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How Much is the Environment Worth to You?
When debating whether or not to pass legislation aimed at stopping global climate change, those who reject climate protection legislation usually use one of two arguments: A Denial of Climate Science: A significant percentage
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Why Organized Labor Must Stand Against the Keystone XL Pipeline
Spurred by real urgency over the corporate driven ruin of the environment, a growing social movement is taking shape that will be on display this Sunday, February 17, when tens of thousands descend on
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CARTOON: Five Years Left
“Five Years Left” by Stephanie McMillan. To see more of Stephanie’s cartoons, visit her website
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Disaster Capitalism Hits New York
This article originally appeared in In These Times. For more than a decade before Hurricane Sandy, oceanography professor Malcolm Bowman, head of the Storm Surge Research Group at the State University of New York at Stony
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Statement from Arrested Keystone Pipeline Activists
On the afternoon of Monday, January 7, a group of eight college students entered the Westborough offices of TransCanada energy company. Within minutes, they had chained and glued themselves together, sitting in a ring
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Beyond Green Dogma: Environmentalists Need to Take Nuclear Power Seriously
Back in 2007, I was, like all self-identified, self-respecting greens, anti-nuclear. And I was pretty sure that, based on my reading of ecosocialists like Bellamy Foster and Magdoff (more on them below) as well
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A Life or Death Choice is Upon Us
Shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt established the War Production Board to meet the needs of retooling the USA for the looming war effort. His demands were
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Obama’s Climate Legacy: Climate Chaos or Climate Action?
Originally posted on Huffington Post Green at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-greenberg/obamas-climate-legacy-cli_b_2240629.html In his acceptance speech just a few weeks ago, a triumphant President Obama outlined a vision of hope for America. “We want our children to live in
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An Introduction to Global Climate Change
Global climate change is arguably the largest and most pressing problem facing humanity today. Unfortunately, many people simply don’t understand the basic processes behind global warming, and thus are unable to assess the true
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