Brian Merchant
Brian Merchant is a freelance writer and editor living in Brooklyn, NY. He covers politics for TreeHugger, with a focus on climate and energy issues. Brian has written for Slate, Paste, Salon, GOOD, and the Huffington Post, among many others. He pens the column Getting Samy Out of Burma, and is the editor and founder of the blog the Utopianist.
Brian Merchant can be reached at brianmerchant (at) treehugger (dot) com. Website: brianmerchant.com.
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These Two Texans Were Tasered, Choked and Pepper Sprayed for Protesting the Keystone XL
While engaging in a peaceful act of civil disobedience, two people were repeatedly tasered and pepper-sprayed over a 5-hour period—apparently at TransCanada's encouragement.
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"World's First Building Standard" for Health and Well-being Announced by Bill Clinton
The new WELL building standards will focus
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NASA Animation Shows Us How Bad This Drought Really Was (Video)
Here's a new perspective on the devastating drought that left 60% of the nation in a state of emergency.
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It Will Take a "Bottom-Up Revolution" to Fight Climate Change: Tony Blair
Tony Blair thinks it's high time the clean energy revolution got underway, global treaties be damned.
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A Quick Guide to Surviving a Mass Extinction Event
A survival guide for the Anthropocene.
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Real Live American Politicians Debate Climate Change in Public (Video)
Scott Brown vs. Elizabeth Warren on climate.
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Introducing the Great American Interactive Wildfire Map
Climate change is causing more frequent and longer-lasting wildfires. Climate Central shows you where they are.
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Mitt Romney: Hitler's Plan for Liquefied Coal is Good for America
The presidential candidate made some unfortunate comments endorsing Hitler's energy plans earlier this year.
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Congress is Going to Kill Wind Power, Despite Pleas from Levi's & Starbucks
Levi's and Starbucks were among the signatories to a letter imploring Congress to renew the wind production tax credit that's set to expire.
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Pollution from Drilling & Shipping In the Arctic Will Make It Melt Even Faster
Arctic-bound oil companies like Shell and Gazprom are going to speed the melt of sea ice that's already shrinking thanks to global warming.
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A Chief Architect of the EPA Passes Away
Russell E. Train, the conservative bureaucrat who had a massive hand in shaping the E.P.A., has passed away
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For the 330th Month in a Row, It's Been Hotter Than the 20th Century Average
That's a quarter of a century.
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Auto-Tuned Music Video About Climate Change Stars Bill Nye and Isaac Asimov
Good times. This video mashes up statements from Bill Nye, David Attenborough, Isaac Asimov and NASA climatologist Richard Alley.
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Here's to Four Decades of Coal Industry Ads Insulting Our Intelligence
The fossil fuel industry has spent more than forty years trying to clean up its image in the public eye. It does so mostly by lying.
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There Will Soon Be Oil and Gas Drilling in Up to 42 National Parks
There are already oil and gas drilling operations in or nearby twelve national parks. Thirty more are under consideration
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Americans Want More Public Transit, Not Roads
According to a survey from the NRDC, more Americans want public transit, not more roads, to solve the traffic problems in their communities.
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Protestors Block Entrance to Shell HQ With Giant Icy Pyramid
Watch a team of activists assemble a monument to the oil giant's drilling in the Arctic.
