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'''''May 22, 2016''''' | '''''May 22, 2016''''' | ||
''From TomDispatch [http://www.tomdispatch.com www.tomdispatch.com]'' | ''From TomDispatch [http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176143/tomgram%3A_aviva_chomsky%2C_will_the_millennial_movement_rebuild_the_ivory_tower_or_be_crushed_by_it/ www.tomdispatch.com]'' | ||
> '''''Who imagined''''' ''that a small number of environmentalists running an obscure organization called [http://350.org/about/team/ 350.org] would help spark a climate-change movement that would spread globally in a startling fashion, mount a [http://articles.latimes.com/2013/feb/17/nation/la-na-nn-climate-change-rally-washington-20130217 large demonstration in Washington] and others across the planet, venture [http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/climate-change/arctic-impacts/Peace-Dove/Arctic-30/ into the Arctic] and [https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jul/31/portland-bridge-shell-protest-kayaktivists-fennica-reaction by kayak] into the waters of the American West, and actually [http://www.npr.org/2015/11/06/455048998/obama-rejects-plans-to-build-keystone-xl-pipeline stop] the building of a pipeline slated to carry the carbon-dirtiest of energy sources from [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/12/business/energy-environment/canadas-oil-sands-industry-staggers-after-a-devastating-fire.html now-ravaged Alberta, Canada], to the American Gulf Coast, and -- with a growing [http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/09/22/3704205/divestment-movement-50-times-bigger-in-one-year/ divestment movement] and other activities -- put the fear of god into the most profitable and influential corporations on the planet?'' | > '''''Who imagined''''' ''that a small number of environmentalists running an obscure organization called [http://350.org/about/team/ 350.org] would help spark a climate-change movement that would spread globally in a startling fashion, mount a [http://articles.latimes.com/2013/feb/17/nation/la-na-nn-climate-change-rally-washington-20130217 large demonstration in Washington] and others across the planet, venture [http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/climate-change/arctic-impacts/Peace-Dove/Arctic-30/ into the Arctic] and [https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jul/31/portland-bridge-shell-protest-kayaktivists-fennica-reaction by kayak] into the waters of the American West, and actually [http://www.npr.org/2015/11/06/455048998/obama-rejects-plans-to-build-keystone-xl-pipeline stop] the building of a pipeline slated to carry the carbon-dirtiest of energy sources from [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/12/business/energy-environment/canadas-oil-sands-industry-staggers-after-a-devastating-fire.html now-ravaged Alberta, Canada], to the American Gulf Coast, and -- with a growing [http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/09/22/3704205/divestment-movement-50-times-bigger-in-one-year/ divestment movement] and other activities -- put the fear of god into the most profitable and influential corporations on the planet?'' | ||
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''In the early days of [http://www. | ''In the early days of [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Green_Policy:About GreenPolicy360], our advisor [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Bill_McKibben,_planet_citizen Bill McKibben] was imagining what could be done as he initiated [http://www.350.org 350.org].'' | ||
''A tip of our hat to adventurers who imagine what can be done'' | ''A tip of our hat to adventurers who imagine what can be done'' | ||
Revision as of 16:54, 25 May 2016
May 22, 2016
From TomDispatch www.tomdispatch.com
> Who imagined that a small number of environmentalists running an obscure organization called 350.org would help spark a climate-change movement that would spread globally in a startling fashion, mount a large demonstration in Washington and others across the planet, venture into the Arctic and by kayak into the waters of the American West, and actually stop the building of a pipeline slated to carry the carbon-dirtiest of energy sources from now-ravaged Alberta, Canada, to the American Gulf Coast, and -- with a growing divestment movement and other activities -- put the fear of god into the most profitable and influential corporations on the planet?
Yes, who imagined?
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In the early days of GreenPolicy360, our advisor Bill McKibben was imagining what could be done as he initiated 350.org.
A tip of our hat to adventurers who imagine what can be done
And to all of us who act to make it happen!
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