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
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What Does Mitt Romney Think About Climate Change?
The absence of any mention of climate change in Mitt Romney's campaign should be worrying to everyone, regardless of party affiliation.
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What Happens When Murdoch's New York Post, Fracking, and Selective Editing Combine? Crappy Journalism
Crappy Journalism of the highest order in fact. You get a cocktail perhaps even more toxic than the secret blend of chemicals used in fracking itself.
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350.org, Josh Fox and Friends Announce Don't Frack OH Action
There are many reasons to stop fracking in Ohio, but let me unpack two: fracking is causing earthquakes across the country and natural gas is a potential climate killer.
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Mitt Romney: Climate Flip-flopper and Fracking Defender
Mitt Romney wants to drill everywhere, but doesn't let reporters drill down into his policies.
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Mark Ruffalo Shows Colbert A Few Things About Fracking
Mark Ruffalo Shows Colbert A Few Things About Fracking
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Not 1, Not 2, But 3 New Reports Out This Week Link Extreme Weather and Climate Change
The IPCC, Potsdam Institute for Climate Research, and Oxford University all released scientific reports underscoring the links between extreme weather and climate change
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New UN Report Warns That Some Climate Effects Are Already 'Baked In'
"Low regrets" is used to describe policy choices that governments should be making now to avoid the worst possible consequences for people and ecosystems from our changing climate.
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Another IPCC Report on Climate, and Another Denial from Wall Street Journal
As the IPCC prepares to release a new report on the connection between extreme weather and climate change, the Wall Street Journal gets its blinders in place
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Oscar Nominee David Strathairn’s Invitation to Join Action at White House Nov. 6th (Video)
Actor David Strathairn wants you to come to the White House Nov. 6 to stand up to big oil.
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Senator Harry Reid Opposes Keystone XL Pipeline - Says We Should Be Investing in Clean Energy Jobs Instead
Reid calls for investing in "job-creating clean energy projects...rather that increasing out dependency on unsustainable supplies of dirty and polluting oil."
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"Oil Orgy" Shocks Energy Summit (video)
Blush easy? Judging by the looks on some of the faces in this video, you're not alone. Clearly, members of the Canada-Europe Energy Roundtable are a prudish bunch, too. You can tell when
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New York Times Blows Lid Off State Department's Outsourcing of Keystone XL Environmental Review
The New York Time's Elisabeth Rosenthal and Dan Frosch today gave a lot of ink in the "Paper of Record" to the State Department's decision to hire Cardno Entrix, an environmental contractor based in Houston, to write a
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POTUS Michelle Obama Goes For Fitness Guinness Record
First Lady Michelle Obama is continuing her campaign to inspire the country's youth to get off the couch and to get active by going for a Guinness World Record for the most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period. On Tuesday,
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Waterkeepers Report Shows Much Work Left To Do In The Gulf
President Obama, of course, campaigned on a promise to "end the tyranny of oil." The nation needs to hold him to this promise, and one of the most important reasons why is what happened to the Gulf Coast when the
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Kyra Sedgwick Urges the President to Reject the Tar Sands Pipeline! What Celeb Will Be Next?
Kyra Sedgwick, star of the detective show "The Closer" and an active supporter of the Natural Resources Defense Council, has produced a video in which she calls on President Obama to reject TransCanada's permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Massive New York Times Story on Forests and Climate Change Ranks As A Must Read
New York Times reporter Justin Gillis is out this morning with "With Deaths of Forests, a Loss of Key Climate Protectors," a recommended read for anyone concerned about how climate
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Justice Department Asked To Investigate Top Pipeline Lobbyist
Last week, Friends of the Earth released emails it received through a Freedom of Information Act request that showed how Paul Elliot, now a TransCanada lobbyist, lobbied for the company before he was a
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Live Now: Hundreds Risk Arrest at Ottawa Action To Sit-in Against Big Oil, Tar Sands
History is being made right now in Ottawa, Canada as hundreds of people from across North America are risking arrest on Parliament Hill during a mass civil disobedience sit-in to protest tar sands development. The people will come in waves of 20 to
