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On AlterNet: environment

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "environment"

Major Green Groups Offer Plan to Obama

Major Green Groups Offer Plan to Obama

Kate Sheppard, Grist.org. December 1, 2008.
How should Obama act on the environment? A report by 29 major enviro groups gave Obama a list of actions and policies.

Robert Redford Slams Bush on the Rachel Maddow Show

Robert Redford Slams Bush on the Rachel Maddow Show

Staff, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. November 25, 2008.
Robert Redford appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show to denounce these final attempts to relax environmental regulations.

Will the Financial Crisis Put an End to Reckless, Planet-Destroying Consumption?

Will the Financial Crisis Put an End to Reckless, Planet-Destroying Consumption?

Orion Kriegman, Richard Rosen, AlterNet. November 24, 2008.
The spiraling economy has forced the American consumer to halt and take stock. And that's a good thing.

How the Rich Are Destroying the Earth

How the Rich Are Destroying the Earth

Herve Kempf, Chelsea Green Publishing. November 22, 2008.
We've got to think about our choices for the future collectively, seeking cooperation rather than competition.

Just How Destructive Will Bush's Last-Minute Deregulations Be?

Just How Destructive Will Bush's Last-Minute Deregulations Be?

Staff, Democracy Now! AlterNet: Election 2008. November 20, 2008.
Bush admin pushing "midnight regulations"

Bush's Parting Shots at the Environment Are Major

Bush's Parting Shots at the Environment Are Major

Amanda Paulson, Christian Science Monitor. November 12, 2008.
Last ditch efforts by Bush to undermine environmental policy will affect water, climate change, endangered species and public lands.

Good Thing We're Going to Have to Live with Less Stuff -- We'll Stay Alive on Earth for Longer That Way

Good Thing We're Going to Have to Live with Less Stuff -- We'll Stay Alive on Earth for Longer That Way

Stan Cox, AlterNet. October 25, 2008.
If we scale down economic activity -- especially if the rich do -- we could all live in a cleaner world.

Why Aren't Americans Heads Over Heels for Our Environment?

Why Aren't Americans Heads Over Heels for Our Environment?

Tara DePorte, AlterNet. October 23, 2008.
With an economic crisis, foreclosures, and lives lost in Iraq and Afghanistan, our attention has been diverted from key issues like our planet.

Environmental Failure: A Ruined Planet Is Closer to Reality

Environmental Failure: A Ruined Planet Is Closer to Reality

James Gustave Speth, Yale Environment 360. October 21, 2008.
Environmental groups have grown in strength and sophistication, but the environment has continued to go downhill. Why?

Income and Education Are Bigger Determinants of Health Than Insurance, Report Shows

Income and Education Are Bigger Determinants of Health Than Insurance, Report Shows

Maggie Mahar, Health Beat. October 20, 2008.
A new report reveals the degree to which a child's health is determined by the hand he or she draws at birth.

How the Economic Crisis Will Affect the Environment

How the Economic Crisis Will Affect the Environment

Michael T. Klare, Huffington Post. October 20, 2008.
Will the crisis be good or bad for the environment, especially with respect to global warming?

Dear Mr. Next President -- Food, Food, Food

Dear Mr. Next President -- Food, Food, Food

Michael Pollan, The New York Times. October 14, 2008.
We must move into the post-oil era to improve the health of the American people and to mitigate climate change.

Before the Next Debate: Reach People Who Don't Know the Real McCain

Before the Next Debate: Reach People Who Don't Know the Real McCain

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films AlterNet: Election 2008. October 6, 2008.
Help increase the number who know the facts, and reach those who don't.

McCain's Costly Environmental Flip-Flops

McCain's Costly Environmental Flip-Flops

ZP Heller, Meet the Bloggers AlterNet: Election 2008. September 23, 2008.
How can McCain fix our energy crisis when he's in Big Oil's pocket?

McCain's Green Economy: Drill, Baby, Drill

McCain's Green Economy: Drill, Baby, Drill

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films AlterNet: Election 2008. September 19, 2008.
McCain's Big Oil Agenda Today on Meet the Bloggers (1pm ET, 10am PT)

A Telling Palin Scandal: Her Environmental Record

A Telling Palin Scandal: Her Environmental Record

Leonard Doyle, Independent UK. September 10, 2008.
Sarah Palin has an environmental policy so toxic it would make George W. Bush blush.

Sarah Palin's 9 Most Disturbing Beliefs

Sarah Palin's 9 Most Disturbing Beliefs

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. September 8, 2008.
It's time to shift the discussion about Palin to what really matters: her far-right views on the issues.

Boatloads of Trouble: How We Are Importing Our Way to Destruction

Boatloads of Trouble: How We Are Importing Our Way to Destruction

Stan Cox, AlterNet. September 5, 2008.
As our consumer goods travel thousands of miles by boat, train and truck, they're leaving a trail of soot and cancer in their wake.

Carl Pope on Pickens' Plan and the Progressive Response

Carl Pope on Pickens' Plan and the Progressive Response

Brave New Films, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. August 28, 2008.
The Sierra Club executive director speaks from the DNC.

Laura Flanders and Van Jones Call for a Green Economy

Laura Flanders and Van Jones Call for a Green Economy

Brave New Films, SEIU AlterNet: Video. August 26, 2008.
From the SEIU's unconventional convention stories.

Greenpeace + Wall*E = One Very Clever Socially Conscious Short

Greenpeace + Wall*E = One Very Clever Socially Conscious Short

Erikka Yancy, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. August 22, 2008.
Why on earth is Kimberly-Clark using Wall*E to sell Kleenex?

What Will Obama's VP Pick Mean for the Environment?

What Will Obama's VP Pick Mean for the Environment?

Ben Carmichael, Huffington Post. August 19, 2008.
Absent from any conversation has been weighing the various VP candidates' environmental record. Let's end that silence.

Your Flat Screen Has (Greenhouse) Gas

Your Flat Screen Has (Greenhouse) Gas

Emily Udell, In These Times. August 15, 2008.
A chemical used in the manufacturing of flat-screen televisions could rival some of the world's most potent greenhouse gases.

Where's Al Gore When We Need Him?

Where's Al Gore When We Need Him?

Brent Budowsky, Consortium News. August 14, 2008.
McCain is an environmental sellout. So why isn't Gore challenging him visibly, aggressively and clearly?

Van Jones Knows How to Build a Green Economy

Van Jones Knows How to Build a Green Economy

Brave New Films, Talking Points Memo AlterNet: Environment. August 13, 2008.
Altering the perception of the environmental movement among African Americans.