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Tag: USA

USA: City of Richmond declares a climate emergency

4 August 2018 Mik Aidt Educational, World affairs

In July 2018, the Council of the City of Richmond in California followed City of Berkeley, Montgomery County in Maryland, Hoboken City Council in New Jersey and the Los Angeles City Council and declared a climate emergency: “The City of Richmond

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Climate policy procrastination’s 30 year anniversary

6 July 2018 Mik Aidt Commentary, Educational

Cheers: Climate policy procrastination can now celebrate its 30 year anniversary in Australia and the United States. Consequently is should be no surprise that we are now beginning to see statements such as these from the scientific community: “At this

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Why you should be concerned about ‘fracking’

13 July 2014 Mik Aidt Recommendation 6 comments

‘Fracking’ is moving in — very possibly to an area near you. People all over the planet are protesting against it. In the UK, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Romania, Argentina, South Africa, and also increasingly in the United States and

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The Sustainable Hour about energy, people and power

5 February 2014 Mik Aidt Local Geelong matters

On 5 February 2013, The Sustainable Hour on 94.7 The Pulse embarked on an ‘Eco-Energy Quest’ together with Surf Coast councillor Eve Fisher who just returned from a study tour which took her to the United States, Canada, Germany and

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Uprise among artists against ‘dirty oil money’

30 August 2013 Mik Aidt Commentary, World affairs One comment

Art and oil. More and more artists are starting to speak up against the fossil fuel industry. While students are putting pressure on their colleges and universities to divest – dis-invest – in fossil fuel projects, others are putting pressure

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First Carbon World War: who smells smoke?

31 July 2013 Mik Aidt Commentary, World affairs

The CO2-pollution crisis is just as serious as if a large asteroid were on a collision course towards Earth, says a British scientist, and he is backed by calculations from Canadian and US scientists which show that runaway greenhouse effect

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The climate crisis as a business opportunity

16 April 2013 Mik Aidt Petition, World affairs

33 leading U.S. and multinational companies have joined in the struggle to solve what is currently mankind’s worst headache ever: the carbon emissions and the catastrophic climate change they can possibly cause. Through a coordinated effort by businesses and consumers,

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I have a dream…

9 March 2013 Mik Aidt Commentary 6 comments

I have a dream that one day humanity will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: that all generations — including those to come — are created equal and have the same right to enjoy life on

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Action: the largest climate rally in U.S. history

13 February 2013 Mik Aidt World affairs

“After aerial shots, official estimate of #ForwardOnClimate rally is 50,000 people” – making it the largest climate action ever in United States history. 350.org organiser Joshua Kahn Russell Update on 22 March 2013 Ecowatch.com – 22 March 2013: Dozens Arrested

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