Tagged with Poverty And The Environment 
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Listen up
A new sound, a new economy 0
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
People often ask what the environment has to do with poverty and why communities of color are getting so active in the fight against climate change. Earlier this week, Green For All released a video that gets to the heart of the matter.
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What would Gandhi drive?
A tour through Indian energy projects suggests small is beautiful 1
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
OnEarth's story on India's environmental hurdles has the requisite bleak facts, the requisite rays of hope, and compelling evidence that local fixes could work best on Very Big Problems.
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The Pitch
Think of the children, or think of your ski trip: Two ways to tell the climate story 5
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
What’s going to prompt the average American, or the average citizen in the developed world, to demand action on climate change? Is it the appeal to morality -- "millions will die and be displaced unless we act"? Or is it appeals to self-interest -- "your favorite ski resorts may be snowless very soon"?
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Moral Leadership in the Greenhouse
A plan to jumpstart the global economy, defuse terrorism, and restore America’s world standing 1
Posted 7 months ago
A global public-works program to rewire the world with clean energy could solve many of our most pressing problems.
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Enfant Terrible?
Umbra advises on population 35
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
Stop reproducing and save the planet? If only it were that simple.
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Glass half empty
Water too often overlooked in development efforts, U.N. report says 0
Posted 8 months, 1 week ago
Fresh water and money have one thing in common: Their mismanagement has left billions of people without ready access to either, according to policymakers, non-governmental agencies and activists attending the World Water Forum here this week.
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Economics malpractice, climate and poverty, oil sands nightmares, and more WSJ dipshittery 0
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Done, But Not Forgotten
Our Poverty & the Environment series comes to an end, but our concern doesn’t 0
Posted 3 years, 7 months ago
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L.A. Story
A virtual walking tour through an L.A. neighborhood with activists from Pacoima Beautiful 0
Posted 3 years, 7 months ago -
Movement Shakers
Two eco-leaders—one mainstream, one radical—debate the movement’s past and future 1
Posted 3 years, 7 months ago -
Slum Like It Not
In the world’s slums, the worst of poverty and environmental degradation collide 1
Posted 3 years, 7 months ago
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ATLien Invasion
Will an Atlanta parks and redevelopment project benefit low-income residents? 0
Posted 3 years, 7 months ago
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Garden of Edens
Jason Edens, rural solar advocate, answers questions 0
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Gritty Woman
On Hollywood’s downtrodden eco-chicks, and how they’ve changed 0
Posted 3 years, 8 months ago
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When the Chippewas Are Down
A virtual walking tour through Wisconsin’s Sokaogon Chippewa community with Tina Van Zile 0
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Integrate Expectations
An interview with integration advocate Sheryll Cashin 0
Posted 3 years, 8 months ago -
So Happy Together
The environmental case for integrated communities 0
Posted 3 years, 8 months ago
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The Not-So-Funny Farm
Tirso Moreno, farmworker organizer, answers questions 0
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Sense and Sensitivities
Multiple Chemical Sensitivities can drive sufferers into poverty as well as ill health 2
Posted 3 years, 8 months ago
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Ward Up
Houston kids living near a Superfund site tell their stories in pictures 0
Posted 3 years, 8 months ago