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Robert Jensen : The Craziest Person in the Room
The craziest person in the room: Reflections on how a mediocre white guy can try to be useful It’s the job of people with critical sensibilities — those who consistently speak out for justice and sustainability, even when it’s difficult … Continue reading
BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Smith’s ‘Nuclear Roulette’ Makes the Case for ‘No Nukes’
Gar Smith makes the case: ‘No Nukes’ is still the right call The collection of facts, figures, and overall documentation of the industry’s lies, foibles, miscalculations, and just plain duplicity should insure the addition of more to the ranks of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Books, Environment, Gar Smith, No Nukes, NRC, Nuclear Industry, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Roulette
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Robert Jensen : The Collapse of Journalism
Graphic treatment by James Retherford / The Rag Blog. The collapse of journalism and the journalism of collapse:From royal, to prophetic, to apocalyptic When we strip away supernatural claims and delusions of grandeur, we can understand the prophetic as the calling … Continue reading
Tom Hayden : Earth Night
Is ‘Earth Night’ coming? Image from Wikimedia Commons. Earth Night Al Gore wrote in 1992, ‘the maximum that is politically feasible still falls short of the minimum that is truly effective.’ Making it ‘politically feasible’ to tackle extreme climate change … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Gore, Climate Change, Earth Day, Environment, Global Warming, Jerry Brown, Tom Hayden
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Norman Pagett and Josephine Smit : Can We ‘Downsize’ and Survive?
Sewers under construction, north bank of the Thames looking west. Image from End of More. The end of more:Can we ‘downsize’ and survive? We continue to delude ourselves that ‘downsizing’ will somehow allow us to carry on with our current … Continue reading
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Tagged Cities, Downsizing, End of More, Engineering, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Health Care, Josephine Smit, Medical History, Norman Pagett, Sustainability, World History
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Lamar W. Hankins : Politicians Refuse to Protect the Public
Explosion at fertilizer plant in West, Texas, April 17, 2013. Photo by Andy Bartee / KVUE.com. Texas explosion, guns, and fracking: Politicians refuse to protect the public Only a dramatic revolution of values focused on respect for people, creatures great … Continue reading
Ed Felien : Komen and Cancer: Cause and Effect?
These women are protesting the Komen Foundation’s defunding of Planned Parenthod — later retracted — at headquarters in Dallas, February 7, 2012. But there may be other reasons to say “Shame on Komen!” Photo by Rex C. Curry / AP. … Continue reading
Harry Targ : Human Sustainability and the Living Wage
Image from This Magazine The jobs/income problem:How do we sustain human life? Given the vision that animates the progressive majority and the need to build broad coalitions, rebuilding living wage campaigns could be an important part of its organizing future. … Continue reading
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Tagged Environment, Harry Targ, Living Wage, Minimum Wage, Progressive Movement, Sustainability
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Lamar W. Hankins : Pipeline Debate is Mired in Disinformation
Coming your way? Pieces of the pipeline. Image from National Radio Canada. Keystone XL Pipeline debateis mired in disinformation The Keystone XL Pipeline project has virtually nothing to do with American energy independence, but everything to do with enriching Canadian … Continue reading
Harvey Wasserman : Our Atomic Dominoes Are Falling
Falling dominoes. Image from ANS Nuclear Cafe. Two reactors down, others teetering:Our atomic dominoes are falling This latest stretch of shutdowns does not mean the death of the industry. Both Georgia and Florida are being assaulted with legislation that would … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Environment, Harvey Wasserman, Nuclear Power
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Bruce Melton : World Bank on Climate: ‘Turn Down the Heat’
Glacier melt. Photo by Dave Appleby / Flickr / Truthout.Is it really this bad?World Bank on climate:‘Turn down the heat’ Instead of working on climate pollution emissions reductions, we are now emitting more than was imagined in the 1998 worst-case … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Melton, Climate Change, Climate Science, Environment, Global Warming, World Bank
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Bruce Melton : Extreme Weather like Sandy Caused by Arctic Warming
Seaside Heights Amusement Park, Jersey Shore. Image from underthemat.Superstorm Sandy:Research shows how Arctic warmingdirectly causes extreme weather Climate change plain and simple: Arctic Sea ice melt caused Superstorm Sandy. And things are starting to get crazy with this ongoing string … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Melton, Climate Change, Climate Science, Environment, Extreme Weather, Global Warming, Superstorm Sandy
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