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Dude, where's my coalition?
Progressives discover there is no coherent energy movement to take advantage of this moment |
David Roberts |
21 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I talked with lots of people inside and outside the green movement at Netroots Nation, and one theme arose again and again. Everyone agrees that the energy issue is more salient every day, in virtually every area of politics (economy, foreign policy, etc.). Lots of people are now being pushed to address it. They're looking around for a pre-existing coalition to hook into, and since energy thinking has been outsourced to the green movement for decades now, that's the o ... |
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| Topics: energy, environmental movement, grassroots activism (all these topics) |
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Fortune Brainstorm Green
Da yoots! |
David Roberts |
21 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Cute! We're now hearing from Avery Hairston, founder of an NGO called RelightNY -- oh, and a 16 year old high school sophomore. He's all rumpled and nervous and brainy. I want to go muss his hair. RelightNY raises money to buy and distribute CFLs -- 20,000 so far, 50,000 more planned for this year. He's showing us slides of him and his friends carrying boxes of lightbulbs to senior citizen homes, inner city schools, public housing, etc. He keeps saying how "a ... |
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| Topics: energy, energy at home, environmental movement, grassroots activism (all these topics) |
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