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Unite around public subsidy
Public investment can stop emissions faster than relying on private sector |
Gar Lipow |
23 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| David Roberts comments ruefully on the lack of a clean energy coalition for progressives to join, and on the lack of common talking points on clean energy -- which allows the right eat our lunch on drilling. I've argued in the past that links between greens and progressive are more effective than trying to win the conservative movement over (though individual conservatives should be welcomed). The truth is, there is no solution that will lower oil prices below $100 a ba ... |
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| Topics: economy, environmental movement, gas prices, investing, politics, public transportation, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Reframing the energy debate, part 1
Time to stop using the phrase 'renewable energy' |
Joseph Romm |
21 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This is the first in an occasional series on reframing the energy and climate debate. I welcome all ideas on how we can improve our language in what is now the central front in the war to protect the health and well-being of American families and all future generations. The phrase 'renewable energy' is often used by the media and conservatives to give lip service to clean energy sources -- by lumping them all together in order to trivialize them or diminish their ind ... |
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| Topics: energy, environmental movement, renewable energy, solar thermal power (all these topics) |
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Dude, where's my coalition?
Progressives discover there is no coherent energy movement to take advantage of this moment |
David Roberts |
21 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I talked with lots of people inside and outside the green movement at Netroots Nation, and one theme arose again and again. Everyone agrees that the energy issue is more salient every day, in virtually every area of politics (economy, foreign policy, etc.). Lots of people are now being pushed to address it. They're looking around for a pre-existing coalition to hook into, and since energy thinking has been outsourced to the green movement for decades now, that's the o ... |
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| Topics: energy, environmental movement, grassroots activism (all these topics) |
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Street arts
Artists and environmentalists team up to create vibrant cityscapes |
Sarah van Schagen |
18 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The Olympic Sculpture Park. Photo: Jeff Wilcox. 'Cities are what's going to get us out of this mess ... and what makes cities livable is art.' That was the take-home message, summarized by Cascade Land Conservancy President Gene Duvernoy, following a discussion Thursday on art and the environment at the Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Park. Built on nine acres of restored urban green space, the Olympic Sculpture Park was a fitting backdrop for a di ... |
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| Topics: art, environmental movement, green living, green space, placemaking, public lands, Seattle (all these topics) |
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Netroots Nation: David talks about energy and the economy
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Holly Richmond |
18 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Who's that grizzled chap in the plaid? It's our own David Roberts, on a panel earlier today titled 'Debunking the Issue Silo Myth: Why the Broader Progressive Movement is Green,' at Netroots Nation. His part is about 14 minutes into it: |
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| Topics: energy, environmental movement, shameless self-promotion, video (all these topics) |
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Mark His Words
New Nature Conservancy prez chats about jumping from Goldman Sachs to the green scene |
Amanda Griscom Little |
17 Jul 2008 |
Grist Feature |
| The stereotypes of biz-begrudging enviros and planet-pillaging business leaders were upended years ago. These days, green groups and corporations team up on everything from preserving land to pushing for climate regulations. Now, in the latest example of cross-pollination, they're even swapping executives. Mark Tercek Photo: Mark Godfrey/The Nature Conservan ... |
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| Topics: biodiversity, business, climate, economy, environmental movement, Nature Conservancy, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Climate change no gangsta's paradise for this rapper
Coolio to educate students about global warming |
Sarah van Schagen |
14 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Grammy-award-winning rapper Coolio is on a fantastic voyage ... to spread the word about climate change to historically black colleges and universities across the country. As an official spokesdude for the Environmental Justice and Climate Change campaign (a partnership with Gore's 'we' campaign), he'll aim to engage students in the climate justice debate and educate them on why global warming is no gangsta's paradise. |
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| Topics: celebrity, environmental movement, green living, music (all these topics) |
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Sachs Education
Jeffrey Sachs, economist and eco-problem solver, chats about his plans to save the world |
Amanda Griscom Little |
08 Jul 2008 |
Grist Feature |
| Jeffrey Sachs speaks at the University of North Carolina. Photo: Kevin Tsui Jeffrey Sachs -- the renowned economist who devised a grand plan in 2005 to rid the world of poverty -- is now focused on an even broader ambition: saving the planet and all of us who call it home. His new book, Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet, explores the crises ... |
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| Topics: books, climate, environmental movement, international politics, United Nations (all these topics) |
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Green and proud
Don't be afraid to claim the term 'environmentalist' |
Gar Lipow |
06 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| A number of Grist contributors have grumpily said things along the lines of, 'I'm not an environmentalist,' or 'I'm not sure I'm an environmentalist.' Environmentalism comes in all flavors. Wanting to protect natural environments because they benefit humans is a perfectly valid form of environmentalism -- in fact, I'd argue more valid than the 'humans are evil, tapeworms are virtuous' variety. If you want to protect our world against the worst consequences of global war ... |
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| Topics: environmental movement, grassroots activism (all these topics) |
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Greening the city
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David Roberts |
05 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| They're making green videos over at The New Republic -- here's the first one, from Dayo Olopade: |
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| Topics: environmental movement, grassroots activism, New York City, video (all these topics) |
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Take a Page Out of My Book
Seven green leaders reveal their favorite reads |
Michelle Nijhuis |
03 Jul 2008 |
Grist Feature |
| Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bad books bite. Photo: margolove Which books and magazines are tempting today's environmental movers and shakers to keep the CFLs burning late into the night? Grist asked seven movement leaders for their recommended reads. (Been burning the night oil yourself? Add your own favorite reads in the comments section below.) Van Jones. Van Jones Founding pre ... |
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| Topics: books, environmental movement, green living (all these topics) |
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Reverse grafitti
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David Roberts |
30 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This is friggin' awesome. I'm tempted to resort to poetic metaphors and analogies, but hell, just watch: |
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| Topics: art, brilliance, environmental movement, video (all these topics) |
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The Art of ELF Defense
Convicted eco-vandal sentenced to six years in prison |
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20 Jun 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 11:28 AM on 20 Jun 2008 Convicted eco-vandal Briana Waters has been sentenced to six years in federal prison and was ordered to pay $6 million in restitution for her role in the 2001 blaze that destroyed a University of Washington horticulture center. Waters was a student at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., at the time and allegedly acted as a lookout for members of the Earth Liberation Front who ... |
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| Topics: eco-terrorism, environmental movement, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Big bad boom
Radioactive deja vu in the American West |
David Roberts |
20 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This is a guest essay from Chip Ward, author and board member of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. It was originally published on TomDispatch and is republished here with Tom's kind permission. ----- In the American West, we take global warming personally. Like those polar bears desperately hunting for dwindling ice flows, we feel we're on the frontlines of the new weather regime. The West is drying up. For example, canyon-hugging conservationists ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, energy, environmental movement, nuclear power, politics, water pollution (all these topics) |
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350 or bust
The 350ppm challenge to U.S. environmental organizations and the importance of McKibben's 350.org |
Ken Ward |
19 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Bill McKibben spoke about 350.org recently at the Jamaica Plain Forum. Coming on the heels of recent talks by Ross Gelbspan, also at the JP Forum, and Jim Hansen, in Lexington, Mass., Bill's talk completed a trifecta of area appearances by climate action patriots. My friend Andrée, who attended all three events, said: 'Hansen has the reserve of a scientist, and the certainty of someone who knows he is right. McKibben is just like his writing -- philosophical, wry ... |
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| Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, economy, environmental movement, grassroots activism, James Hansen, politics (all these topics) |
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Looming
Give to Grist and make my face go away |
David Roberts |
11 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I would hereby like to formally apologize to all Grist readers for looming over their browsers today like some sort of dystopic Ziggy. It's part of our ongoing fundraiser -- I guess our development department thinks it will drive you to donate to Grist, if only to end the pain. Speaking of that fundraiser. I know you know all this, but it's worth repeating: Grist is independent, nonprofit media. We don't get any money from Hearst, or Discovery, or Clorox. We aren't ... |
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| Topics: environmental movement, shameless self-promotion (all these topics) |
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Kyra's Path
Reflecting on his daughter's future, a father says the green movement must diversify |
Marcelo Bonta |
10 Jun 2008 |
Grist Feature |
| The face of America is changing -- is the environmental movement ready to face change too? "Kyra, do you know this is yours?" I ask, looking down at the skinny little girl with big, curly, dark brown locks. Her hair to body proportion resembles Thing One and Thing Two from Dr. Seuss' Cat in the Hat. "What do you mean?" A furrowed face of mostly che ... |
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| Topics: advice, environmental justice, environmental movement, green living, parenting (all these topics) |
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Ne Gus ultra
Gus Speth chats about his new book and increasingly radical green views |
David Roberts |
10 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Gus Speth. When Gus Speth gets radical, it's time to start digging bunkers. For more than 30 years, Speth has labored as the consummate environmental insider, having founded an environmental think tank (World Resources Institute), co-founded a major green group (Natural Resources Defense Council), advised a president (Clinton), administered a United Nations agency (U.N. Development Program), and taught in the high echelons of American academia (Georgeto ... |
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| Topics: books, climate, economy, environmental movement, greenhouse-gas emissions, interview (all these topics) |
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Flock Together
New climate campaign aimed at U.S. consumers |
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05 Jun 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 3:30 PM on 05 Jun 2008 A European campaign to raise consumer awareness of climate change has made its U.S. debut. The Together campaign -- not to be confused with the similarly named-and-agendaed "we" campaign -- was initiated by the nonprofit Climate Group and kicked off in the U.S. by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. Var ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, climate, consumerism, environmental movement, green living, messaging, news (all these topics) |
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Vangelism
Q&A with Van Jones about the Climate Security Act and green jobs |
Kate Sheppard |
05 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Van Jones. What does the green jobs and justice community think about the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act? To get one perspective, Grist caught up with Van Jones, the founder of Green For All, a group that promotes green-jobs policies and environmental justice. Jones, a civil-rights lawyer and the founder and former executive director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, has become a leading voice for building a green economy. Green for All pu ... |
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| Topics: climate, environmental movement, heroes, hotties, interview, legislation, Muckraker, Van Jones (all these topics) |
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A tool in the toolbox
Richard Revesz responds to Lisa Heinzerling, defending cost-benefit analysis |
Guest author |
05 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This is a guess essay from Richard L. Revesz, dean of New York University School of Law and co-author, with Michael A. Livermore, of Retaking Rationality: How Cost-Benefit Analysis Can Better Protect the Environment and Our Health, published by Oxford University Press. It continues a dialogue with professor Lisa Heinzerling: see Revesz's initial post and Heinzerling's response. ----- Cost-benefit analysis, correctly applied to many environmental problems, will show ... |
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| Topics: economy, environmental movement, health, messaging (all these topics) |
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Just Forget All the Bad Stuff for a Day
World Environment Day is June 5 |
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04 Jun 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 4:55 PM on 04 Jun 2008 Thursday is World Environment Day, and you will no doubt celebrate by donating to Grist. (Thank you!) Once you've got that out of the way, you can also help out our dear environment by packing a lighter suitcase when you travel, jogging in the park instead of on the treadmill, using a wind-up alarm clock, and ditching your electric toothbrush, says a 202-page United Nations report called &qu ... |
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| Topics: environmental movement, grassroots activism, holiday, New Zealand, news, United Nations (all these topics) |
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The problem with 'We Can Solve It'
An ad campaign on climate needs spokespeople who believe what they're saying |
Ken Ward |
04 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Idly watching TV the other day, my attention was caught by the arresting image of Al Sharpton and Pat Robertson sitting on a sofa. The artfully shot, 15-second spot is one of the first blitz of television ads from We Can Solve It, Al Gore's $300 million project to build up a public base of support for climate action. The two resemble each other, looking as sleek and plump as sea otters after a good feed. Sharpton and Robertson fence good naturedly, following t ... |
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| Topics: climate, environmental movement, messaging, religion and spirituality (all these topics) |
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Feed your Van Jones crush
Premier episode of a new online film series features Jones and Carl Pope |
Maywa Montenegro |
04 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| A new online film series called This Brave Nation premiered its first episode Sunday night: a conversation between Carl Pope and Van Jones. Both are natives of Frisco and both are equally adamant about environmental stewardship, but they have vastly different approaches. Here they chat about melding those tactics towards a common goal. Later this month, on June 15, Pete Seeger and Majora Carter discuss environmentalism, protest music, civil rights, and urban renewal ... |
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| Topics: environmental movement, heroes, hotties, San Francisco, Van Jones (all these topics) |
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Lieberman-Warner gets corporate support
Industry & green groups join up to back climate bill |
Kate Sheppard |
31 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| A coalition of corporations, green groups, and unions issued a joint statement to senators yesterday declaring their support for the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act, which will hit the Senate floor on Monday. Among the endorsers is General Electric, one of the five largest companies in the world -- definitely a big pick-up for the legislation. 'This is a very important vote on a bipartisan plan to address climate change,' reads the statement. '[T]he bill prot ... |
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| Topics: climate, environmental movement, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics) |
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