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Powershift09 to Capitol Power Action: Follow the Young

Jeff Biggers | Posted 03.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Civil Rights Movement, Coal, President Barack Obama, Washington DC, Capitol Climate Action, Green, Global Warming, Students, Climate Change, Young Voters, Dirty Coal, Carol Browner, Wendell Berry, Steven Chu, Green Energy, Green Movement, Energy Action Coalition, powershift09, Bill Mckibben, Green News
Jeff Biggers

As the first massive act of civil disobedience, thousands will cross the line to demand an end to our nation's denial of the spiraling impact of dirty coal and old coal-fired plants.

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Well, Black Is Always in Style

Marc Gunther | Posted 03.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Capital Climate Action, Rainforest Action Network, Al Gore, Greenpace, Wendell Berry, Bill Mckibben, Energy, Greenpeace, Coal, Green Activism, Tikkun, Sds, Climate Change, Environment, Green Demonstration, Global Exchange, The Rainforest Action Network, Green Policy, Green News
Marc Gunther

But I was amused to stumble upon a different question that's sparking debate among the young people planning to attend the action: What should one wear to a protest against coal?

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Breathe Deep the Green Winds of Change, Just in Time

Jerry Cope | Posted 02.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Barak Obama, Antarctica, Ipcc, 350.Org, North Carolina Obama, Environment, James Hansen, Climate Change, Bill Mckibben, Global Warming, Green News
Jerry Cope

Will Congress and the American people give our new President and his administration the support necessary to embark on the path to a long term sustainable future not only for ourselves, but the world?

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Message from Poznan: Time for Mass Mobilization to Stop Global Warming Emissions

Betsy Taylor | Posted 01.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Al Gore Global Warming, Emission Permits, Cap and Trade, Copenhagen 2009, Carbon Emissions, 350.Org, European Union, Betsy Taylor, Eu, Coal, Island Nations, Germany, Oil, James Hansen, Climate Change, Al Gore, Bill Mckibben, Poznan Climate Change Conference, Global Warming, 1sky, Green News
Betsy Taylor

It's going to take a lot more than the... chaotic process I watched in Poznan over the past two weeks for us to cut global warming emissions as deeply and quickly as scientists say is necessary.

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Is the Crisis Your Fault? or, Epochal Events On the Easy Credit Plan

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Paul Hawken, Fareed Zakaria, Bill Mckibben, Economic Crisis, Economy, Newsweek, The Great Depression, Consumerism, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

The root problem runs deeper than excessive personal debt. The problem lies in a value system that measures our human worth according to our net worth.

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The Meltdown We Really Can't Afford

Kerry Trueman | Posted 11.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Mccain, Obama, 350.Org, Bill Mckibben, Meltdown, Climate Change, Green News
Kerry Trueman

While rivers and lakes all over the world are simply vanishing into the ether, something really insidious is bubbling up from the Arctic seabed.

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The Fast Track To Slow Food

Kerry Trueman | Posted 09.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Wendell Berry, Bill Mckibben, Eat Well Guide, Sustainable Agriculture, Food, Slow Food Nation, Technology, Cultivating the Web, Green News
Kerry Trueman

A funny thing happened on the way to Agribiz ascendancy; the same military-industrial complex that locked us into this fuel-ish food chain also gave us the key to free ourselves -- the Internet.

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Lower The Heat To 350 -- Unless You Want To Broil

Kerry Trueman | Posted 06.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Bill Mckibben, 350.Org, Climate Change, James Hansen, Co2, Neil Young, Global Warming, Marvin Gaye, Green News
Kerry Trueman

We're so busy worrying about $4 gas that we've lost sight of a much more fundamental number: the amount of CO2 that's in our atmosphere. This wonderful, wordless video is a universal call to arms.

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Black Friday: What Would Jesus Buy?

Olivia Zaleski | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Holiday Shopping, Reverand Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping, Green Christmas, Black Friday, Thanksgiving, Adbusters, Buy Nothing Day, Bill Mckibben, How to Green Your Christmas, Shopaholic, Living News
Olivia Zaleski

As consumers we need to question the products we buy and challenge the companies who produce them.

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