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Fast and furious
Ted Glick enters Day 17 of climate fast |
Glenn Hurowitz |
23 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: climate, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics) |
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Capping carbon: Is nothing better than something?
On whether to advocate weaker climate change bills |
Joseph Romm |
22 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: carbon tax, carbon trading, climate, energy, grassroots activism, legislation, politics (all these topics) |
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PARK(ing) Day
Parking lots transform into parks for one day |
Adam Browning |
21 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: grassroots activism, placemaking, politics, urban planning (all these topics) |
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Carfree to Be You and Me
Sept. 22 is World Carfree Day |
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21 Sep 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 10:55 AM on 21 Sep 2007 Tomorrow is World Carfree Day. You know what to do. From the Archives Bat Out of Heaven. Red Sox partner with NRDC to green Fenway Park. The Anarchist Cookbook, Vegan Edition. Mistrial declared for eco-activist accused of inciting vegans to bomb. Shiny Happy People. Utility will pay for solar on Habitat for Humanity houses in California. News Archives |
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| Topics: cars, grassroots activism, innovation, news, placemaking (all these topics) |
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Fighting Fire Retardants with Fire
An interview with Mary Brune, founder of Making Our Milk Safe |
Amy Linn |
19 Sep 2007 |
Grist Feature |
| Editor's note: Last year, Grist introduced readers to MOMS as the activist group was targeting Target's sales of PVC. In this interview, we catch up with co-founder Mary Brune to find out about the group's latest campaign. OK, so David slew Goliath. He never had half the battle facing Mary Brune and her fellow mothers in their crusade against the $500 billion-plus chemical ind ... |
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| Topics: environmental movement, grassroots activism, green living, health, parenting (all these topics) |
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10 things we can do: Rebuilding civil society
It's not that individuals can't do anything about climate -- they just can't do it by thems |
David Roberts |
13 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: consumerism, grassroots activism, green living, politics (all these topics) |
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Fast to stop global warming
September 4th event marks new phase in struggle for the planet |
Glenn Hurowitz |
30 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics) |
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Theories of eco-impotence
Why is green so low on the political agenda? |
David Roberts |
27 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: elections, environmental movement, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics) |
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Naked photo shoot on melting glacier
A little skin for ice shrinking thin |
Maywa Montenegro |
20 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: art, climate, climate change impacts, grassroots activism, Switzerland (all these topics) |
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Al Gore calls for civil disobedience
Against climate polluters |
Glenn Hurowitz |
16 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, climate change mitigation, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics) |
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In Tents
Climate camp kicks off at London's Heathrow Airport |
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14 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| In Tents Climate camp kicks off at London's Heathrow Airport The controversial Climate Camp at London's Heathrow Airport kicks off today, with as many as 2,000 people expected to attend at its height. The weeklong protest is aimed at airport officials' plans to build a new runway, and at the role of aviation in climate change. "Aviation emissions aren't even part of our climate budget ... and for that reas ... |
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| Topics: climate, England, grassroots activism, news (all these topics) |
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Greenpeace responds
They didn't like being called 'costumed twits' |
David Roberts |
10 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: climate, grassroots activism, Greenpeace, John Dingell (all these topics) |
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Step Higher
Step It Up 2 is coming this November -- get ready to hit the streets |
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07 Aug 2007 |
Dispatches |
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| Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics) |
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YearlyKos: Step It Up 2
The next round of McKibben's campaign |
David Roberts |
04 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, energy, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics) |
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YearlyKos: Energize America
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David Roberts |
04 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: energy, grassroots activism, websites (all these topics) |
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Running the gauntlet
Time to get serious about bikes |
biodiversivist |
03 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: bikes, grassroots activism, placemaking (all these topics) |
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Heath Row
London airport owner seeks injunction against weeklong climate protest |
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02 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Heath Row London airport owner seeks injunction against weeklong climate protest We've got juicy legal goings-on from London, and while it's probably not true that all involved are wearing long, white wigs, we like to picture it that way. Here's the deal: in mid-August, an estimated 5,000 protesters will descend on London's Heathrow Airport for a weeklong Camp for Climate Action. BAA, the ... |
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| Topics: climate, grassroots activism, London, news, public transportation (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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Spaghetti Midwestern
Citizens, politicians, EPA face off over BP refinery discharges |
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01 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Spaghetti Midwestern Citizens, politicians, EPA face off over BP refinery discharges Good old-fashioned fury continues to build over Indiana's decision to grant oil giant BP permission to increase discharges of ammonia and sludge into Lake Michigan. A group of eight shoreline mayors has formed a task force to fight the plan. Tens of thousands of residents have signed petiti ... |
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| Topics: Big Oil, Chicago, grassroots activism, insanity, news, US EPA, water pollution (all these topics) |
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MoveOn comes out behind a national RPS
Good on 'em |
David Roberts |
30 Jul 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: energy, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics) |
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Re-vamp New Hamp(shire)
Marching for climate action in the Granite State |
Kate Sheppard |
24 Jul 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: environmental movement, grassroots activism, New Hampshire (all these topics) |
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Environmental riots
And demonstrations |
Kit Stolz |
24 Jul 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: Ivory Coast, China, Greece, Dominican Republic, environmental movement, grassroots activism (all these topics) |
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Madness Takes Its Toll
Siberia attack leaves one anti-nuclear protester dead, others injured |
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23 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Madness Takes Its Toll Siberia attack leaves one anti-nuclear protester dead, others injured A pre-dawn attack on an anti-nuclear protest camp in Siberia this weekend left one person dead and several others seriously injured. Twenty suspects have been detained for the crime, in which attackers wearing dark clothes and masks brandished metal pipes, chanted nationalist slogans, attempted to set te ... |
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| Topics: energy, grassroots activism, insanity, news, nuclear power (all these topics) |
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That's a Mighty Full Circular File
Faced with rampant pollution, China reports increase in citizen protests |
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05 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| That's a Mighty Full Circular File Faced with rampant pollution, China reports increase in citizen protests The sorry state of air and water quality in China has led to rising public protests, says a top environment agent there -- and citizens and officials alike are urging the country to crack down on polluters. In the first five months of 2007, the State Environmental Protecti ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, business, China, grassroots activism, news, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Global warming and direct action
To act not to act |
Jon Rynn |
26 Jun 2007 |
Gristmill |
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| Topics: climate, energy, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics) |
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