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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Latest Stories from Chris Tackett - Page 6
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Coal company kicks 10,000 workers off health care
Missouri coal miners have a new ally in environmentalist and climate activist, Bill McKibben. Writing at Bloomberg, McKibben highlights an infuriating example of corporate socialism.
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Graham Hill shows LifeEdited apartment on TODAY, Bloomberg TV
TreeHugger founder, Graham Hill gave the nation a tour of his LifeEdited apartment on The TODAY Show and Bloomberg TV.
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What does conservative environmentalism look like?
What does conservative environmentalism look like? We know there are conservatives and Republicans that "care about the environment," but what do they want to do about it?
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86 elephants, 33 pregnant, slaughtered in one night
Horrific news coming out of Chad, as we learn that 86 elephants, 33 of which were pregnant females, have been slaughtered by poachers on horseback.
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Reggie Watts explains why we need a price on carbon
The Climate Reality Project has a smart new video that explains the reasons we need a legally-mandated price on carbon pollution.
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Tar Sands Blockade pressures banks to divest from Keystone XL project, 37 arrested in week of protests
This week, Tar Sands Action is engaged in a series of protests directed at bringing attention to the Keystone XL pipeline and banks that profit from these dirty tar sands development.
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Los Angeles to be coal-free by 2025
Los Angeles is going coal-free by 2025. Here's how Mayor Villaraigosa and others responded to the good news.
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Will Vermont move forward with commercial hemp?
Mat McDermott, now writing at Motherboard, has an interview with Vermont Representative Teo Zagar about about the progress that state has made in moving towards commercial hemp production.
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Global warming is not reversible, at least not anytime soon. But it can - and must - be slowed.
Joe Romm at Climate Progress made a great point yesterday in highlighting one of the most dangerous myths of climate change: that it is reversible.
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How can civil disobedience best help the climate?
With a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline looming, it's a good time to think about how best to respond to the decision and what forms of civil disobedience will best highlight climate change as a moral issue.
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Crisis for electronics recycling as glass market collapses
Ian Urbina reports at The New York Times on the negative side effects the tech industries shift to flat screen technology has had on the market for recycling old television and computer monitor glass
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Micro-apartments may be small, but rents are not. - Businessweek
Venessa Wong at Bloomberg Businessweek looks into the design tricks of the micro-apartment trend.
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New York City testing sterilization for rat control
Caroline Winter at Bloomberg Businessweek reports on a new campaign aimed at controlling the rat population in New York City.
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Does Obama even see Keystone XL as climate issue?
A report in TIME says White House doesn't see KXL as "a climate cure." Do they even recognize it as an climate issue, at all?
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"Windfarm sickness" caused by propaganda, not windfarms
A new study of Australian communities near wind turbines has found the sickness correlates to alarmism spread by anti-wind activists.
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Ten reasons fracking California is stupid idea - Grist
David Roberts at Grist lists "Ten reasons why fracking for dirty oil in California is a stupid idea. Go read it all.
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"How the White House thinks about climate change, in 7 charts" - Wonkblog
Brad Plumer at The Washington Post's Wonkblog put together a useful summary of the latest Economic Report of the President.
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How the insurance industry can help fight climate change. Or not!
Last month, I posted about how the insurance industry could help fight climate change. Well, maybe I was too optimistic.
