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Every serious environmentalist must support fracking? Seriously?
2013-12-15 09:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: If you oppose fracking, then you are not a serious environmentalist. So say U.C. Berkeley physics professor Richard Muller and his daughter Elizabeth Muller in a new opinion paper with a none-too-subtle title: "Why Every Serious Environmentalist Should Favor Fracking." Until recently, Muller wasn`t much of an environmentalist himself. He was a prominent climate denier. But last year he wrote in The New York Times that he came to realize the error of his ways after an intensive review of the...
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Environmentalist Press for Climate Change Consideration
2013-09-01 14:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NBC: As New Jersey continues to rebuild from Sandy, there are some differences on how to proceed. Contending that the reconstruction is not taking climate change into account, environmental groups urge a strategic retreat from some storm-surge and flood risk areas. Gov. Chris Christie, however, said he won't condemn shorefront properties to prevent rebuilding homes there. "There are private property rights to respect here," the governor said. "And if folks are willing to comply with the law and...
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Moncton environmentalist slams Turtle Creek dam project
2013-08-07 19:35:23| Food - Topix.net
Moncton plans to spend $35 million on a second dam project in Turtle Creek despite a decrease in water demand.
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Google Faces Environmentalist Wrath Over Fundraiser For James Inhofe, Climate Change Denier
2013-07-12 00:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Chanting "Google, don't fund evil!" and hoisting colorful signs, dozens of environmentalists gathered outside of Googles Washington headquarters to protest a fundraiser held Thursday for one of Congress' most notorious climate change deniers, James Inhofe. The Oklahoma Republican has repeatedly dismissed climate change as a "hoax" on the Senate floor, and takes pride in his role as one of the country's most outspoken climate change deniers. "Google's support for Sen. Inhofe is an affront to...
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US environmentalist McKibben wins Sophie Prize
2013-05-28 12:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: American environmentalist Bill McKibben has won the $100,000 Sophie Prize for being a mobilizing force in the fight against global warming. The award committee commended McKibben for ''building a global, social movement, fighting to preserve a sustainable planet.'' McKibben, born in 1960, has written widely about the impact of global warming. In 2008, he founded 350.org, an international movement aimed at solving the climate crisis with representatives in some 190 countries. The annual Sophie...
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