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Climate Crisis

What Is the Social Cost of Carbon Emissions?
James Boyce: Cost-benefit analysis of carbon emissions has shortcomings.

How to Stop a Coal Train in its Tracks
The action marked the culmination of months of preparation, as organizers in Montana decided on the best way to bring direct action against coal transportation to a new level.

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Wall Street to Planet Earth: We Don’t Mind and You Don’t Matter
Considering that a large percentage of its value is based on fossil fuel reserves, in and of itself, all of this would be very bad news for Wall Street.

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Destabilization of Arctic Sea Ice Would Be “Game Over” for Climate
Many more people - from all across the political spectrum need to join this fight. The disintegration of the Arctic will lead to a devastated earth.

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“The Other Keystone”: Seattle Gears Up for Direct Action Against Coal Export Plan
A showdown over fossil fuel projects that would exacerbate climate change is brewing in the Emerald City.

Strategy and Tactics in the Environmental Movement
Not only has the question of strategy often been given short shrift, but even a full discussion of appropriate tactics has been neglected.

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Climate Change Movement Shifts to Convey Urgency
Leaders in the climate justice movement say it is time to start leveraging activists' commitment against the greatest crisis humanity's ever faced.

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Global Warming About to Claim Three Quarters of a Billion People
Three quarters of a billion people will almost certainly run low on water in just the regions who's rivers are supplied with water from the glaciers in the Himalayas.

Creationist Climate-Deniers Reviewing Texas Textbooks May Help Set a National Standard
Religious fundamentalists on the Texas Education Agency's textbook review panels could set a new national standard.

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Status of the Resistance Movement: Growing, Deepening, Succeeding
Resistance continues to win real victories given the fertile environment created by a government that cannot respond to popular demands for a fair economy and participatory democracy.