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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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Trudie Styler Invites Chevron Workers to the Movies

Michael Brune | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Amazon-Watch, Rainforest Action Network, Chevron, Crude, Rainforest, Ecuador, Celebrity Activism, Trudie Styler, Oil, Climate Change, Amazon Rainforest, Chevron Ecuador, Amazon, Green News
Michael Brune

Just because your CEO is entangled in one environmental and human rights controversy after another doesn't mean you can't care about the planet, does it?

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Almost Hell West Virginia; Where Is The Obama Administration?

Jerry Cope | Posted 07.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Massey Energy, Obama Appalachia, Marsh-Fork-Elementary, Civil Disobedience, Epa, Daryl Hannah, Obama Administration, Appalachia, Ecocide, Mountaintop Removal, West-Virginia-Department-of-Environmental-Protection, Don Blankenship, Disasters, Coal River Mountain, James Hansen, Coal River Mountain Watch, Toxic Waste, Federal Office of Surface Mining, Coal Mining, Massey Coal, Mtr, Mike Brune, Ran, Rainforest Action Network, Coal River Valley, Green News
Jerry Cope

Coal mining is the Appalachians is the great American tragedy, and every citizen of this country should be ashamed and horrified that we are collectively allowing this to happen.

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The Climate Bill's Giant Carbon Polluter Loophole

David Sassoon | Posted 05.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Rainforest Action Network, Waxman-Markey, International Rivers, Offsets, Carbon Emissions, Kyoto Protocol, Aces, Climate Bill, Green News
David Sassoon

Allowing polluting companies to keep pumping carbon into the atmosphere by paying others to reduce emission is a practice analagous to trying to lose weight by paying someone else to go on a diet.

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The DC Shuffle; Saving the World From Death By Coal

Jerry Cope | Posted 04.05.2009 | Green

Read More: 350.Org, Terry Tempest Williams, Big Coal, Gustav Speth, Kathy Mattea, Greenpeace, Coal, Daryl-Hannah, Rainforest Action Network, Wendall Berry, James Hansen, Climate Change, Bill Mckibben, Coal Mining, Global Warming, Vandava Shiva, Robert Kennedy, cop15, Green News
Jerry Cope

March 2nd was historic -- a shining example of what citizens in a democracy can achieve when united in a common cause: eliminating coal-fired power plants in the US.

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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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Guest Post by Jacob Harold -- The Nonprofit Marketplace: Getting Social Impact Bang For Our Philanthropic Bucks

Paul Brest | Posted 03.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Mckinsey, Business Plan, Investment Funds, Overhead, Goals, Open Information, Foundations, Nonprofit Effectiveness, Nonprofits, Funding Non-Profits, Business News, Nonprofit Information Marketplace, Fundraising, Giving, Impact, The Nature Conservancy, Philanthropic Goals, Intermediary Organizations, Social Impact, Strategy, Rating Nonprofits, Economic Crisis, Philanthropy, Contributions, Jacob Harold, Markets, Donations, Rainforest Action Network, Charity, Nonprofit Marketplace, Public Benefit, Progress, Donors, Financial Advisors, Economy, Guidestar, Business News
Paul Brest

The nonprofit marketplace doesn't exhibit the single most essential characteristic of a well-functioning market: open exchange of high-quality information that helps people make good decisions.

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Mr. Big: Bush Administration "Biggest Tragedy In The History Of The United States"

Us Weekly | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Rainforest Action Network, John McCain, Chris Noth, Rudy Giuliani, Entertainment News

Rudy Giuliani and John McCain probably shouldn't bank on getting Chris Noth's vote this election season. "I don't think there's one Republican I'd ev...

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