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Latin America on a Dangerous Precipice
In Latin America, a large portion of the region's rural people still live on less than two dollars a day.
Since Hiroshima: Australia’s Active Involvement in the Use and Abuse of Nuclear Energy
Australia has been involved in nuclear power politics since the 1940s as both a weapons test site and a source of base fuel uranium.
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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 …
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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Energy Efficient Buildings – Beware Possible Health Risks
Global climate change has been called the biggest global public health threat of the 21st century - and energy efficiency is a key tool in our efforts to reduce …
A Change in the Climate: The Climate Movement Steps Up
Less than two weeks have passed and yet it isn't too early to say it: the People's Climate March changed the social map.
Risk Assessment Reigns in Budgeting, Except When it Comes to Climate
Climate change and defense spending are not mutually exclusive.