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Naomi Klein: How We Can Take on Corporate Power and Expand the Environmental Movement

Rebecca Tarbotton, AlterNet. October 11, 2011.

On the eve of their annual celebration, Rainforest Action Network leader Rebecca Tarbotton talks with Naomi Klein about how to take on multinational giants and win.

High Protein, Meat-Based Diets Mean Higher Mortality Rate, Study Says

Sara Novak, Planet Green. September 10, 2010.

Instead, choose a high protein plant-based diet.

Dance, Don’t Drive: How to Live In Tune With the Planet

Chip Ward, AlterNet. July 14, 2010.

On the road ahead, comfort, security and meaning will no longer be determined by ownership, but by membership in a robust community that can provide mutual aid in tough times.

Death by Hamburger: How Much Meat Is Too Much?

Kiera Butler, Mother Jones. June 23, 2010.

A proponent of the light-on-meat flexitarian diet, recommends thinking of meat as "condiment instead of a large-meal focal point."

Vegetarians Are Happier Than Meat-Eaters

Matt McDermott, Planet Green. June 22, 2010.

A new study in Nutrition Journal finds vegetarians have lower incidence of depression, anxiety, and other mood problems than their meat-eating neighbors.

Is New Environmentalism the Answer or the Problem?

Paul Wapner, Tikkun. June 15, 2010.

Is "New Environmentalism" really forward-looking, or will it simply reinforce and accelerate the forces that got us into the climate crisis in the first place?

How Global Warming and Capitalism Are Deeply Intertwined

James Gustave Speth, The Nation. June 14, 2010.

It is no accident that environmental crisis is gathering as social injustice is deepening and growing inequality is impairing democratic institutions.

Can You Be an Environmentalist and Still Eat Meat?

Vanessa Barrington, EcoSalon. June 3, 2010.

A recent debate between vegetarian-rancher Nicolette Hahn Niman and Howard Lyman focused on the ethics of eating meat and the environmental impacts of meat production.

Can the Enviro Movement Be Saved? That's the Hope of the New Film 'Earth Days'

Can the Enviro Movement Be Saved? That's the Hope of the New Film 'Earth Days'

Kerry Trueman, AlterNet. August 17, 2009.

It depicts the birth of a movement that started with so much promise but ran aground on the shoals of shallow self interest and callous greed.

'Bell-Bottoms and Gas Masks' ... A Look at the First Earth Day

Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet AlterNet: Environment. April 22, 2009.

An interview with Earth Day founder Denis Hayes as well as photos from the first ever Earth Day.

World Health Day: The Hazards of Global Warming to Your Health

Susan Blumenthal, Yi-An Ko, Stephanie Safdi, Beth Hoffman, Julie Chen, Huffington Post. April 7, 2008.

The health of our planet and its people are inextricably entwined.

Christians Clash Over Whether or Not to Be Green [VIDEO]

Mugsy, Brave New Films AlterNet: Environment. March 17, 2008.

Family Research Council president Tony Perkins says the Environmentalist movement promotes abortion and homosexuality.

Is the Environmental Movement on the Wrong Track?

David Morris, AlterNet. December 3, 2007.

The new book Breakthrough believes we need hope to counteract environmentalists' dreary pessimism. But is this new "politics of hope" actually hopeful?

Can Environmentalists Live Up to Their Own Standards?

Janisse Ray, Orion Magazine. September 10, 2007.

Environmentalists are chided for "preaching to the choir." But what happens when those of us in the "choir" aren't doing enough?

The Nuclear Industry's New Shill: Christie Todd Whitman

Diane Farsetta, Center for Media and Democracy. August 27, 2007.

Hiring former Bush administration EPA head Christie Todd Whitman to chair its "Clean and Safe Energy Coalition" is the nuclear industry's latest PR attempt at "greening" its image.

Californians Are Willing to Pay for Cleaner Air

Julie Johnson, New America Media. July 30, 2007.

Many Californians are willing to pay more for environmentally positive goods and practices, according to a new poll. And for the first time, a majority of Californians consider global warming "a very serious threat."

Do serious enviros shop online or in person?

Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. May 8, 2007.

Umbra Fisk: The jury is out...

November's Most Crucial Enviro Elections

Amanda Griscom Little, Grist.org. October 14, 2006.

Focus on November's gubernatorial races if you want to see change in America's eco-policies.

Shocking: House Republicans Violate First Amendment, Have Academy Award-Nominated Director Arrested For Filming Energy/Environment Hearing

Digby, December 31, 1969.


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