Daniel Kessler, Guest Writer
Daniel Kessler works with 350.org. He has previously worked various other advocacy groups and is a graduate of the University of Wyoming. Daniel calls Oakland, aka the Sunny Side, home.
Latest Stories from Daniel Kessler, Guest Writer - Page 8
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Alec Baldwin, OK Go, and Others Defend Clean Air Act (Video)
Even with one of its principal enemies, Lisa Murkowski, out after losing her Senate primary in Alaska, the Clean Air Act is still under threat. To educate Americans about all the good the landmark bill has done, Al Gore's Repower
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LCV Launches 'Flat Earth TV' Featuring Sarah Palin
With the rise of Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell, it's become clear that every Republican candidate for the "World's Greatest Deliberative Body" is a global warming denier. The League of Conservation Voters is rightly
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Some Washington Area Doctors 'Not Lovin' McDonald's Menu
Washington, D.C. viewers of the The Daily Show on Sept. 16 saw a powerful commercial that just might convince them to never pick up another Big Mac. Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) aired a commercial set in a
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LCV's Dirty Dozen Extends to States-level Races, Claims First Victim
All politics is local, right? Maybe, but with a federal cap on emissions stymied for now, greens and climate deniers are increasingly looking to the states for action. Enter the League of Conservation voters, which has put out its
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RAN Protests Spruce Mine at EPA HQ
Rainforest Action Network is working to bring attention to largest ever proposed mountaintop removal site--the Spruce mine in Blair, West Virginia. Activists showed up at EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C and promptly dumped 1,000 pounds
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Twenty-three Governors Call For a Renewable Energy Standard
A bunch of treehugging greenies sounded off today about the Senate passing a Renewable Energy Standard, which would mandate that a percentage of energy from utilities come from renewable sources. Wait, upon closer inspection, they are
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Brownsville, Texas Bans Plastic Bags
My home state of California couldn't do it, but border town Brownsville, TX, has taken action and banned plastic bags. The ban goes into effect January 5. Shoppers who forget their reusable bags can buy plastic bags for an extra buck.
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Denied: White House Rebuffs Efforts To Put Solar On Its Roof
Bill McKibben, author, activist and founder of 350.org, has been on a tour of the East Coast to promote his latest project, PutSolarOnIt, an effort to get the White House to put Jimmy Carter's solar panels back on the roof after
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'Dancing Shrimp' Off The Menu At Sacramento Sushi Restaurant
Ever eaten live shrimp? Me neither, and I don't want to. But while some consider the dish a delicacy, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals consider it cruel. That's why PETA targeted a Sacramento restaurant that was serving
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Wyoming Town Close to Drilling Told To Avoid Drinking Water
I lived in Wyoming for 8 years and it breaks my heart that the state's landscape is being so significantly altered by the oil, coal and gas industry. I never visited the town of Pavillion when I was in Wyoming, and now I don't have
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West Virginia Football Uniforms To Honor Coal, Fallen Miners
In an attempt to honor the 29 coal miners who tragically died last year at the Upper Big Branch coal mine, the West Virginia University Mountaineers have teamed up with Nike to create new football uniforms that have the mark of coal. The
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Interview: Rainforest Action Network Executive Director Rebecca Tarbotton
Rainforest Action Network's new Executive Director, Rebecca Tarbotton, has big plans for the Bay Area-based advocacy group. RAN, which was founded in 1985, takes on big banks that are funding the coal industry, like JP Morgan and Chase,
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McKibben On Tour, Stops By New York to Inspire Letterman (Video)
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
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Lomborg: Just Kidding. We Do Need Climate Action Now
Notoriously publicity shy Bjørn Lomborg, the Danish climate skeptic known for saying outrageous things about climate change, has seemingly changed his tune. Yesterday, the UK's Guardian reported that Lomborg makes a new claim in his
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Numbers of Potential Treehuggers Decline As US Birth Rates Drop
Chalk it up to eco-awareness, The Great Recession, or increased availability of pregnancy prevention methods but people in the US are having fewer kids. News stats from the National Center for Health Statistics show that for 1,000
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Fish Advocate Given The Boot At Sushi Restaurant Over Bluefin
There's rising awareness about the hard place that the mighty bluefin tuna are in, but some people just haven't gotten the message. Take Sinju Restaurant, in Portland's Pearl District, which still has bluefin on the menu even though
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CDM Moves Against Chinese Polluters, Carbon Credit Prices Rise
The UN backed Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has suspended carbon credits for shady chemical manufacturers in China that were producing
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Royal Dutch Shell Exonerated By UN Report, Bought and Paid For By Shell
While the Gulf Coast is just learning about the horrible impacts from oil drilling, the residents of Niger delta have completed a masterclass. For decades, the region has been beset by environmental devastation at the hands of Royal
