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Climate Protesters

It can be hard to mix irony and political correctness

September 24, 2019 Arthur Lieber 2020 Election, Environment, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Acknowledging human’s contributions to climate change is pretty easy to understand, at least for 60% of the American population. But at times, political action in support of addressing climate change can create a situation in which the commitment to environmental change is overshadowed by the irony of the tactics.

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16-year-old climate change activist says: “Time to panic”

April 23, 2019 Renee Shur Activism, Climate Change, Environment Leave a comment

In an emotional address to members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on April 16, 2019, sixteen-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg delivered a

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Climate change endangers food favorites like beer, wine, apples, bananas, chocolate

March 8, 2019 Renee Shur Climate Change, Food Leave a comment

For more than forty years, scientists and environmentalists have been sounding the alarm about climate change. In 1975 Dr. Wallace S. Broecker, who first

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FridaysforFuture

15-year-old Swedish student sparks international Fridays for Future movement

March 3, 2019 Renee Shur Activism, Climate Change, International, Protest/Resistamce Leave a comment

Sometimes it takes just one person to spark a movement. Swedish student Greta Thunberg is one such person. In August 2018 the then fifteen-year-old

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Lima beans, the scientific method, and saving the planet

December 28, 2018 Renee Shur Environment, Science, Survey, Widgets: Science/Technology Leave a comment

Do you remember your first brush with the scientific method? For most of us, the six steps at the core of the scientific method

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Climate Change Scientists

“A Message to Trump from Climate Scientists”

April 15, 2017 Renee Shur Activism, Climate Change, Democracy, Energy, Environment, Trump Leave a comment

At the annual gathering of The American Geophysical Union in fall of 2016, more than twenty-three thousand earth and space scientists from around the

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Inconvenient Sequel

Just in time: the “Inconvenient Sequel”

April 3, 2017 Renee Shur Activism, Climate Change, Environment, Politics One comment

“Don’t let anybody tell you we’re going to get on rocket ships and live on Mars. This is our home.” Eleven years after “An

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Carteret Islands

Carteret Islands; ground zero for climate change

March 30, 2017 Renee Shur Climate Change, Environment, Homelessness, Refugees 2 comments

“Climate change is not just about statistics. Climate change is not just about science. Climate change is about human rights.” – Ursula Rakova, Founder

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Global Seed Vault: Protecting the future of agriculture

March 26, 2017 Renee Shur Climate Change Leave a comment

Halfway between Norway and the North Pole in the chilly waters of the Arctic Ocean lie the Svalbard Islands. On one of the largest,

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Park rangers go rogue on Trump

January 28, 2017 Bill Kesler Government, Trump Leave a comment

Everybody loves park rangers. You know, those folks in the Smokey-the-Bear hats. Friendly, courteous, helpful. Now they are emerging as rogue force of resistance

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