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Global Climate Day of Action -- What is going on in your area? 0° (no replies)

We are looking for stories from around the world centering on the Global Climate Day of Action, Saturday 6 December. (Check out http://www.globalclimatecampaign.org/) If you have something planned, or witness anything in your community, please send us your material! From stories of local individuals doing great things, or pictures from ...

Started by Chris Tobias today, about Climate Change, Events, Media, Politics

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Should U.N. Troops protect displaced people in Congo with force? 2° (2 replies)

Well, we're all still celebrating the victory of common sense in the U.S. elections, but as usual there are literally hundreds of humanitarian emergencies unfolding around the world. Surely nobody could have failed to notice the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but like everything else it's still not ...

Started by John P. last month, about Politics, War

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What's that light in my eyes? 7° (2 replies)

Yesterday I was reminded of a song from the musical Annie, "The sun will come out tomorrow". Today the sun has come out. A light is shining from America unlike any we have seen for almost a decade. We have seen how dark it can be when we get complacent ...

Started by C Robb W. last month, about Politics

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Coal = Devastation 2° (2 replies)

It's 10am, do you know where your electricity has been? Does your provider buy electricity from power plants using coal sourced from mountain top removal, MTR, operations. Coal is bad enough on it's own merits as a climate destroying fossil fuel but the "ecocide" of mountaintop removal is completely out ...

Started by C Robb W. last month, about Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Deforestation, Industry, Politics, Pollution, Protest

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What do you think of McCain's pick of Sarah Palin for VP? 14° (14 replies)

According to Grist (http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/8/29/83614/5859) Palin: - Opposed a statewide ballot initiative to prohibit or restrict new mining operations that could affect salmon in the state's streams and rivers - Has pushed to build a natural-gas pipeline from Alaska's North Slope - Got the state legislature to pass a bill to ...

Started by Leslie B. in August, about Coal & Oil, Environment & Wildlife, Politics

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What do you think of Obama's pick of Joe Biden for VP? 3° (3 replies)

Greenpeace did a backgrounder on all the possible Obama VP picks and here is what they had to say about Biden: Delaware Senator Joseph Biden Climate Crisis • Biden is a cosponsor of the Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act, which would reduce climate pollution 80 percent by 2050, the level ...

Started by Leslie B. in August, about Politics

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Can We Solve Our Energy Problems with Existing Technologies Today Without the Need for Breakthrough Innovations? 10° (10 replies)

This is the topic of an Oxford-style debate on solving the world’s energy crisis at the Economist -http://www.economist.com/debate/index.cfm?action=hall&debate_id=11&sa_campaign=debateseries/debate11/spr/blog/tb13 The argument for solving our energy needs with today's technology is made by Joseph J. Romm, Senior Fellow at the Centre for American Progress and the argument for the need for technology ...

Started by Leslie B. in August, about Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Economics, Energy Saving, Industry, Politics

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Is Being Green A Middle Class Indulgence? 21° (21 replies)

Interesting article in The Times: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article4474202.ece "Julie Burchill can't stand them. According to her new book, Not in my Name: A Compendium of Modern Hypocrisy, she thinks all environmentalists are po-faced, unsexy, public school alumni who drivel on about the end of the world because they don't want the working ...

Started by Peter D. in August, about Politics

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Are you willing to sacrifice? 23° (13 replies)

Change is fundamentally about sacrifice. Whether it's choosing chocolate ice cream or vanilla, when we decide on a course of action we sacrifice alternative options. Faced with climate instability and the social and political turmoil that will result in "staying the course", most everyone who visits Celsias has already decided ...

Started by Andrew Hunt in July, about Climate Change, Consumerism, Economics, Education, Health, Philosophy & Religion, Politics, Travel

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What Are The Differences Between McCain & Obama On Environmental Issues? 3° (3 replies)

Can any US members explain the key differences between the two to this non-US resident?

Started by Peter D. in July, about Politics

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