This from investigative journalist Amy Goodman: Protesting is an act of love. It is born of a deeply held conviction that the world can be a better, kinder place. Saying “no” to injustice is the ultimate declaration of hope. Today …
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Progressives Scratching Heads at Attorney General Merrick Garland’s Announcement
From this: Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday announced a new office at the Justice Department that will focus exclusively on environmental justice. The office, which will prioritize low-income communities that have been hit hard by pollution and contamination, was launched in partnership …
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Former Director of the U.S. National Park Service Sets Sights on New Goals in Environmental Justice
As I wrote yesterday, I recently had the good fortune to meet Jonathan Jarvis (pictured at left), 18th Director of the U.S. National Park Service under Barack Obama. I thought readers would be interested to know that he now teaches …
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Lots of Good People, Hard At Work
Fabulous point here. As you’re reading this, there are many millions of people working in more than 200,000 groups whose purpose is environmental and social justice. If you were to read the names of these groups at one per second, …
Threats to Human Civilization
A friend and I were talking about the threat to our civilization posed by runaway artificial intelligence; I recommended neuroscientist Sam Harris’s TED Talk on the subject (see below). He writes: “It’s excellent. Though I don’t have a well-structured thought process …
Trump and Those Who Resist
A commenter from Australia raises an interesting issue, noting: Go ahead, protest vigorously, make as much raucous dissent as possible, but don’t be surprised when you find support for your opponents strengthening. You bring up a good point about people …
Those Greenpeace Boys Are At It Again
Greenpeace is well known for its aggressive posture vis-a-vis environmental justice, and, in particular, for its demand that our civilization phase out fossil fuels in favor of conservation, efficiency solutions, and renewable energy. Among other things, that means putting a …
A Post for People Who Wonder If Their Work Makes a Difference
Here’s a post that has nothing to do with cleantech, but everything to do with the heart and soul of the many people who work hard to accomplish something on behalf of others. Did you know that there are over …
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Lots of “Oomph” Behind Environmental and Social Justice
Yesterday was the 211th birthday of Ralph Waldo Emerson, the man who reminded us, “”Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.” That’s certainly the case for those of us trying to get to the truth as …
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Bernie Sanders, Who Honestly Stands for Environmental and Social Justice, Might Run for the U.S. Presidency?
There is no doubt that, were he to run for president, Independent Party superstar Bernie Sanders would garner a great deal of support, for any or all of the six reasons that the author of this article suggests. Perhaps …
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