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A Plea To President Obama: End Mountaintop Coal Mining by James Hansen

by James Hansen Tighter restrictions on mountaintop removal mining are simply not enough. Instead, a leading climate scientist argues, the Obama administration must prohibit this destructive practice, which is devastating vast stretches of Appalachia. President Obama speaks of “a planet in peril.” The president and the brilliant people he appointed in energy and science know that we must move rapidly to carbon-free energy to avoid handing our children a planet that has passed climate...

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NASA'S James Hansen Arrested During Coal Mining Protest

NASA climate scientist James Hansen and 30 other demonstrators were arrested in West Virginia while protesting the practice of mountaintop=removal coal mining, which Hansen says President Obama must ban as the U.S. weans itself off fossil fuels. Hansen; actress Darryl Hannah; Michael Brune, executive director of the Rainforest Action Network; and Ken Hechler, a 94-year-old former congressman, were among those arrested as they blocked traffic on a highway in front of a Massey Energy coal plant...

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Suriname Tribe Protects Land, Ensures Rights

Six relatively unknown grassroots activists from around the globe receive a moment in the spotlight when the Goldman Environmental Prize announces its list of annual recipients. The prize, now in its 20th year, is considered the Nobel Prize for the environment. Past recipients include Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai, former Brazilian environment minister Marina Silva, and Nigerian environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was killed seven months after his recognition. The...

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U.S. Activist Battles West Virginia Coal Industry

Six relatively unknown grassroots activists from around the globe receive a moment in the spotlight when the Goldman Environmental Prize announces its list of annual recipients. The prize, now in its 20th year, is considered the Nobel Prize for the environment. Past recipients include Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai, former Brazilian environment minister Marina Silva, and Nigerian environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was killed seven months after his recognition. The...

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Russian Activist Seeks End to Soviet Toxic Legacies

Six relatively unknown grassroots activists from around the globe receive a moment in the spotlight when the Goldman Environmental Prize announces its list of annual recipients. The prize, now in its 20th year, is considered the Nobel Prize for the environment. Past recipients include Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai, former Brazilian environment minister Marina Silva, and Nigerian environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was killed seven months after his recognition.The Worldwatch...

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Got a Minute? Use Your Cell Phone to Volunteer

Bored on the bus? Twiddling your fingers at the doctor's office? Why not use these micro-time slots to volunteer? On-demand volunteerism organization, The Extraordinaries, wants to help you use your spare time for social good. Their smart phone software sends volunteers micro-tasks that can be completed within short periods of time. Here's how co-founder Jacob Colker describes the project: We make volunteering feel like a video game to encourage repetition and competition. People login...

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The World Has Changed

Reading the president's inaugural address a few days later, these words stand out even more strongly: To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history, but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist. To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds. And to those...

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Climate Protests Escalate Worldwide

Photo courtesy Evergaldes Earth First! Members of Everglades Earth First!, a Florida-based environmental group, block the construction site of a natural gas-fired power plant in February. Lynne Purvis and seven other members face charges next month for trespassing onto the site. Lynne Purvis stood apart at a Ritz Carlton cocktail party Thursday night. Surrounded by coal, oil, and natural gas executives at a Bank of America energy conference in Key Biscayne, Florida, Purvis and her six...

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The Post-Election is the New Election

Everyone's buzzing about what to do after November 4th to make change happen. We're collaborating on some great projects and debates. Stay tuned.

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An Inconvenient Youth

When now high school senior Mary Doerr signed up for Al Gore's Climate Project training in 2007, she was 16, and she was surprised to find out that she was one of the youngest people to have ever attended. To Doerr, who had first become interested in the movement after a sixth grade project on greenhouse gases, this was the issue of her generation, and she became determined to help more young people get involved. She found that most people her age fall into two camps: those for whom...

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