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Awakening from apathy1 comment

SingingBones wrote 1 week ago: The definition of apathy, according to my Oxford American English dictionary, is the state of indiff … more →

Tags: Education & Learning, Family of Humankind, HOPE, Nature environment, New Thinking, Politics, Social Justice, 350.org, Apathy

Wall Street Journal's Idiocracy: CO2 Is What Plants Crave

digger666 wrote 1 week ago: Reblogged from The Secular Jurist: The Wall Street Journal once again published an op-ed disputing c … more →

Tags: US Politics, Science & Technology, Politics & World Affairs, Western Hemisphere, environment & earth studies, media, Climate Studies, relationships, Conservation

Chris Stewart, Climate Change Denier, Chair of House Subcommittee on Science2 comments

Andrew C Ellis wrote 2 weeks ago: Chris Stewart, climate science denier, now chair of congressional climate change science committee B … more →

Tags: Organizing for Action - Glendale CA Chapter, Climate Change, TAGS: GLOBAL WARMING, Exxon, climate change, Chris Stewart, Congress, Koch Industries, Denial

Playing hardball with the fossil fuel industry: if not now, when? if not us, who?11 comments

Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez wrote 2 weeks ago: Bittersweet sadness fills me this morning as I read an excerpt at Women’s E-News from Eve Ensler’s n … more →

Tags: activism, Alternative Futures, Community, Environment, Politics, Resilience, audre lorde, Cancer, cancer statistics

Drilling is new focus for clean energy investors would help eliminate the world's dependence on oil, natural gas and coal

alternativeenergypk wrote 2 weeks ago: NEW YORK (AP) — A decade ago, large investors in so-called clean technology had a straightforw … more →

Tags: clean energy investors, clean technology investment funds, Drilling is new focus, help-eliminate, oil natural gas and coal, world's dependence

The Economist Weighs In On Fossil Fuel Investments

cmaxmin wrote 2 weeks ago: These issues are becoming serious considerations for investors. They should be highest priority for … more →

Tags: Education 2, Education, divest

Abbott's about face

The anti-miner wrote 3 weeks ago: Amusingly, Tony Abbott is on record as saying ‘climate change is absolute cr@p‘. Now he … more →

Tags: climate change, Election 2013, Politics, Tony Abbott, Absolute crap, Climate denier

Renewables Aren’t Yet Cleaning Up the Global Energy System International Energy Agency looking at the carbon intensity

alternativeenergypk wrote 1 month ago: Looking for a reason to be cynical? You’ve found it: Dirty energy is winning. That’s the concl … more →

Tags: Climate, energy and economy, Environment, Carbon and De-carbonization, Oil, Politics & Legislation, Energy efficiency, Coal, renewables

The Carbon Bubble And Divestment 1 comment

cmaxmin wrote 1 month ago: I wrote a little about the carbon bubble in a previous post. But here’s a recap: The “ca … more →

Tags: Education 2, divest, carbon bubble

Powerful global movement is quickly emerging, battling climate change on a thousand fronts

fjwhite wrote 1 month ago: “We know what the future holds unless we resist. And so resist we will.” No 718 Posted by fw, April … more →

Tags: Political Action, climate change, grassroots planning, leadership, NGO counterpower, evidence based counterpower, Social Movements, environmental activism, Bill McKibben

The Fossil Fuel Resistance1 comment

cmaxmin wrote 1 month ago: I can’t even express how I feel right now. In a few minutes, I will post updates from the Dive … more →

Tags: Chloe Maxmin, Climate Action Club, publications, activism, Bill McKibben, climate change

Let's give away the sun to the fossil fuel industry!2 comments

Buckyworld wrote 1 month ago: Since everyone except the fossil fuel industry seems to agree about the need to phase out fossil fue … more →

Tags: buckminster fuller, End Fossil Fuel Subsidies, fossil fuel subsidies, Fuller Future Festival, give away the sun, Solar Power, Southern Illinois University

More Key Messaging For Fossil Fuel Divestment2 comments

cmaxmin wrote 1 month ago: I wrote about key messaging for fossil fuel divestment in a previous post.  However–as I was p … more →

Tags: Thoughts 2, divest, harvard, Thoughts

This Week in Science (April 1, 2013)

Hudson wrote 1 month ago: This Week in Science April 1, 2013 by Hudson Lofchie —– Note: This is a new section of m … more →

Tags: Journalism, Lifestyle, Science, this week in science, universe, Nature, Aggie, Bio-inspiration, Medicine

An Open Letter to President Faust

cmaxmin wrote 1 month ago: I wrote this open letter to President Faust with two other members of Divest Harvard. We invite her … more →

Tags: Education 2, Chloe Maxmin, activism, divest, harvard, Students

Targeting Government Or The Fossil Fuel Industry?

cmaxmin wrote 1 month ago: As I mentioned in my post on how I visualize fossil fuel divestment, the movement bypasses the gover … more →

Tags: Thoughts 2, Action, divest, Rally, Keystone, Government

A 'hot' battle brewing over the environment

Dan wrote 1 month ago: The government is moving forward to take action to reduce air pollution so there is sure to be plent … more →

Tags: Environment, Keystone XL pipeline, Alberta, mayflower arkansas

Death of oil, coal and gas industries within 20 years? Former Greenpeace CEO thinks so

fjwhite wrote 1 month ago: Paul Gilding envisages fastest and most dramatic economic transformation in history No 706 Posted by … more →

Tags: Political Action, climate change, counterpower of one, leadership, evidence based counterpower, environmental activism, economic counterpower, Alternative Energy, renewable energy

Why Divestment Has Revolutionized How We Think About Climate Change

cmaxmin wrote 1 month ago: I have written a lot about why divestment has changed the climate movement. I wrote an article for T … more →

Tags: Critiques, Critique, divest


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