Tag: 350.Org
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100 More Colleges Join Fight to Divest From Fossil Fuel Companies
350.org's Fossil Free campaign is getting more backing, had a few early victories, and shows the maturation of the green movement.
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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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Best of Green: Energy
Whlle TreeHugger has covered energy issues since its founding, Energy as a Best of Green category is new for 2012. Find out the best energy project, energy ambassador, activist group, and more.
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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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Bill McKibben Links Climate Change to Corruption in Stirring Occupy Wall Street Speech (Video)
The climate activism community is now firmly in the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) fight. 350.org joined in the tens of thousands on the streets of New York last week; and now environmental activist Bill McKibben has starkly laid out the links between
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It's Time for Moving Planet!
It's fitting that Moving Planet, a celebration of a rising global census for climate action put on by 350.org, kicked off today in Cairo. After all, that ancient city has become a worldwide symbol for a global society in transition and a reminder that
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Glenn Beck Calls Several Enviro Groups 'Communist', Offers No Evidence
When Glenn Beck began his attacks on Van Jones and then the Apollo Alliance, many progressives remained silent as his theories began to be accepted by some, resulting in Jones eventually leaving the White House. Now Beck has turned his fire to some
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Stand With 350.org & Sign 'The US Chamber of Commerce Doesn't Speak For Me'!
Yesterday Bill McKibben wondered is money to most virulent source of pollution? When it comes to big polluters and the influencing US politics, yes, yes it is... And the US Chamber of Commerce is right near the top of the list. In an effort to really
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50,000 Trees Planted in 30 Minutes by Indian Volunteers on 10/10/10 - Another Tree Planting Record!
Though the trees were planted some 40 kilometers from here, this photo gives you an overview of the type of terrain involved. At nearly 10,000 feet altitude the region is extremely dry, being in the rain shadow of the Himalaya, relying on snowmelt for
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Celebrating 101010 At Hayes Valley Farm, San Francisco
Indian summer weather drew hundreds of people to Hayes Valley Farm today, October 10th 2010, to participate in an environmental work party. The work party was part of a worldwide day dedicated toward actions to avert climate
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The Global Work Party Begins: Maldives President Finishes Solar Panel Installation
It's only 10/6 and the first 10/10/10 Global Work Party event is already over, or will soon be: President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives' new solar panels have been installed on the roof of the presidential residence. The
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Protesting Coal, Roof Painting Parties & Weatherization 'Barnraisings' - More Great 10/10/10 Action
If the White House announcing that it will be installing solar panels after all--let's not begrudge that they didn't take 350.org and Sungevity up on their offer of free new ones--hasn't inspired you to get to work this Sunday as part of the 10/10/10
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Three Practical Pathways By Which We Can Get To 350ppm & Avert Climate Catastrophe
With some new research on how even keeping global temperature rise to 2°C may not be enough to avoid some pretty catastrophic climate change effects, and the last round of international climate change talks prior to the
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Sigourney Weaver, Eva Mendes, Alec Baldwin, and Other A-Listers Speak Out for Clean Energy
Actress Sigourney Weaver may not get to visit the oceans of Pandora in the "Avatar" sequel, but she's more than a little concerned about Earth's underwater life: In a post for the NRDC's OnEarth community blog she
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Nine Days to Go Until 350.org's Work Party on 10/10/10 - Here's Ten Top Events To Inspire Action
With just nine days left until 350.org's
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VegPledge Campaign Tackles Every Angle of Greener Eating
From locavore versus lifecycle, to arguments about plastic bags being a distraction, or the real impact of carnivorous versus vegan diets, it is easy to get confused about what our priorities should be in lightening our
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Ellen Page Supports 350.org's Global Work Party (Video)
October 10 is just around the corner. Have you made your plans for the international "Global Work Party?" It's a day organized by 350.org and other partner organizations to show politicians that while they argue and dither, people are
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Don't Just Simmer, Get Busy Getting to 350
The dog days of summer are over. For many, it was one of the hottest summers in recent memory. Arctic ice is thinning at an alarming rate. Environmental catastrophes from dirty energy continue to happen.
