, Environmental Movement, Politics, Gallup, Environmentalism, Republicans, Earth Day, Political News, Green News
Josh Nelson

In honor of Earth Day, Gallup has just released polling showing how American's opinions of the environmental movement have changed in the previous ten...

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Earth Day 40

Edward Flattau | Posted 05.25.2011

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Edward Flattau

This downgrading of Earth Day resurrects the tired old shibboleth that when economic growth and environmental reform appear to be in conflict, the latter must give way.

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The Green Movement: The Day It All Started 40 Years Ago

McClatchy | Rocky Barker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Green Movement History, Earth-Day-40th-Anniversay, Sen. Gaylord Nelson, Green Movement, Earth Day History, Earth Day, Green Revolution, Environmental Movement, Green News

BOISE, Idaho -- One U.S. senator and a core of young organizers turned April 22, 1970 , into the day the environmental movement was born. On that day...

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Obama's Earth Day Message (VIDEO): Environmental Movement Is Not About The Laws, It's About You

Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama issued an Earth Day message with a challenge: He wants you to take action. While Washington has its place, Obama argues that the envir...

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Share Your Sixties Memories

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Environmental Protection Agency, 1960s, The Sixties, Baby Boomers, Gay Rights, Consumer Movement, Voting Rights Act, Great Recession, Environmental Movement, Woodstock, Women's Movement, Consumer Rights, Civil Rights, Politics News

The decade of Civil Rights, the women's movement, the environmental movement, and JFK turns 50 this year. That same decade was also the era of Woodsto...

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The Sixties Turn 50

Mark Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Baby Boomers, The Sixties, Voting Rights Act, Civil Rights, Environmental Protection Agency, 1960s, Consumer Movement, Gay Rights, Women's Movement, Woodstock, Great Recession, Environmental Movement, Consumer Rights, Politics News
Mark Green

Having reprised the past, miserable decade -- bracketed by 9/11 and The Great Recession -- let us also take note of the 50th anniversary last week of the start of probably the most prophetic and influential decade in memory. Yes, The Sixties.

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We All Have Disagreed to Agree, Now What?

Xiu Min Li | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climate Negotiations, Climate Deal, Klima Forum, Climate, Obama, China, cop15, Climate Change, Environment, Mexico City Climate, Copenhagen Accord, Environmental Movement, Climate Debate, Climate Protest, Pacific Environment, Civil Society, Chinese NGOs, cop16, Green News
Xiu Min Li

The vast differences between countries and within the environmental movement are telling as to how COP15 failed to result in a binding agreement. Where do we go from here?

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Earth Days: Dare To Care

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Earth Days, Ronald Reagan, Stewart Brand, Climate Change, Rachel Carson, Environmental Movement, Jimmy Carter, Conservation, Robert Stone, Green Living, Green News
Kerry Trueman

Earth Days, the new film that opens this weekend from acclaimed documentarian Robert Stone, is being promoted as a history of the environmental movement in the United States. But it's more of a road trip, really.

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Cleveland Celebrates a River Reborn

Wendy Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rivers, Conservation, Smart Cities, Habitat Restoration, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Environmental Movement, Green News
Wendy Gordon

When the Cuyahoga River caught fire in 1969, attitudes had changed, and "the Mistake by the Lake" sparked environmental reforms across the country.

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Green Groups Celebrate The Election Of President Obama

Grist | Sarah K. Burkhalter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Slideshow, Environmental Policy, Barack Obama, Environmental Movement, President Elect Barack Obama, Green News

Big green groups were wholly delighted that voters elected Barack Obama as the next president of the United States on Nov. 4. Take a look at how sever...

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Serena: This Fall's Most Dangerous Novel

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wall Street Crash, Appalachia, Environmental Movement, Wall Street Crisis, Great American Novel, Novels, American Literature, Logging, Green Living, Thomas Wolfe, Ron Rash, Sarah Palin, North Carolina, Timber, Fiction, Toni Morrison, Dorothy Allison, Media News
Jeff Biggers

As unforgettable as a haunting mountain ballad, Serena unfolds like a brilliantly conceived cautionary tale and mediation on the dark corners of unbridled lust to profit at any cost.

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