Chris Tackett
Chris Tackett manages social media strategy and partnerships for TreeHugger. Chris joined the team in early 2008 and was also a part of Discovery's Planet Green network. Prior to Discovery and TreeHugger, Chris worked for The Raw Story and Lawrence.com as a writer and advertising manager. He has a degree in Journalism and Strategic Communications from The University of Kansas' William Allen White School of Mass Communication. When he's not working on TreeHugger, he likes to follow politics, camp, ride his bike, take pictures and learn to keep his plants alive.
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Describe the world for The Encyclopedia of Life!
Maggie Koerth-Baker at Boing Boing and The Encyclopedia of Life want you to become an Armchair Taxonomist.
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Earth Day needs a new name
"Arguably, concern over the earth is elitist, something people can afford to spend their time on when every other need is met."
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BP's lies about Gulf oil spill should worry Arkansas victims of Exxon spill
A must-read article by Mark Hertsgaard in Newsweek reports how BP lied about the size of the oil disaster and the danger posed to its workers, the public and the environment. It is a cautionary tale for victims of all oil spills.
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Tests find oil has reached Lake Conway, Exxon denies
There is oil in Lake Conway, according to water tests conducted by Opflex Solutions, a company that specializes in oil spill clean-up.
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The latest on Keystone XL: EPA criticizes State, while activists rally opposition
David Gordon, the director of policy planning under former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, says the chances are about four-to-one” that President Obama will approve the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian tar sands to oil refineries in Texas.
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Massive landslide rocks Utah copper mine
Tim Heffernan at BoingBoing explains how a massive landslide at the world's largest open-pit copper mine in Utah is a reminder that "sometimes it's still the earth itself that shakes the world."
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NYC's subway track geometry car blends high- and low-tech
Beneath the city that never sleeps, MTA's "track geometry car" worms it's way through New York's subway tunnels, using a menagerie of sensors and cameras to inspect the tracks.
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Climate activist, Tim DeChristopher released from prison
After two years in prison, Tim DeChristopher has been released and spoke with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now about his case.
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What I learned from the #PlasticSucks challenge
The Keep a Breast Foundation and Non Toxic Revolution challenged people to keep all the plastic they used in a week. Here's what I learned.
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Update on Arkansas oil spill: Exxon rejects AG request to pay for investigation, offers residents $10,000
Today marks the fourth week of the cleanup in Mayflower, Arkansas, after the Exxon Mobil Pegasus pipeline ruptured spilled hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a neighborhood and wetland.
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Winner announced in World Environment Day blogging contest
Charles Immanuel Akhimien, a Nigerian doctor and writer, will report from WED host country Mongolia.
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This Earth Day, share the many faces of climate change
To help put a human face on the challenge of climate change, the Earth Day Network is collecting images of people, animals and places affected by climate change, as well as images of people working to find solutions.
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Bill McKibben on Climate: "You need to do more than change light bulbs. You need to change the system."
Bill McKibben has a new piece in Rolling Stone about the growing momentum of The Fossil Fuel Resistance movement
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Why "Ag-Gag" laws are an attack on journalism, health and public's right to know about their food
Amy Goodman at Democracy Now! hosted a good debate over the wave of new "ag-gag" bills that make it a crime to film animal abuse at farms and slaughterhouses.
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The sharing economy grows, as survey finds nationwide "disownership" trend
Cat Johnson at Shareable points to a new survey that finds there is "a nationwide trend toward “disownership” that crosses age, geographic and cultural boundaries."
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InsideClimate News wins Pulitzer for oil spill reporting
For only the third time ever, a web-based news organization has won a Pulitzer Prize.
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Clean-up or cover-up? Latest in Exxon oil spill reveals AG hired firm with oil industry ties, residents are ill and workers misinformed.
Here's the latest from local and national media on the ongoing clean-up of the ExxonMobil oil spill in Mayflower, Arkansas.
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Monday links of stuff you should know
Go read these things.
