global warming Archive

  • Much can be accomplished through policy venues. But we should not delude ourselves that policy alone will solve the problem. Good policy is nothing without good implementation. But what happens when implementation fails, when the structures we have created are broken? What recourse do we have? As far as I can see we have two options: 1) reform/transform political structures through further policy change and 2) take direct action to stop those failures.

    Direct Action in Our Movement

    Posted on March 22, 2010 | 1 Comment
    Much can be accomplished through policy venues. But we should not delude ourselves that policy alone will solve the problem. Good policy is nothing without good implementation. But what happens when implementation fails, when the structures we have created are broken? What recourse do we have? As far as I can see we have two options: 1) reform/transform political structures through further policy change and 2) take direct action to stop those failures.

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  • Tar sands projects are among the most environmentally destructive in the world: strip mining and pulverizing rock, heating it to 700 degrees, gobbling up water, consuming far more energy than is created, manufacturing four times as much carbon emissions as conventional oil, and spewing poison into the earth, water, and sky -- and a new tar sands project, the first of its kind in the USA, is about to break ground in Utah... unless you speak up.

    Tar Sands Mining: Coming NOW to the United States

    Posted on March 21, 2010 | No Comments
    Tar sands projects are among the most environmentally destructive in the world: strip mining and pulverizing rock, heating it to 700 degrees, gobbling up water, consuming far more energy than is created, manufacturing four times as much carbon emissions as conventional oil, and spewing poison into the earth, water, and sky -- and a new tar sands project, the first of its kind in the USA, is about to break ground in Utah... unless you speak up.

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  • A horrifying and unprecedented project could put Utah’s Canyonlands National Park and Glen Canyon Recreation Area at serious risk, while at the same time thrusting a new source of water-depleting, CO2-billowing, filthy, and geographically destructive (but pseudoprofitable!) business into the equation.

    First US Tar Sands to Break Ground in Utah

    Posted on March 19, 2010 | 3 Comments
    A horrifying and unprecedented project could put Utah’s Canyonlands National Park and Glen Canyon Recreation Area at serious risk, while at the same time thrusting a new source of water-depleting, CO2-billowing, filthy, and geographically destructive (but pseudoprofitable!) business into the equation.

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