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The Best Defense Is a Good ... Marsh
Two years after Katrina, New Orleans is still succumbing to water |
Wayne Curtis |
29 Aug 2007 |
Dispatches |
| is a freelance writer who's written for The New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, American Scholar, Preservation, and American Heritage, and is the author of And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails. He recently traded Maine winters for New Orleans summers. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Wednesday, 29 Aug 2007 NEW ORLEANS, La. Katrina left these boats high and dry -- b ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, Big Oil, Dispatches, Louisiana, Mississippi River, placemaking, severe weather, urban planning, water pollution, wetlands (all these topics) |
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Death Wish
Why the Gulf dead zone won't go away any time soon |
Wayne Curtis |
07 Aug 2007 |
Dispatches |
| is a freelance writer who's written for The New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, American Scholar, Preservation, and American Heritage, and is the author of And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails. He recently traded Maine winters for New Orleans summers. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Tuesday, 07 Aug 2007 NEW ORLEANS, La. It's summertime in New Orleans. Time slows. Backyard gardens demand to be weeded near ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, Big Oil, Dispatches, Louisiana, Mississippi River, placemaking, severe weather, urban planning, water pollution, wetlands (all these topics) |
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March Madness
Climate marches kick off in New Hampshire and Iowa |
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02 Aug 2007 |
Dispatches |
| A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, Bill McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and, most recently, Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Thursday, 02 Aug 2007 LITCHFIELD, N.H. The climate movement is on the move again. Eleven months after a march across Vermont inaugurated a new, grassroo ... |
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| Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, Dispatches, grassroots activism (all these topics) |
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Drink Me
A New Orleans transplant traces the source of his tap water |
Wayne Curtis |
26 Jun 2007 |
Dispatches |
| is a freelance writer who's written for The New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, American Scholar, Preservation, and American Heritage, and is the author of And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails. He recently traded Maine winters for New Orleans summers. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Tuesday, 26 Jun 2007 NEW ORLEANS, La. I was hiding out from New Orleans' early summer heat in a Magazine Street bar ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, Big Oil, Dispatches, Louisiana, Mississippi River, placemaking, severe weather, urban planning, water pollution, wetlands (all these topics) |
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The Real Gains
As the G8 summit wraps up, a global movement gains steam |
Michael Levitin |
08 Jun 2007 |
Dispatches |
| is a freelance journalist living in Berlin. He has written for Newsweek, Slate, and the Los Angeles Times, among others. Dispatch: 1 | 2 Friday, 08 Jun 2007 CAMP ROSTOCK, Germany Klaus had tromped through forests and across fields, marching 15 miles back here to his ramshackle tent at 3:00 in the morning, so it's understandable that he was too beat to be euphoric. He'd taken whacks from billy clubs and swallo ... |
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| Topics: climate, Dispatches, international politics, shenanigans (all these topics) |
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Summer Lovin'
Students keep up momentum with a pre-election Climate Summer |
Bill McKibben |
07 Jun 2007 |
Dispatches |
| A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, Bill McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and, most recently, Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Thursday, 07 Jun 2007 LEBANON, New Hampshire If you're worried -- and who isn't? -- that the pressure for action on global warming will crest and ... |
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| Topics: climate, Dispatches, grassroots activism, New Jersey, politics (all these topics) |
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After the Storm
Reflections from the scene of this weekend's G8 protests |
Michael Levitin |
05 Jun 2007 |
Dispatches |
| is a freelance journalist living in Berlin. He has written for Newsweek, Slate, and the Los Angeles Times, among others. Dispatch: 1 | 2 Tuesday, 05 Jun 2007 ROSTOCK, Germany If you dress head to foot in black, set cars on fire, launch stones and beer bottles at police, and brave hand-to-hand scuffles amid clouds of tear gas with choppers thundering overhead, best bet is you'll make the evening news. Which i ... |
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| Topics: climate, Dispatches, international politics, shenanigans (all these topics) |
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Postcard From the New Atlantis
On moving to New Orleans, a city defined by water |
Wayne Curtis |
24 May 2007 |
Dispatches |
| is a freelance writer who's written for The New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, American Scholar, Preservation, and American Heritage, and is the author of And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails. He recently traded Maine winters for New Orleans summers. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 Thursday, 24 May 2007 NEW ORLEANS, La Someone once wrote that eating a tomato grown on a fire escape dem ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, Big Oil, Dispatches, Louisiana, Mississippi River, placemaking, severe weather, urban planning, water pollution, wetlands (all these topics) |
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We Stepped It Up!
Day of action was a raging success, with 1,400 climate events around the U.S. |
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15 Apr 2007 |
Dispatches |
| Bill McKibben is spearheading the Step It Up 2007 campaign. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and the forthcoming Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ... |
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| Topics: climate, Dispatches, green living (all these topics) |
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Come on Out
The Step It Up day of climate action is less than a week away -- be there! |
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09 Apr 2007 |
Dispatches |
| Bill McKibben is spearheading the Step It Up 2007 campaign. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and the forthcoming Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 Monda ... |
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| Topics: climate, Dispatches, green living (all these topics) |
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Pressure's On
Polluters' free-riding days are coming to an end; how high will the fare be? |
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02 Apr 2007 |
Dispatches |
| Bill McKibben is spearheading the Step It Up 2007 campaign. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and the forthcoming Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 M ... |
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| Topics: climate, Dispatches, green living (all these topics) |
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Step by Step
Step It Up plans come together in Montana, Wisconsin, and beyond |
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26 Mar 2007 |
Dispatches |
| Bill McKibben is spearheading the Step It Up 2007 campaign. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and the forthcoming Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 Monday, 26 Mar ... |
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| Topics: climate, Dispatches, green living (all these topics) |
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Seize the Momentum
Grassroots action and activism are raising climate awareness |
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19 Mar 2007 |
Dispatches |
| Bill McKibben is spearheading the Step It Up 2007 campaign. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and the forthcoming Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 Monday, 19 M ... |
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| Topics: climate, Dispatches, green living (all these topics) |
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Race to the Finish
Climate activists must put aside 'business as usual' to win the race against time |
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12 Mar 2007 |
Dispatches |
| Climate activists must put aside "business as usual" to win the race against time Bill McKibben is spearheading the Step It Up 2007 campaign. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and the forthcoming Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ... |
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| Topics: climate, Dispatches, green living (all these topics) |
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The Write Stuff
Wendell Berry and Terry Tempest Williams join the Step It Up campaign |
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05 Mar 2007 |
Dispatches |
| Bill McKibben is spearheading the Step It Up 2007 campaign. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and the forthcoming Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 Monday ... |
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| Topics: climate, Dispatches, green living (all these topics) |
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Hi, Tech
Who needs newspapers when the web can do the job? |
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26 Feb 2007 |
Dispatches |
| Bill McKibben is spearheading the Step It Up 2007 campaign. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and the forthcoming Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 Monday, 26 Feb 2007 By now, the s ... |
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| Topics: climate, Dispatches, green living (all these topics) |
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Ready, Ames, Fire
Iowans embrace plans for Step It Up 2007 climate rallies |
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19 Feb 2007 |
Dispatches |
| Bill McKibben is spearheading the Step It Up 2007 campaign. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and the forthcoming Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 Monday, 19 Feb 20 ... |
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| Topics: climate, Dispatches, green living (all these topics) |
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A Concerted Effort
Musicians and artists add their voices to the fight against climate change |
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12 Feb 2007 |
Dispatches |
| Bill McKibben is spearheading the Step It Up 2007 campaign. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and the forthcoming Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 1 ... |
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| Topics: climate, Dispatches, green living (all these topics) |
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Alpha Females
You know climate concern has gone mainstream when sororities get on board |
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05 Feb 2007 |
Dispatches |
| Bill McKibben is spearheading the Step It Up 2007 campaign. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and the forthcoming Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 Mond ... |
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| Topics: climate, Dispatches, green living (all these topics) |
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We Got the Power
Bush still isn't stepping up on climate, so we're going to do it ourselves |
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29 Jan 2007 |
Dispatches |
| Bill McKibben is spearheading the Step It Up 2007 campaign. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and the forthcoming Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 ... |
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| Topics: climate, Dispatches, green living (all these topics) |
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Striking a Chord
As climate concern spreads, Step It Up campaign ready to seize the moment |
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22 Jan 2007 |
Dispatches |
| Bill McKibben is spearheading the Step It Up 2007 campaign. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and the forthcoming Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 M ... |
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| Topics: climate, Dispatches, green living (all these topics) |
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One Step Closer
Americans start rallying around the idea of April 2007 climate demonstrations |
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16 Jan 2007 |
Dispatches |
| Bill McKibben is spearheading the Step It Up 2007 campaign. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and the forthcoming Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 1 ... |
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| Topics: climate, Dispatches, green living (all these topics) |
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Step It Up
Introducing a brand-new, mass-protest climate movement for 2007 |
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08 Jan 2007 |
Dispatches |
| Bill McKibben is spearheading the Step It Up 2007 campaign. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and the forthcoming Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 Monday, 08 Jan 20 ... |
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| Topics: climate, Dispatches, green living (all these topics) |
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Lexus Nexus
A dispatch from an eco-showroom evening full of luxurious goods |
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16 Nov 2006 |
Dispatches |
| Emily Gertz is an environmental journalist based in Brooklyn, N.Y., who has contributed to Grist, Plenty, WorldChanging, and other independent publications, and blogs at OneAtlantic.net. Thursday, 16 Nov 2006 New York, N.Y. I want to believe. I want to believe that we can create an ecologically sustainable and socio-economically just future for the billions of biologically distinct individuals who comprise humanity ... |
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| Topics: Dispatches, fashion, green living, greening biz operations, greenish companies, placemaking (all these topics) |
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Beyond Kyoto
A dispatch from a forward-looking climate conference in Germany |
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02 Oct 2006 |
Dispatches |
| Michael Levitin is a freelance writer based in Germany. Last week, he attended KyotoPlus: Escaping the Climate Trap, an international conference held in Berlin. Monday, 02 Oct 2006 Berlin, Germany Imagine a trans-European "super grid" of renewable energy connecting solar parks in northern Africa to wind farms in Scandinavia. Consider the millions in savings -- in miles, in dollars, in tons of CO2 injected in ... |
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| Topics: Angela Merkel, climate, Dispatches, environmental planning, Germany (all these topics) |
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