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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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Will President Obama Put Free Solar Panels on the White House Roof?
You'd put solar panels on your roof if they were free, but will President Obama. "It's complicated," the White House responded when Bill McKibben and 350.org asked if they'd install the panels Sungevity agreed to donate. To hopefully tip the balance,
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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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Take Action: Tell President Obama 'Put Solar On It'!
By now, most people have heard this story. In 1979, President Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the roof of the White House, but when the Reagan Revolution swept into power a few years later, Reagan famously had the panels taken
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Take Action: 350.org Organizes Candlelight Vigils During the Copenhagen Negotiations
Copenhagen is weeks away and it's clear that our leaders need to keep hearing from us that now is the time for real action on climate change. 350.org is organizing candlelight vigils in the middle of the climate negotiations, right after President
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Desmond Tutu Endorses 350 Target
The people at 350.org continue to amaze with their organizing and advocacy for climate action. Their latest triumph is getting Desmond Tutu, the former Anglican archbishop of South Africa, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, to endorse a
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Maldives Holds Underwater Cabinet Meeting To Bring Attention to Climate Change
The president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, and his ministers yesterday held an official cabinet meeting underwater as part of an international movement organized by 350.org to bring increased global attention to climate change.
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Least Developed Countries and Island Nations Endorse 350 PPM Goal
The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cBill McKibbenwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorMeryl Streep We are currently at 390 part per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. 350.org's Bill McKibben (who was on
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350.org Parodies JetBlue's New Frequent Flyer Program
Last year, JetBlue introduced some new green initiatives that won a Treehugger blogger's praise. Their "Reducing Our Footprint" plan included such features as eliminating in flight magazines to save paper and using one engine to taxi to and from
