Climate Crisis

Can a number save the world? 1
Posted 5 months ago
It can if that number is 350. That’s the safe upper limit of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere: 350 parts per million. It’s also the rallying cry of a creative campaign to raise awareness of the climate crisis and build grassroots support for the 2009 Climate Conference in Copenhagen.
It Isn't Easy Being Green

Contesting on occupied terrain 0
Posted 5 months ago
There is much evidence to indicate that there will be a vote on the floor of the House of Representatives next week on the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, ACESA.
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"?
Same polluters, new deceit

Industry spin on climate is still working on media 1
Posted 7 months ago
New York Times reporter Andy Revkin has a blockbuster story showing that the Global Climate Coalition, the main industry group that spent much of the 1990s seeking to sow doubt in journalists' and politicians' minds about the reality of climate change, knew all along that it was real and dangerous.
Climate reality check

Another 125 million? 0
Posted 7 months ago
This week, a new Oxfam report forecasts the number of people affected by climate-related humanitarian disasters to rise to an average of 375 million a year by 2015, threatening to overwhelm emergency response and humanitarian aid systems. This means more suffering and more poverty, and we are already seeing these consequences in the communities where Oxfam works.
The Green Divorcee

Environmental Organizing as Solution to Family Discord 0
Posted 7 months ago