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Chaos and Capitulation in Copenhagen

Jerry Cope | Posted 12.16.2009 | Green

Read More: COP15 Protests, 350.Org, Wwf, Copenhagen 2009, Bella-Center, Nrdc, Unfccc, Hunter Lovins, Bill Mckibben, Sierra Club, Barack Obama, Green News
Jerry Cope

If the current proposals are adopted, CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere will reach approximately 770PPM by 2100. The "safe" level of CO2 has been determined to be 350PPM.

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Youth Arrive to Copenhagen in Droves Only to be Kept Out (VIDEO)

David Kroodsma | Posted 12.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Hopenhagen, Youth, 350.Org, cop15, Copenhagen, Global Wamring, Hopenhagen Ambassador, Climate Change, Green News
David Kroodsma

Today young people are being turned away from the Bella Center in droves because far too many passes were given out by the United Nations.

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Lord Monckton, Climate Change Denier, Punked By International Youth Climate Movement (VIDEO)

Posted 12.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Video, Copenhagen 2009, 350.Org, cop15, International Youth Climate Movement, Un Climate Change Conference, Lord Monckton, Green News, UN Climate Talks, Climate Change, Copenhagen, UN Climate Change, Green News

Lord Monckton may have had it coming. The International Youth Climate Movement decided to confront the well-known climate change denier on camera in C...

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Reason And Faith In Copenhagen

Bill McKibben | Posted 12.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Religion, 350.Org, Copenhagen 2009, Green News, cop15, Un Climate Change Conference, UN Climate Talks, Climate Change, Copenhagen, UN Climate Change, Green News
Bill McKibben

I've spent the last few years working more than full time to organize the first big global grassroots climate change campaign. That's meant shutting off my emotions most of the time.

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Storm Front: An Interview With the Nation's Foremost Climate Scientist James Hansen

Jerry Cope | Posted 12.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Defense Fund, James Hansen, Climate Change, Storms of My Grandchildren, Clean Coal, Nuclear Power, Nrdc, Global Warming, Bill Mckibben, 350.Org, Mountaintop Removal, Green News
Jerry Cope

I think that we have passed the level at which you're going to get effects that we do not want or that we want our children to have to bear.

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An Open Letter to Chevron's New CEO

Michael Brune | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Rainforest Action Network, 350.Org, Rainforest, Big Oil, Climate Change, Ecuador, Oil, Clean Energy, Amazon Rainforest, Chevron, Chevron Ecuador, Oil Companies, Green News
Michael Brune

These two issues -- climate change and the environmental and human rights impacts of Chevron's operations -- are likely to define your tenure as Chief Executive Officer. How will you respond?

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350 Global Day of Action: A New Bright Line for Digital Organizing

Michael Silberman | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green

Read More: 350.Org Day of Action, Climate Change, 350.Org, Community Organizing, Online Organizing, 350 Campaign, International, Green News
Michael Silberman

Good organizers embody the idea that nothing can be achieved alone -- so they naturally inspire others to join the effort and even encourage others to take ownership of various components.

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Halloween? Bah, Humbug!

Michael DeJong | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Miley Cyrus, Halloween, Store-Bought, Acrylic, 350.Org, Toilet Paper, Eco-Minded, Cover Girl, China, Pretty Scary, Toxins, Sugar Crash, Paper-Bags, All-Hallows-Eve, Christmas, Eco-Freaks, Jack-O-Lanterns, Urban Myth, Plastic, Flame-Retardant, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, Fire-Retardants, Trick-or-Treat, Holidays, Petrochemicals, Pumpkin Seeds, Ready-Made Costumes, Revlon, Candy-Corn, Martha Stewart, Candy-Bars, Heavy-Metal-Toxins, Booty, Womens Voices for the Earth, Big Box Store, Carbon Footprint, Mask, Make-Up, Forest Stewardship Council, Halloween Costumes, Columbus Day, Seventh Generation, Nylon, X-Box 360, Acetate, Ghoul Make-Up, Mommy-Made, Maybelline, Green News
Michael DeJong

Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy festive holidays as much as the next person, but we eco-freaks can't help ourselves from sucking the fun out of things, particularly when it comes to harming children.

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A Human Rights Petition to President Barack Obama

Wade Norris | Posted 10.28.2009 | Denver

Read More: Human Rights, Executive Order, Environmental Refugees, United Nations, US Senate, Copenhagen, Climate Change, Petition, Barack Obama, Ban-Ki Moon, 350.Org, Denver News
Wade Norris

For environmental refugees both within the United States and internationally, climate change means losing their homes, land and culture.

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Eight Reasons for Hope on Climate Change

Amanda Little | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green

Read More: International Day of Climate Action, 350.Org, Global Warming, Green News
Amanda Little

Saturday's International Day of Climate Action gave us overwhelming evidence of hope at a time of widespread despair on global warming.

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How Green is Chicago? Eight Arrested at Deadly Fisk Coal-Fired Plant

Jeff Biggers | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: 350.Org, Climate Change, Chicago, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, Strip Mining, Sierra Club, Coal-Fired Plants, Barack Obama, Dick Durbin, 350ppm, Chicago News
Jeff Biggers

The Chicago activists called attention to the deadly life cycle of coal mining and coal burning -- including the burning of coal strip-mined from mountaintop removal operations in Appalachia.

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350 Protests In New York City: Thousands March Across Brooklyn Bridge

Posted 10.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Brooklyn Bridge, 350, Slideshow, 350.Org, Climate Change, New York City, Sustainability, Times Square, International Day of Climate Action, Global Warming, Green News

With the focus on bringing carbon dioxide levels down from 385 parts per million (and rising) to 350 ppm -- the level scientists have deemed safe as t...

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Lessons from Jon Stewart and the Green Tea Parties: Recast the Coalition for Climate Protection

Bill Shireman | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Sustainability, Climate Change, Rush Limbaugh, 350.Org, Tea Party, Jon Stewart, Barack Obama, Climate Bill, Green News
Bill Shireman

This past weekend, people in 181 countries came together for what may have been the "most widespread day of environmental action in the planet's history." But you wouldn't have known it here in the U.S.

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Protesters Hold Massive Rallies Against Emissions, Climate Change

New York Times | ANDREW C. REVKIN | Posted 10.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Rallies, 350 Protests, Environmental Defense Fund, 350.Org, Carbon Emissions, Environment, Protests, Obama, Climate Change, Emissions, 350 Climate Change, Copenhagen, Green News

Campaigners against global warming have drawn on an arsenal of visually startling tactics over the years, from posing nude on a Swiss glacier to scali...

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International Day Of Climate Action: Adorable Photos Of Children (UPDATED)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green

Read More: 350, Photos, Video, 350.Org, 350 Climate Action, Adorable Kids 350, #350ppm, Adorable Kids, Cute Kids 350, Slidepoll, Climate Change, International Day of Climate Action, Adorable Kid Photos, Green News

People around the world have come together for the International Day of Climate Action, and they are showing support in some amazing and creative ways...

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International Day Of Climate Action: The Most Creative 350 Photos

Huffington Post | Posted 10.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Photos, 350, Slidepoll, Video, 350.Org, Climate Action, Climate Change, 350.Org Day of Action, International Day of Climate Action, 350 Photos, Green News

Check out these amazingly creative photos from 350.org's international day of climate action, to show the world's leaders that there is a global movem...

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350's International Day Of Climate Action: The World Shows Support (UPDATED PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Video, 350.Org, Activism, Climate-Action-Day, Slidepoll, Climate Action, Climate Change, 350.Org Day of Action, International Day of Climate Action, Global Warming, Green News

These photos say it all! People around the world are coming together to support the International Day of Climate Action, and they are showing support ...

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350 Day Of Climate Action (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green

Read More: 350, Slidepoll, Video, 350.Org, Climate Change, International Day of Climate Action, 350 Day of Action, 350 Videos, Climate Action Day, Green News

Who knew a data point about carbon emissions could be so sexy? More creative videos keep pouring in related to 350's International Day of Climate Acti...

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350: The Climate Event That Might Just Save the World

Leah Lamb | Posted 10.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Climate Change, 350.Org, Activism, Bill Mckibben, Green News
Leah Lamb

350 parts per million is the number that leading scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide. It's the number humanity needs to get back to as soon as possible to avoid runaway climate change.

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One World, One Climate, One Day, One Number: 350

Jerry Cope | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Climate Change, Bill Mckibben, 350.Org, cop15, Global Warming, International Day of Climate Action, Green News
Jerry Cope

Now is the time for the citizens to speak out and demand that leaders from every country agree on a fair and just global climate agreement.

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The Outrageous History Of Environmental Protests (SLIDESHOW)

The Huffington Post | Matthew Palevsky/Mallika Rao | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Protests, Green Protests, International Day of Environmental Action, Video, 350.Org, Slidepoll, Green News

Those committed to Mother Nature have been known to express their grievances with public happenings and large-scale art projects rather than anti-war ...

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350.org's International Day Of Climate Action On October 24th: Everything You Need To Know

Huffington Post | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Video, 350.Org, Climate Action, October 24th Day of Action, Climate Change, 350.Org Day of Action, International Day of Climate Action, Bill Mckibben, Green News

October 24th, 2009 is a very important day -- 350.org has organized an international day of climate action, to show the world's leaders that there is ...

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Organizing The Biggest Day Of Action The World Has Ever Seen

Bill McKibben | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Blogger Action Day, Climate Change, No Impact Week, International Day of Climate Action, 350.Org, Bill Mckibben, No Impact Project, Climate Action, Green News
Bill McKibben

There are big climate actions organized for almost every city on earth on October 24th. If we can build this wave, we have a chance of making real, not token, change in the Senate, at Copenhagen, and beyond.

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5 Ways To Organize For A Meaningful International Day Of Climate Action On October 24

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 10.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, International Day of Climate Action, 350.Org, Activism, October 24th Events, Climate Action, Green News

October 24 is the International Day of Climate Action, and if you haven't heard about it (where have you been?), it's time to start getting involved....

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On Climate Change: It's Not Time to Throw In the Towel

Betsy Taylor | Posted 11.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Jobs, Copenhagen 2009, Hu Jintao, United Nations, Oil, Green, Climate Change, Coal, New York, Pittsburgh, Global Warming, Barack Obama, India, Tck-Tck-Tck, 350.Org, Maldives, Avaaz, Powershift, China, 1sky, Green News
Betsy Taylor

We must protect ourselves against the dark vision of rising seas and temperatures, but not by numbly going through the motions with our actions and alerts. The times call for more risk-taking.

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