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Category Archives: examining activism
Much Ado About Gasland
(updated below) “The oil and gas industry has already been busy condemning the film and disputing Mr. Fox’s assertions. And, again, it’s maddening to see how easy he makes it for the film’s critics to attack him, and how difficult … Continue reading
Wikileaks shows Prentice “concerned” tar sands might damage Canada’s “green standing”
The Globe and Mail reports that former environment minister Jim Prentice said “if industry did not take voluntary measures and if the provincial government did not set more stringent regulations, he would step in and press federal environmental legislation,” according … Continue reading
Identifying ecoterrorists
Second in the n-part series on ecoterrorism. To be clear, this is excerpted from a DHS document that can be found on Wikileaks here, and does not in any way reflect my opinion of these groups: External relationships and interorganizational … Continue reading
Defining ecoterrorism
First in the n-part series on ecoterrorism: the definition of what DHS thinks an ecoterrorist is: The ecoterrorist movement does not have a clearly articulated singular ideological platform. Rather, individuals who engage in illegal and violent activities in the name … Continue reading
On ecoterrorism
I was reading Keith Kloor’s Skype-powered roundtable with Bart Verheggen and Lucia Liljegren and saw a line about a third of the way down the page, in which Verheggen says: “On the lunatic fringe of the alarmist side—and I don’t … Continue reading
Keystone XL coverage ought to report on democracy (and not just environmentalists) in action
I just read a lengthy (1250+ words) story on the issues Nebraskans face just by hosting the Keystone XL pipeline. But it surprises me that in the entire massive body of “Gulf spill raises pipeline concerns” in today’s Omaha World-Herald, … Continue reading
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Tagged Keystone pipeline, Keystone XL, TransCanada
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Why I have nothing left to say about Monckton
This pretty much says it all. But it is worth noting that John Abraham’s presentation does exactly what I think scientists should have been doing all along. A few have taken to the day-to-day trench combat along the starkly-drawn lines … Continue reading
List: a few links on the Facebook diaspora, examining the Nature Conservancy, and outdoor art
1) Danah Boyd on Facebook’s issues: I think that Facebook plays a central role in the lives of many and I think that it is unreasonable for anyone to argue that they should “just leave” if they’re not happy. This … Continue reading
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Tagged BP, Danah Boyd, Diaspora, oil spill, The Nature Conservancy
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Examining activism: when astroturfing and attack ads go wrong
1) Grist has the story of Maryland’s Montgomery County, which passed the nation’s first county-level carbon tax despite, or perhaps on account of, a corporate-sponsored campaign to prevent it: “the Mirant Corporation — owners of the big coal plant that … Continue reading
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Tagged Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Coal Tattoo, Mirant Corporation, Montgomery County carbon tax, National Mining Association
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BP turns away CBS crew filming oil spill
Watch CBS News Videos Online Via Treehugger. I’m filing this one under “examining activism” because I don’t have a category for either “massive miscommunication” or “facist collusion” — and because in this case, CBS functions as an advocate on behalf … Continue reading