Monday, March 07, 2011

Wording change softens global warming skeptics | Grist
"Global warming entails a directional prediction of rising temperatures that is easily discredited by any cold spell," they note, "whereas 'climate change' lacks a directional commitment and easily accommodates unusual weather of any kind."
Why climate change is now irrelevant to clean energy | Grist
Clean energy isn't about climate change any more, it's about China. So says cleantech investor Alex Taussig. That's his takeaway from last week's summit of ARPA-E, the government agency tasked with funding energy innovations so crazy or with such far-off payouts that no private company would ever touch them.
We need big, brash, nonviolent climate protests. Are you in? | Grist
Taken together, all of this confirms our belief that we need to keep escalating the struggle for climate justice.

It is not one event but a wave of actions that trigger social change. Paul Revere was not the only rider to warn of the British advance, and many people refused to move to the back of the bus before Rosa Parks. Actions like DeChristopher's create ripples that spread far and wide.

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