grassroots activism
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Florida’s summer of slime turned its politics upside down
Florida’s summer of slime turned its politics upside down.
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The Northwest is using grassroots action to fight fossil fuels — and you can, too
"We crush them at the local level.”
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Meet the activist getting sued for complaining about a coal-ash dump
"Sometimes, you gotta say ouch."
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Love Canal: The toxic suburb that helped launch the modern environmental movement
The once-idyllic suburb is now a ghost town.
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The creative genius of Occupy Wall Street
Photo: Paul SteinWhat are cities for, anyway? There are as many answers as there are people who love (or hate) cities. They are engines for economic growth, if you ask economist Ed Glaeser. They are breeding grounds for human innovation, if you ask physicist Geoffrey West. If you’re a dictator or a despot — or […]
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Preoccupied: Grist readers sound off about the Wall Street protests
Photo: Eric WagnerA couple of weeks ago, we asked you all to send us your observations and insights on the growing Occupy Wall Street movement. (Then we asked again.) And man did you deliver. We received an avalanche of emails, comments, tweets, and posts on our Facebook page. Word came in from New York City, […]
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We are the many: 24 hours at Occupy L.A.
Occupy L.A.Photo: Patrick GookinPeople have a lot of misconceptions about the Occupy Wall Street movement. Some may think it’s populated by arrogant 20-somethings looking for attention and a party atmosphere with leftovers from Burning Man and Coachella. Some may think it’s a few leftist apologists and homeless people intermingling uncomfortably. Some may think it’s a […]
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From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy Earth
Photo: Eric WagnerThis essay was originally published on TomDispatch and is republished here with Tom’s kind permission. What if rising sea levels are yet another measure of inequality? What if the degradation of our planet’s life-support systems — its atmosphere, oceans, and biosphere — goes hand in hand with the accumulation of wealth, power, and […]
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How to beat the Tea Party and win on clean energy
Tea Party politics have locked the U.S. into energy-policy stalemate. With the climate clock running out, is this stalemate also checkmate for Earth?