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Why Market-Based 'Solutions' to Climate Change Can Cause More Harm Than Good

Jeff Conant, AlterNet. June 8, 2011.

A leading environmental activist from Chiapas talks about the threats faced by biofuel plantations, carbon offset programs and more.

Chevron Feels the Heat: Annual Shareholder Meeting Brings Huge Protests For Oil Giant's Abuses Around the World

Tina Gerhardt, AlterNet. May 26, 2011.

"We are the human face of Chevron's operations, armed with the memories of our dead relatives, our neighbors, our sick children," said one woman who traveled from Ecuador.

In Blow to Big Polluters, Judge Halts California's Cap and Trade Program

Jeff Conant, AlterNet. May 25, 2011.

The judge greenlighted most of the policies in California's AB32 except the cap and trade plan, which some argued would benefit polluters at the expense of poor communities.

Global Warming Law Shifts Responsibility from Polluters to Communities [Contains Photo Slideshow]

Jeff Conant, AlterNet. April 21, 2011.

Communities in California and Mexico are angered by a cap-and-trade plan that could shift the burden from polluters to poor communities.

Breasts at 7 Years Old: How Chemical Hazards May Wreak Havoc on Children's Bodies

Michelle Chen, On The Issues Magazine. March 30, 2011.

Little girls are growing breasts a year after losing their first baby teeth. Are the chemicals in everyday household products to blame?

Practicing 'Thrival' Not Survival: A Radical Response to Climate Change

Tiny (aka Lisa Gray-Garcia), Poor Magazine. August 6, 2008.

We can use the coming crises as the wake up call we need to change our communities and not just survive, but thrive.

How a Community Is Saving Itself and the Environment

Kevin Danaher, Shannon Biggs, Jason Mark, PoliPoint Press. November 20, 2007.

Our current economic model has created nothing but poverty and pollution for the South Bronx. But the visionary folks there have a different model that will change all that.

Environmental Justice in Action

Kevin Danaher, Shannon Biggs, Jason Mark, PoliPoint Press. October 10, 2007.

What do race and the environmental movement have to do with each other? Quite a lot, explains one environmental justice activist.

EarthTalk: Who's Leading the Environmental Justice Movement?

E MagazineMay 14, 2007.

Which organizations specifically address environmental challenges faced by poor and minority communities?

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