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  Double Yes!

  On Airlines must pay for emissions, E.U. says posted 1 year, 4 months ago 7 Responses

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  correction

  It is not this article, but the proposed actions by the CRE, which are detailed in this article, that are myopic, irresponsible, and motivated by self-interest.On Polar-bear listing would hurt the poor, says industry posted 1 year, 6 months ago 19 Responses

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  better earth for the good of the people

  In the past, the interests of environmentalists have butted heads with the interests of people.  We were focused on single issues, like "is it better to save a red-legged frog habitat or build inexpensive town-housing?" But our view has rapidly changed in the past couple years.

  The average citizen is seeing that they no longer want to eat the sub-quality food that comes from industrial farming, or drink the water contaminated by run-off from that same industrial agriculture. Social justice critics are seeing that global warming will result in more land loss and hardtimes for impoverished coastal regions like Indonesia and Central America rather than in the places where one can find the sources of global warming, like China and the US. We are starting to look at the big picture, which is simply that we depend on the earth for everything, and when we don't care for it, humans suffer (the poor feel it first since they can't buy their way out of trouble, and then the middle class, and maybe finally the rich).

  Myopic articles of limited scope and limited explanation, such as this one, may be really detrimental to our society's progress in the right direction. Environmental activists and social activists should be on the same team in the effort to care for the earth for the sake of all us people.On Polar-bear listing would hurt the poor, says industry posted 1 year, 6 months ago 19 Responses

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  Does not make sense

  Charging ambulances and buses for high pollution?? How about charging instead the people who are still buying 2008 Escalades, Yukons, and H2's??On Polluting vehicles must pay to drive in London under new scheme posted 1 year, 9 months ago 4 Responses

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  The next step: Ending monocultures overnight?

  This sounds very promising.

  If this succeeds, maybe next we could apply the same financial policies to funding agroecology practices in our food system (farms with higher biodiversity, modeled after local natural landscapes) so they can rightfully outcompete monoculture practices. Comments?On Bali conference could end deforestation overnight posted 1 year, 11 months ago 5 Responses