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Feeling the Touch of the Goad: A Sense of Urgency as a Spur to Climate Action
To respond effectively to the threat of climate change, we must shed our complacency and arouse a sense of urgency. The texts of early Buddhism provide us with a …
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Loss of Night: Artificial Light Disrupts Sex Hormones of Birds
Around the world, scientists have gathered mounting evidence that city lights are altering the basic physiology of urban birds, suppressing their estrogen and testosterone and changing their singing, mating …
Confronting White Privilege in the Climate Justice Movement
This interview is part of Acronym TV's expanded coverage of the NYC Global Climate Convergence.
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Carbon Capture and Clean Coal: Obama’s Multibillion-Dollar Climate Pipedream
Trapping carbon dioxide from burning coal and using it to extract more fossil fuels is a counterintuitive approach to addressing climate change.
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The People’s Climate March Is Over: What Now?
Here are eight reasons to be hopeful for climate action post-New York, and eight ways to stay active in movements for climate justice.
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Empty Nests of the North: “Massive Chick Deaths” in Seabird Colonies; Climate, Oceanic Changes Blamed
Warming oceans and earlier thaws are driving away the seabirds' prey, unleashing deadly, unseasonal storms and knocking tight breeding schedules off-kilter.
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On National Day of Maize in Mexico, Protecting the Sacred Plant
The greed of transnational GMO and biofuel corporations has led to a dispute over corn. They want to rob all our global communities of this sacred grain.
Risk Assessment Reigns in Budgeting, Except When it Comes to Climate
Climate change and defense spending are not mutually exclusive.
Umbrella Revolution: Hong Kong’s Biggest Protests in Decades Challenge China on Political Freedom
Hong Kong is facing its biggest political unrest in decades as tens of thousands of protesters defy a police crackdown to demand greater freedom from China.
Why an Unequal Planet Can Never Be Green
The more wealth concentrates, the greater the strain on our biosphere. Top environmentalists get that connection. Now our societies must.