Tim DeChristopher
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Obama can’t really do much about Standing Rock
Activists are calling on the president to intervene, but he has little power to stop the pipeline.
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Critical List: Head of ARPA-E resigns; Tim DeChristopher appeals his conviction
Arun Majumdar, the head of ARPA-E, the energy equivalent of DARPA, is stepping down next month. Today, Tim DeChristopher is appealing his conviction for disrupting a federal drilling auction. Europeans installed more solar power than any other kind of power last year.
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Tim DeChristopher out of solitary
Climate activist Tim DeChristopher, who has been in solitary confinement since March 9 for confusing reasons, was released back into regular old prison Wednesday night.
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Tim DeChristopher put in ‘isolated confinement’
Climate activist Tim DeChristopher, still serving his sentence for disrupting a government auction of oil leases, has been transferred to isolated confinement. He’s been there since March 9.
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Letter from an imprisoned activist: Time to ‘play dirty’ for the climate’s sake
Delaying a decision on Keystone XL doesn’t redeem Obama’s failure to take advantage of his opportunity to turn the tide of climate change.Photo: The White HouseIt goes without saying that politics is a dirty system. It’s so dirty that I believe there are only three reasonable approaches to politics: apathy/despair, overthrowing the system, or playing […]
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Green issues and greenbacks: Occupy Wall Street connects the dots [VIDEO]
Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protesters linked climate and the environment to their movement this past Sunday, Oct. 30. OWS’s environmental working group put the Climate Justice Day event together in five days, hosting workshops at New York City’s Zuccotti Park on topics such as fracking and sustainable economics. Throughout the day, speakers drew connections between […]
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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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The Tar Sands Action (smile)
My mind has been a jumble the last couple of days as I’ve tried to think about what I would be saying in this column. I knew I would be writing about the historic and amazing Tar Sands Action in Washington, D.C. I am literally smiling as I embark on this writing journey. […]
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Letter from prison: Tim DeChristopher speaks
From a prison in Utah, climate activist Tim DeChristopher speaks out with a handwritten letter to Grist extolling the power of words.