Environment

Street Heat Is the Best Chance for Cooling the Planet Down

February 14, 2013

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Environmental Leaders Engage in Civil Disobedience at White House »

By Jason Mark, February 13, 2013

Offering “fierce friendship,” they urge him to take the action that is needed to curb global warming.read more

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The State of the Environment »

By Tina Gerhardt, February 13, 2013

President Obama's focus on climate change is a welcome, albeit belated, shift, but will he match words with action?read more

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Jack Williams

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My guest this week is Univ. of Wis. geology professor Jack Williams, who discusses global warming.read more

Wind and Solar Groups Flee ALEC »

By Tina Gerhardt, February 1, 2013

ALEC pushes one bill to stop funding renewables and another to promote “countervailing” scientific views.read more

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Bad River Chippewa Take a Stand Against Walker and Mining »

By Rebecca Kemble, January 28, 2013

“We view this as an imminent threat. We view this as an act of genocide.”read more

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Fracking a wrong way to go »

By Darryl Wellington, January 25, 2013

We should follow Vermont’s example and petition for statewide fracking bans.read more

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‘Do the Math’ Fossil Fuel Divestment Call »

By Erik Lorenzsonn, January 20, 2013

After a widely publicized lecture tour, the campaign has spread like wildfire to campuses nation-wide.read more

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Time for Action on Global Warming

January 9, 2013

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70 Green Groups Urge Obama to Act on Climate Change »

By Tina Gerhardt, January 9, 2013

“We no longer have the luxury of time.”read more

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Walker Pushes Mining Co.’s Bill, Despite Tribe’s Objections »

By Rebecca Kemble, January 8, 2013

He exaggerates the jobs and minimizes the environmental impacts of a huge open-pit mine.read more

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Gus Speth

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My guest this week is environmentalist Gus Speth, author of America the Possible: Manifesto for a New Economy.read more

Wind Energy Gets a Boost off Fiscal Cliff Deal »

By Tina Gerhardt, January 6, 2013

By bolstering a tax credit, the agreement saved at least 37,000 jobs in the wind turbine industry.read more

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Canada’s Gutting of Environmental Laws »

By Winona LaDuke, January 5, 2013

“If the prime minister will not listen to our words, perhaps he’ll pay attention to our actions.”read more

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Matt Damon Exposes Fracking in Promised Land »

By Tina Gerhardt, December 31, 2012

The film portrays the increasingly bleak economic prospects in the rural U.S.read more

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