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Grist.org Climate justice is a civil rights issue, says Majora Carter. What ways do you think environmentalists can learn from the civil rights movement?

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Majora Carter, founder of Sustainable South Bronx, environmental justice advocate, and MacArthur "genius" grant recipient talks to Grist about how the climate justice movement is a continuation of the civil rights movement. ...
Judy
Judy
It's an issue for everyone, of course, but statistics, economics and inequity "make it" a skin color issue, as well. As with most bad things, global warming disproportionately impacts some folks more than others: http://ejcc.org/cj/.
11 hours ago
Scott Heidegger
Scott Heidegger
Oh, for god's sake, it's a people issue. People of poverty (regardless of color) are likely to be most impacted.
9 hours ago
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Grist.org Today Umbra addresses crap of the educational and evacuational varieties, along with even more greeny goodness. What better way to spend your Monday?

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Advice maven Umbra Fisk tackles low-flow toilets, climate-skeptic teachers, New Year's resolutions, and green choices for daily life.
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Grist.org Hey, EPA, even if Grist's David Roberts doesn't agree with everything these EPA lawyers are saying, we still think trying to censor them is uncool.

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Laurie Williams and Allan Zabel are EPA attorneys who have taken up advocating against cap-and-trade on behalf of rebated carbon taxes, most recently in a Washington Post op-ed. They also posted a video to YouTube making many of the same arguments at somewhat greater length. ...
Tim
Tim
wow. this is crazy. i'm glad the EPA is actually trying to enforce laws they are supposed to enforce, but they should not be doing this.
November 6 at 4:20pm
Jay Lee
Jay Lee
they should have the freedom to be wrong -- their criticism of cap and trade and acid rain program, that redux were achieved by fuel switching, misses the point. C&T works because it doesn't say how to achieve reductions, only that reductions must be achieved. close the loopholes, like get rid of the turd-polishing CCS 'clean coal' -- don't subsidize dirty energy to the disadvantage of clean energy.
November 6 at 8:07pm
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Grist.org How to talk to everyday Americans about climate change ... learn with cartoons!

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Getting Americans to wake up to the reality of climate change is no easy task. But experts at Columbia University believe a mix of psychology, anthropology, and behavioral economics can help, and they've written a guide with cartoons showing how.
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Grist.org Watch actor & funnyman Aziz Ansari (NBC's Parks & Recreation) talk about the ideal carbon footprint size and other, ahem, important green issues.

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Aziz Ansari is funny. An actor and comedian, you may have seen Aziz on NBC's Parks and Recreation or MTV's Human Giant. If you haven't seen him, see him here when he talks with Grist about his involvement with the Kyoto Protocol and what he's doing to lessen his carbon foot and handprints.
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Grist.org Do you know where your senators stand on climate? Help us
find out: http://bit.ly/Sb9lv More at our Climate
Citizens Project: http://bit.ly/Q56u3

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Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) introduced a climate bill on Sept. 30: the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. Do your senators support the bill, and do they support action against climate change in general? Help us find out!
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Grist.org Endocrine disruption, meet political corruption. Are you worried about BPA in consumer and food products?

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Bisphenol A, commonly abbreviated as BPA, is vile stuff--not the kind of thing a smart species knowingly introduces into its ecosystem. Tom Philpott marvels that we're doing just that---and storing food in it, no less.
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Longtime Grist reporter Amanda Little has written a book, and we're throwing a party to celebrate! OK, we're really crashing a perfectly respectable reading and then co-hosting a reception afterwards.

Please join us to hear Amanda read about her adventures through America's energy landscape, then stay to chat with her a...nd other Grist staff members.

WHAT: A reading from Amanda’s new book, Power Trip: From Oil Wells to Solar Cells -- Our Ride to the Renewable Future, followed by a casual reception with free nibbles (and a cash bar)
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We'll talk books, booze, and enviro news
Time:7:00PM Thursday, November 12th
Location:Elliott Bay Book Company
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Grist.org Famed PolyFace farmer Joel Salatin confesses that he drinks raw milk sold illegally on the underground market and questions why we collectively consider Twinkies "safer" foods. Any raw milk aficionados out there?

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Isn't it curious that at this juncture in our culture's evolution, we collectively believe Twinkies, Lucky Charms, and Coca-Cola are safe foods, but compost-grown tomatoes and raw milk are not. With legislation moving through Congress demanding that all agricultural practices be
Margie Campaigne
Margie Campaigne
Raw , unpasteurized - it's still from a different species of animal, not even a primate, and humans outgrow their need for milk when weaned from their mothers. A great percentage of adults are lactose intolerant, too. Countires with the least amount of dairy in their diets have lower rates of osteoporosis, lower rates of breast cancer, and so on. Cow's milk is for calves.
November 4 at 7:56pm
William Cox
William Cox
Not that I'm interested, but if a fella, say, wanted to score a little raw cream without drawing attention, how would he go about it?
November 4 at 8:05pm
Kristen

Kristen
How and Why?

The White House has nominated Mr. Siddiqui for the position of chief agricultural negotiator in the office of the United States trade representative. He is presently a vice president at CropLife America, a coalition of the major industrial players in the pesticide industry, including Syngenta, Monsanto, Dow... Chemical and DuPont. That job doesn’t seem to square with the Obama administration’s professed interest in more sustainable, less chemically dependent approaches to agricultureRead More

Source: www.nytimes.com
President Obama’s nominee for the nation’s chief agricultural negotiator should represent a broad view of American agriculture.
Kristen
Kristen
Tom, I thought you might find this interesting. American Farm Bureau Federation $1.5 million grant from USDA.

http://www.fb.org/index.php?fuseaction=newsroom.newsfocus&year=2009&file=nr1105.html

Reaction to Vilsack's nomination from agricultural groups was largely positive and included "endorsements" from the Corn Refiners Association, the National Grain and Feed Association, the National Farmers Union, the American Farm Bureau Federation, and the Environmental Defense Fund. ... Read More

Opposition to the nomination came from the Organic Consumers Association.

I keep my friends close and my enemies closer. I am a 'fan' of most of the opposition groups to pesticide reform. I watch the American Farm Bureau Federation and others very closely. I've been able to weed out the rats much easier this way. :)
November 5 at 9:46am
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November 5 at 11:35am
Chris Huff

Chris Huff Good Story!

Product Ecomotive has introduced Mach3 SEFS-HD said that the company can improve fuel economy in diesel vehicle by 16 percent...
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Grist.org 350 is taking all of your International Climate Action Day passion to the pre-Copenhagen climate talks in Barcelona this week. Check out the pics that negotiators are seeing and see if you can find yourself.

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Jamie from 350 shows us what they are doing with all your amazing 350 action shots here at the Barcelona round of the UN climate talks.
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Grist.org The Goreacle writeth again:

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Al Gore's new book is not just informative about the key strategies for preserving a livable climate -- it's also truly beautiful.
Jill
Jill
He must be teaching people about the problems of meat. Right?
I mean, I love what Gore's done, how many he's reached, I give props, totally! I just can't get over how long it's taken to point out what our consumption of meat does. (I also wish he'd at least *mention how fast our population has quadrupled and the effect it has on other animals.)
November 2 at 2:38pm
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He does acknowledge the impact of industrial meat on greenhouse gas emissions. Ecorazzi has more on it here: http://www.ecorazzi.com/2009/11/04/al-gore-agrees-that-going-vegetarian-helps-the-environment/
November 4 at 10:03am
Laura Henry-Stone

Laura Henry-Stone Why is Grist running campaign ads for Bob McDonnell on its website? He's the anti-environment candidate: http://hamptonroads.com/2009/09/deeds-mcdonnell-split-over-environmental-policy. It's disturbing, and if Grist is that desperate for money, then we all need to pony-up so they're not forced to stoop so low. I'm hoping someone can tell me something about McDonnell that I don't know.

Source: hamptonroads.com
Laura Henry-Stone
Laura Henry-Stone
I'm so relieved! Thanks for explaining.
November 2 at 11:51am
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Grist.org This pessimistic article underscores the importance of this week's hearings on the Senate climate bill.

Source: www.washingtonpost.com
The climate-change bill that has been moving slowly through the Senate will face a stark political reality when it emerges for committee debate on Tuesday: With Democrats deeply divided on the issue, unless some Republican lawmakers risk the backlash for signing on to the legislation, there is...