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  • Public officials have mistakenly thought that shutting down encampments will discourage protestors. They are wrong. Our encampments are a physical manifestation of our desire and our determination to unite despite...

    Occupy Resist! Our Future Depends Upon this Movement

    Posted on November 15, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Public officials have mistakenly thought that shutting down encampments will discourage protestors. They are wrong. Our encampments are a physical manifestation of our desire and our determination to unite despite...

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  • Left-leaning populist Tim DeChristopher and right-leaning blogger Frank Staheli discuss ways to transcend the divisiveness of contemporary politics. Debating taxes, climate change, Glenn Beck and the Tea Party, the two find they have much in common.

    Friday Uprising: Beyond Left-Right Politics

    Posted on June 11, 2010 | 1 Comment
    Left-leaning populist Tim DeChristopher and right-leaning blogger Frank Staheli discuss ways to transcend the divisiveness of contemporary politics. Debating taxes, climate change, Glenn Beck and the Tea Party, the two find they have much in common.

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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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  • As skeptics continue denouncing the science of climate change, we invite NYU biologist Tyler Volk and University of Utah geologist David Chapman to articulate the impact of human life on the planet. We discuss carbon molecules, population-size, energy alternatives and the difficult intersection of politics, economics and science.

    Friday Uprising: Climate of Change

    Posted on February 12, 2010 | No Comments
    As skeptics continue denouncing the science of climate change, we invite NYU biologist Tyler Volk and University of Utah geologist David Chapman to articulate the impact of human life on the planet. We discuss carbon molecules, population-size, energy alternatives and the difficult intersection of politics, economics and science.

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