published October 9, 2011 and has No Comments
The climate activism community is now firmly in the Occupy Wall Street fight. 350.org joined in the tens of thousands in the streets of the New York last week; and now Bill McKibben has starkly laid out the links between climate change, the corporations blocking climate action, and the rank effect of the oil industry corrupting the
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published October 11, 2010 and has No Comments
Though the trees were planted some 40 kilometers from here, this photo gives you an overview of the type of terrain involved. At nearly 10,000 feet altitude the region is extremely dry, being in the rain shadow of the Himalaya, relying on snowmelt for most its water. Freak incidents of intense rain can be devastating. Photo: Praveen / Creative ...
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published October 10, 2010 and has No Comments
Photo: Bonnie Hulkower Indian summer weather drew hundreds of people to Hayes Valley Farm today, October 10th 2010, to participate in an environmental work party. The work party was part of a worldwide day dedicated toward actions to avert climate change. The event was hosted by Hayes Valley Farm and Kitchen Garden SF . Participants celebrated with activities in ...
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published October 6, 2010 and has No Comments
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The Global Work Party Begins: Maldives President Finishes Solar Panel Installation
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published October 4, 2010 and has No Comments
photo: Matthew McDermott With some new research on how even keeping global temperature rise to 2°C may not be enough to avoid some pretty catastrophic climate change effects, and the last round of international climate change talks prior to the year-ending COP16 summit in Mexico just opening in China, it's particularly apropos that the Center for Biological Diversity and ...
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published October 1, 2010 and has No Comments
Though last year's event on the International Day of Climate Action were big, the number of groups participating in this year's Global Work Party have already surpassed those. Photo: 350.org / Creative Commons With just nine days left until
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Nine Days to Go Until 350.org's Work Party on 10/10/10 - Here's Ten Top Events To Inspire Action
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published September 2, 2010 and has No Comments
photo via 350.org Big props to David Letterman for bringing on Bill McKibben earlier this week to talk to Letterman's 4 million nightly viewers about global climate change and Bill's 350.org project . 350.org has a savvy campaign to get the White House to put solar panels back on the roof after Ronald Reagen had them taken off in ...
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published September 2, 2010 and has No Comments
photo via 350.org Big props to David Letterman for bringing on Bill McKibben earlier this week to talk to Letterman's 4 million nightly viewers about global climate change and Bill's 350.org project . 350.org has a savvy campaign to get the White House to put solar panels back on the roof after Ronald Reagen had them taken off in ...
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published July 9, 2010 and has No Comments
photo via 350.org By now, most people have heard this story. In 1979, President Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the roof of the White House, but when the Reagan Revolution swept into power a few years later, Reagan famously had the panels taken down. Well, it's a new day, and it's high time for those panels to go back ...
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published November 26, 2009 and has No Comments
Copenhagen is weeks away and it's clear that our leaders need to keep hearing from us that now is the time for real action on climate change. 350.org is organizing candlelight vigils in the middle of the climate negotiations, right after President Obama visits Copenhagen and addresses the world. 350.org is asking people to select an iconic place in ...
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