Environmentalists

Free Paul Watson!

Peter Jay Brown | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Sea Shepherd, Save the Whales, Paul Watson Sea Shepherd, Environmentalists, Confessions of an Eco Terrorist, Captain Paul Watson, Costa Rica, Environment, Environmentalism, Whale Wars, Japan, Sharks, Paul Watson, Green News

While people around the world revere Captain Paul Watson for the stands he takes to save whales, the German government has him under arrest for a 2005 complaint for the very actions millions cheer for each week.

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How Green is My Occupy? Rio+20 Enviromentalists Team With #OWS

Jerry Ashton | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: United Nations Climate Change, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Environmental Justice, Environmentalists, Rio De Janeiro, Occupy Wall Street, United Nations, Environment, Environmentalism, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, #Occupywallstreet, Occupy Movement, Occupy Climate, Occupy Rio+20, New York News

Occupy is rallying its foot soldiers as well as a major online army to see that the upcoming U.N. Rio+20 Earth Summit. I imagine that in the Main Street Media, this will be billed as, "Tree Huggers Meet Wall Street Bashers."

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Pete Bethune and His Holy Warriors, Part 2

Peter Jay Brown | Posted 05.15.2012

I certainly believe we come from apes, but I also would like to believe we have evolved beyond that. Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi, Ghandi, and the Dalai Lama all know better. How might our human history be different if they had taken up arms?

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A Better Idea for Branding Public Transit

Carol Pierson Holding | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: North by Northwest, Bus, Environmentalists, Angelina Joli, The Tourist, Subway, Brief Encounter, Stampede, Bound, Cars, Broadway Subway, New York, Dash, Hop, Bolt, Sex, Trains, San Francisco, Grand Central, Making Transit Fun, Boulder, Johnny Depp, Atlantic Cities, Jump, Zipcar, Skip, Business News

So if a car's experience is so fundamentally different than riding transit, what parallel experience can we plumb for joyous attributes? I would propose we look for a model to long-distance trains and their sense of possibility and romance, not the raw sex of cars.

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Let's Build That Pipeline

Clifford J. Tasner | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Keystone Pipeline, Keystone XL, Tar Sands, Gas Prices, Environmentalists, Big Oil, Satire, Climate Change, Conservation, Political Satire, Green News

Before we can move forward full-bore on this, we need to neutralize all those environmentalist whiners who have shown an annoying degree of persistence as they protest our every move.

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The Idea That Drilling Can Cure Unemployment Is A Joke

The New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Oil Drilling, Environmentalists, President Obama, Mitt Romney, Gop, Stephen Moore, Gulf of Mexico, Drill Baby Drill, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Politics News

To be a modern Republican in good standing, you have to believe — or pretend to believe — in two miracle cures for whatever ails the economy: more...

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Why I Started Caring About the Evironment

Katherine Krauss | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Environment, Environmentalism, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Environmentalists, High School News

I personally believe that we should take initiative and stand up to help change the geological future of our planet, but that this change can only be reached via global collaboration.

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SOTU On Energy: 'We Don't Have To Choose Between Our Environment And Our Economy'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 03.25.2012

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama clearly laid out his energy agenda in Tuesday night's State of the Union address, promising "responsible developm...

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Rick Perry: Obama's Delay On Keystone Pipeline Puts 'Soliders' Lives In Jeopardy'

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 11.15.2011

Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Tuesday that President Barack Obama's move to delay a decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline puts American live...

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Rebuilding Fisheries: There's an App for That

Mike Sweeney | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: The Nature Conservancy, Sustainable Seafood, Environmentalists, Ipad, Fishermen, Ecatch, Green News

Enter eCatch, a new app developed by The Nature Conservancy and fishermen that lets them load their catch data at sea and have real time access to the latest information on where the fish are -- the ones they want to catch and the ones they need to avoid.

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Let's Stop Trying to Save the Environment; We Aren't Good At It, and It Isn't Working

Harris Silver | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Adam Smith, Sci-Arc, Environmental Policy, Fracking, Environmentalists, Haliburton, Charles Darwin, Environment, Hydrofracking, Environmentalism, Capitalism, Halliburton Loophole, Green, Occupy Wall Street. OWS, Harris Silver, Clean Water Act. Clean Drinking Water Act. Tsunami, Green News

The way to save the environment is to save capitalism. And the way to save capitalism is to understand the role of government in protecting the commons through regulation and policy.

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Occupy Nursing Homes: A Cause to Die For

Byron Kennard | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Green, Occupy Wall Street, Greatest Generation, Satire, Generation X, Climate Change, Social Movements, Comedy, Global Warming, Baby Boomers, Environmentalists, Preservation of Wilderness, Seniors, Environment, Boomers, Comedy News

My proposal calls for expanded wilderness protection in order to accommodate large numbers of nearly-dearly departed boomers. Think of this as the ecological dividend of your sacrifice.

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Eco Group: We Need Port-a-Potties On Everest, Excrement Is A Big Problem

www.newser.com | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Hiking, Environmentalists, Eco Nepal, Mount Everest Port a Potties, Port a Potty, Mount Everest, Home News

When you gotta go, you gotta go—even on Everest. And an environmental group says it's high time the mountain has portable toilets. "Human waste is a...

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Pipeline Opponents' Last Chance To Urge State Department To Stop

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Tar Sands, Transcanada, Video, Oil Industry, Oil Sands, Environmentalists, Liuna, Transcanada Pipeline, Nebraska, Keystone Pipeline, Keystone XL, State Department, Keystone XL Pipeline, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Environmentalists, union laborers, farmers and businessmen gathered in the nation's capital on Friday to take part in the State Departme...

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The Sneak Attack on America's Lands

Bill Meadows | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Antiquities Act, Best Wild Places, National Parks, Hunting, Environmentalists, Hunters, Sportsmen, Anglers, Fishing, Green News

Throwing open the gates to development and improper use of these national treasures is no less egregious than using the Declaration of Independence for a placemat.

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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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Green Principles Mostly Missing From Obama's Job Speech

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Green Jobs, Environmentalists, Nrdc, Green Building, Environmentalism, Obama Jobs Speech, Clean Energy, Green Groups, BlueGreen Alliance, Natural Resources Defense Council, Obama Jobs, Video, Energy and Environment, Unemployment, Solar Power, Green News

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's jobs speech on Thursday night was infused with the passion that many who campaigned for him in 2008 had been wa...

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New York Environmentalist Rallies For Cleaner Air

HuffingtonPost.com | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Environmentalists, Cleaner Air, Buffalo, Environmentalism, Pollution, New York, Environmental Protection Agency, Western New York, Erin Heaney, Ny Impact, Environment, Erin Brockovich, Greatest Person of the Day, Clean Air Coalition of Western New York, Cleaner Air New York, Impact News

Erin Heaney doesn't mind being compared to another environmentally-minded Erin -- the one whose story became permanently etched into global consciousn...

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Green Groups Struggle With Obama's Mixed Environmental Record

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Howard | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Obama Envioronmental Record, Environmentalists, Keystone XL Pipeline, National Resources Defense Council, Elections 2012, League of Conservation Voters, Barack Obama Reelection, Green Groups, Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Environment America, Barack Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- When Barack Obama was elected president, environmentalists believed a new age of environmental protection and conservation had come. But...

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'Green News Report' - August 16, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Green Jobs, Fracking, Fuel Efficiency, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green Business, Green News Report, Pollution, Water Crisis, Infrastructure, Drought, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Greenhouse Gases, Clean Water Act, Electric Cars, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Israel, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Fukushima, Gasoline, Carbon Emissions, Environmentalists, Nuclear Power, Environmentalism, Arctic, Texas, Energy Efficiency, Koch Brothers, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Water, Famine, Missouri, Heat, Green News, Sustainability, Fox News, Endangered Species, Japan, Hydraulic Fracturing, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Fishing, Extreme Weather, Green News

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'Green News Report' - August 11, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Green Jobs, Fracking, Fuel Efficiency, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green Business, Green News Report, Pollution, Water Crisis, Infrastructure, Drought, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Greenhouse Gases, Clean Water Act, Electric Cars, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Israel, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Fukushima, Gasoline, Carbon Emissions, Environmentalists, Nuclear Power, Environmentalism, Texas, Energy Efficiency, Koch Brothers, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Water, Famine, Missouri, Heat, Green News, Sustainability, Fox News, Endangered Species, Japan, Hydraulic Fracturing, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Fishing, Extreme Weather, Arctic, Green News

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'Green News Report' - August 9, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Green Jobs, Fracking, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green Business, Green News Report, Pollution, Drought, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Greenhouse Gases, Clean Water Act, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Fukushima, Gasoline, Carbon Emissions, Environmentalists, Nuclear Power, Environmentalism, Energy Efficiency, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Heat, Sustainability, Fox News, Endangered Species, Japan, Hydraulic Fracturing, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Gas Prices, Australia, Desalination, Fuel Efficiency, United Nations, Top Gear, Missouri, Infrastructure, Electric Cars, Al Gore, Overfishing, Bbc, Texas, Koch Brothers, Water, Famine, Israel, Water Crisis, Fishing, Green News

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'Green News Report' - August 4, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Green Jobs, Fracking, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green Business, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Drought, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Greenhouse Gases, Clean Water Act, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Fukushima, Gasoline, Carbon Emissions, Environmentalists, Nuclear Power, Environmentalism, Appalachia, Energy Efficiency, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Green News, Heat, Sustainability, Fox News, Endangered Species, Japan, Hydraulic Fracturing, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Green News

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'Green News Report' - August 2, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Green Jobs, Fracking, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green Business, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Drought, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Greenhouse Gases, Clean Water Act, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Fukushima, Gasoline, Carbon Emissions, Environmentalists, Nuclear Power, Environmentalism, Appalachia, Energy Efficiency, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Heat, Green News, Sustainability, Fox News, Endangered Species, Japan, Hydraulic Fracturing, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Green News

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'Green News Report' - July 28, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Norway Terrorist Attacks, Green Jobs, Fracking, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green Business, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Drought, Marcellus Shale, Rising Sea Level, Norway, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Greenhouse Gases, Clean Water Act, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Pcbs, Bp, Energy, Poverty, Fukushima, Gasoline, Rush Limbaugh, Carbon Emissions, Environmentalists, Nuclear Power, Utilities, Environmentalism, Arctic, Appalachia, Energy Efficiency, Carbon Tax, BRAD BLOG, Smart Grid, Heat, Green News, Sustainability, Fox News, Endangered Species, Japan, Hydraulic Fracturing, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Green News

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