Green Movement

Iran Is Burning in Revolution; Not Recognizing It Can Lead to Calamity

Sam Sedaei | Posted 12.28.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Green Movement, Mehdi Karroubi, Ashoura, Iran, Tehran, The Green Revolution, World News
Sam Sedaei

No one wants to see another anti-American regime in Iran following the current one. If that's not what we want, then we must stand up with the protesters when it counts.

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Iranian Protesters Win the Vote, But Time Picks Bernanke

Sam Sedaei | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Person of the Year, Green Movement, Iran, Ben Bernanke, Media, Time Magazine, The Green Revolution, Politics News
Sam Sedaei

Looking beyond Ben Bernanke's merits as an effective chairman, there are three reasons why this was a poor selection on Time's part.

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Unleashing the Green Movement: The Noughties Decade in Review

Patti Prairie | Posted 12.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Decade, Climate Change, Green, Technological Change, Technological Innovations, Technological Advancement, Decade in Review, Green Movement, Green News
Patti Prairie

It might be hard to believe, but we're about to turn the page on the first decade of the 21st century. As 2009 comes to a close, it's a good time to take a look back. Way back.

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Iranian Ayatollah Issues Fatwa Against Nukes

The New Republic | Abbas Milani | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Democratic Protests, Nuclear Proliferation, Iran, Green Movement, Grand Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri, Fatwa, World News

There has been much debate about where Iran's democratic protesters stand on the country's nuclear program. In the past weeks, there have been many ne...

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Freed Academic Haleh Esfandiari: 'Iranians Want Evolution, Not Revolution'

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.01.2009 | World

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Diane Tucker

Every two or three years, there has been a wave of protests like this in Iran. But this time I think there has been a fundamental change.

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Taking the Long View on Iran

Ajay Singh Chaudhary | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

Read More: History, Green Movement, Media Criticism, Iran, Mousavi, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi, Khatami, Iran Protests, World News
Ajay Singh Chaudhary

In Iran, these periods of quiet should not be interpreted as meaning that this movement has died off or that aspirations have folded.

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The Unconstitutional Un-Islamic Republic of Iran

Melody Moezzi | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

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Melody Moezzi

With increasing accounts of rape, torture, forced confessions and skewed judicial proceedings, the Iranian government is losing any credibility it had left, including any legitimate claim to Islam.

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Woodstock-Era Green Bands' Past and Present Activism

Treehugger | Blythe Copeland | Posted 09.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Movement, Green Activism, Arlo Gutherie, Celebrity Environmental Activism, Green-Music, Going Green, Green Celebrities, Green, Woodstock, 40th Anniversary Woodstock, Green Living, Green Bands, Woodstock Anniversary, Joan Baez, Green News

Woodstock may have been a one-of-a-kind concert, but the artists and bands that performed there didn't let their commitment to global, political, and ...

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Through A Looking Glass, Darkly

David Horton | Posted 09.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Karl Rove, Green, Sonia Sotomayor, Sotomayor Racism, Obama Racism, Obama-Crowley, Green Movement, Karl Rove Barack Obama, Obama Crowley Gates Beer, Racism, Sgt. Crowley, Karl Rove Politics, Politics News
David Horton

Anyone who is concerned about conserving the environment which supports human beings is anti-human, while anyone who happily destroys it, for short-term profit, is pro-human.

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Iranian Diaspora and the Green Wave Revival

Sara Dehghan | Posted 09.15.2009 | World

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Sara Dehghan

The Green Wave group understands that bringing real democracy and freedom to Iran will take a long time. We are willing to become organized.

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Powershift09 to Capitol Power Action: Follow the Young

Jeff Biggers | Posted 03.27.2009 | Green

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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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The 100 Day Action Plan to Save the Planet

Janet Ritz | Posted 12.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Politics, Presidential Climate Action Plan, Bill Becker, Green News, Presidential Climate Action Project, Global Warming, Climate Change, Pcap, The Next President, Inauguration Day 2009, Environmental and Community Development Policy, 100 Day Action Plan to Save the Planet, Green Legislation, Green Movement, Green Politics, 100 Days, Green News
Janet Ritz

Climate Action Plan author William Becker emphasizes the need for the next president to seize bipartisan momentum and act to mitigate climate change within the first 100 days in office.

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Greenpeace Co-Founder Now Proponent Of Nuclear Energy

Newsweek | Fareed Zakaria | Posted 04.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Nuclear War, Green Movement, Nuclear Energy, Greenpace, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Technology, Nuclear Power, Patrick Moore, Business News

Patrick Moore is a critic of the environmental movement--an unlikely one at that. He was one of the cofounders of Greenpeace, and sailed into the Aleu...

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Does The Green Movement Ever Annoy You?

moreintelligentlife.com | Stephen Hugh-Jones | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Green Lobby, Green Movement, Green Protestors, Living News

The green lobby is right about a lot of things. But it would be much more admirable, says Stephen Hugh-Jones, if it could learn to wear its virtue mor...

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