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 Stories About: China AND environmental movement
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Environmental riots
And demonstrations |
Kit Stolz |
24 Jul 2007 |
Gristmill |
| One of punk's great anthems was one of the Clash's first great songs: White riotI wanna riotWhite riotRiot of my own. This was a sincere wish on the late Joe Strummer's part, and to some extent, his wish came true. The punk movement was a riot in music. His audiences were uncontrollable and he liked that, mostly. He saw a few riots and wanted more, to get people stirred up, showing their desires, demanding change. Could the ferment in present-day environmenta ... |
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| Topics: China, Dominican Republic, environmental movement, grassroots activism, Greece, Ivory Coast (all these topics) |
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China and the environment
Big changes, happening quickly |
David Roberts |
17 Jul 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Don't miss (occasional Grist contributor) Christina Larson's piece on environmentalism in China, which contains this pithy sentence: To understand why Chinese officials are genuinely concerned about the country's growing environmental problems, you must first remember that they live here. The dynamic she describes is pretty fascinating. Environmental problems are getting so severe that they're causing serious social unrest. But the central government in Beijing no ... |
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| Topics: China, environmental movement (all these topics) |
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