New Orleans I’ve read Toronto-based author, researcher, and activist Naomi Klein’s books No Logo and Shock Doctrine with interest. Unquestionably, Klein has established herself as one of the premier corporate critics among the progressive forces, and that’s a good thing. Wading into her latest book, This Changes Everything, in which she addresses climate change, I …
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Marching for a Climate Change Turning Point
New Orleans The march in New York demanding action on climate change was hard to get a handle on from a distance. The Associated Press called the number 100,000. The New York Times studiously avoided ever giving a number in the aftermath of the march, simply saying there were tens of thousands. Finally, a …
Keystone XL Pipeline Forces Sierra Club Change in Tactics
New Orleans Mike Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club and formerly of the Rainforest Action Network, along with the president of the Club and 46 other people, including some known names, were arrested last week in front the White House in a demonstration opposing the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline to bring tar …