On AlterNet: wendell berry

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Legislators Are Going to Unbelievable Lengths to Gouge Clean Water Laws and Cozy Up to Big Coal

Jeff Biggers, AlterNet. February 25, 2011.

'As an air-breather and a water-drinker, I take offense to the notion that coal company profits are more important than my children's lives.'

Vision: Fight for a World Without Coal

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. February 16, 2011.

Philosopher Wendell Berry helped stop the building of the Louisville International Jetport, the damming of the Red River Gorge, and the nuclear power plant on the Ohio River.

Michael Pollan: People Are Finally Talking About Food, and You Can Thank Wendell Berry for That

Michael Pollan, The Nation. September 10, 2009.

Wendell Berry's now-famous formulation, "eating is an agricultural act" -- is perhaps his signal contribution to the rethinking of food and farming under way today.

Bill McKibben: Why I'm Planning to Get Arrested on Monday (and You Should, Too)

Bill McKibben, Yale Environment 360. February 24, 2009.

With thousands of big names and small gathering, the first massive protest of its kind against global warming will put the heat on DC.

Is America on the Brink of a Food Crisis?

Robert Jensen, AlterNet. January 29, 2009.

If we continue our offenses against the land, we will have a problem far more complex than the failure of our economy.

Join Wendell Berry and Bill McKibben in Civil Disobedience Against Coal-Fired Power Plants

Wendell Berry, Bill McKibben, AlterNet. January 20, 2009.

There are moments in a nation's -- and a planet's -- history when it may be necessary for some to break the law in order to push for its correction.

The Write Stuff

Bill McKibben, Grist.org. March 6, 2007.

Two of America's leading environmental writers join the protest movement against climate change.