environmental activism
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Time to Speak Out Against the Biggest Polluters
Wednesday and Thursday of this week are big days if you live in Arlington, Virginia, or Chicago, Illinois. Those are the two days of public hearings on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “Big Polluters” rule. But of course, this whole issue is huge whether you live in Virginia, Illinois, or anywhere else in the U.S. […]
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Hunters and anglers rally for climate bill
A recent poll by the National Wildlife Federation, which counts more than 420,000 members across 42 states, found that 66 percent of hunters and anglers surveyed believed that global warming was already occurring. A Gallup poll in March 2009 found that only 53 percent of the general population shared the same view. People who spend […]
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Want a Strong Climate Bill? Then Pay Up!
The guest post below is by my CCAN co-worker, Keith Harrington. This past week, on the heels of “Climate Week” and attendant Copenhagen preliminaries in New York, Elizabeth Kolbert wrote a nice article in the New Yorker in which she mused over what it would actually take for the US to show real leadership on […]
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Copenhagen: turning point or more of the same old same old?
This coming week, in New York City and Pittsburgh, there will be important United Nations and G20 meetings that could advance the process of coming up with a new international treaty to address the climate crisis.
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Wow: the Heinz Award (or, hands off my mic, Kanye!)
As a journalist, I feel like I should have some clever and creative lead for this piece. But I keep coming back to the tried and true: It is such an honor to receive the Heinz Award. It’s an honor to be recognized by Teresa Heinz and the Heinz Family Foundation. It’s an honor to […]
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Grist founder honored with 2009 Heinz Award
What do you get for the best eco-boss ever? A stainless steel water bottle? A bike repair kit? A share of a local farm CSA? The Grist staff was thinking those would all be great gifts for beloved founder Chip Giller. Then we found out that the Heinz Family Foundation is honoring him with one […]
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New film ‘Earth Days’ takes a sometimes devastating look at the history of environmental activism
In the 1970s, just after the first Earth Day and in the midst of oil shortages, recessions, and uprisings by restless youth, politicians were suddenly expected to show concern for the environment. President Jimmy Carter went above and beyond by installing solar panels on the White House in 1979. Solar panels on the White House! […]
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Big business’s hidden hand in the smear job on Van Jones
If you thought the targeting of Van Jones for vilification by the right was about his race, his youthful flirtation with socialism, or a petition he signed about the 9/11 attacks, you’d only be a little bit right. And if you think it was about the Color of Change campaign against Glenn Beck’s show on […]
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5 reasons why Van Jones and progressives are better off with Jones out of the White House
The end of Van Jones’ brief career as a White House insider, in the semi-obscure position of special adviser for green jobs at the Council on Environmental Quality, is likely good for Van Jones and very good for progressives. Yes, currently it seems as if Fox News’ Glenn Beck — who spent the past few […]