Environment
: Nicole Colson The shutdown of a nuclear reactor and release of radioactive steam in Illinois illustrate the industry's inherent dangers.
February 9, 2012 : Michael Ware Occupy Burlington held a march to protest a court ruling overturning Vermont's decision to shut down a nuclear reactor.
February 8, 2012 Some 250 activists protested Gov. Scott Walker's State of the State speech, following a rally against devastating mining practices.
February 1, 2012 : Peter Rugh Activists gathered for a state legislature hearing held in Manhattan to call for the closure of the Indian Point nuclear plant.
January 17, 2012 "Fracking insurgents" are challenging the rapid expansion of the natural gas industry's destructive methods in North Texas.
January 11, 2012 : Chris Williams Angry that they have not received accurate information about the radiation threat, the people of Fukushima have taken matters into their own hands.
January 3, 2012 With UN climate talks set to begin in South Africa, Occupy Wall Street activists staged a Climate Justice Day in New York City.
December 5, 2011 : Chris Williams The real question we have to ask is: Why are government leaders so committed to doing nothing about climate change?
November 28, 2011 Occupy Wall Street took a stand against the Keystone XL pipeline, with supporters traveling to Washington, D.C., for a day of action.
November 15, 2011 November 6 was a day of action against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry tar sands oil across Canada and the U.S.
November 9, 2011 : Chris Williams The Keystone XL pipeline is a watershed moment not just for Barack Obama, but for the mainstream environmental movement.
October 27, 2011 : Christine Shearer What's happening to the Alaskan village of Kivalina is proof that climate change is here, and we have to deal with it.
October 11, 2011 Activists in the U.S. and Japan recently worked together to protest the use of nuclear power around the globe.
October 11, 2011 : Dan Sharber Marxist thought possesses an environmental core that envisions human beings living in a society in harmony with nature.
October 6, 2011 : Chris Williams The short-term time horizon of capitalism and its addiction to profit makes the system incapable of a rational response to climate change.
September 14, 2011 More than 1,000 activists were arrested in front of the White House to protest the Keystone XL pipeline to carry tar sands oil.
September 6, 2011 : Chris Williams The recent earthquake in Virginia caused two reactors to go to shutdown--further evidence that nuclear plants are akin to ticking time bombs.
September 1, 2011 More than 50 people attended a daylong conference on the next steps in Vermont's struggle against nuclear power.
August 15, 2011 : Dan Russell Chicago's third coal plant isn't about "green jobs" or "clean power," but propping up the dirty and destructive coal industry.
August 11, 2011 : Chris Williams As global climate change devastates the lives of tens of millions, both Republicans and Democrats are protecting Big Business over the environment.
August 4, 2011 : Andrea Hektor Montana activists are protesting plans to build a massive tar sands pipeline on the heels of a recent devastating oil spill.
August 1, 2011 : Chris Williams Scientists agree that climate change is already here, but corporations will fight to deny reality until we do something about it.
July 20, 2011 Protesters gathered in New York City to protest the energy companies' demand to begin hydraulic fracturing in the state.
July 6, 2011 There's a growing movement in New England to shut down the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor before it's too late.
June 30, 2011 : Chris Williams It may seem hard to believe, but it is fully within the means of society to make the dream of alternative energy a green reality.
June 23, 2011
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