Results for keyword: environmental activists
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Retirees join environmentalists in fighting Arizona copper mine
The conservative, golf-playing retirees of Queen Valley, Ariz., are determined to stop a giant copper mine.
by Kari Lydersen, May 18, 2012 -
Greens need to occupy the Occupy movement
Today's activists need to get more involved in protesting the environmental profiteering that is destroying our planet.
by Tim Lydon, Dec 15, 2011 -
Home on the range
In one Montana family, it's a father-daughter Thanksgiving tradition to do things like build makeshift ramps to help trapped wild animals escape from stock tanks.
by Marian Lyman Kirst, Dec 05, 2011 -
A citizen activist forces New Mexico's dairies to clean up their act
When a giant dairy proposed building near Jerry Nivens' beloved New Mexico home, the chain-smoking Texas hermit became an activist who organized other locals to fight the industry.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, Dec 05, 2011 -
The most influential conservationist you've never heard of
The Sierra Club's Debbie Sease has spent three decades on Capitol Hill, fighting for the West.
by John Aloysius Farrell, May 01, 2011 -
Go East, young greens
What is it like to be an idealistic young environmentalist working on Capitol Hill?
by Paul Larmer, May 01, 2011 -
Collateral damage
T.C. Boyle's new novel, When the Killing's Done, examines the awkward way humans interact with nature and with one another.
by Michael Engelhard , Feb 20, 2011 -
Washington eco-saboteurs topple towers
The Earth Liberation Front claims responsibility for toppling radio towers north of Seattle, but no one really knows who the culprit is.
by M.L. Lyke, Nov 25, 2010 -
Monkey wrenchers keep on keeping on
Ed Abbey's pugnacious spirit lives on in eco-activists like Tim DeChristopher, who quietly sabotaged a Utah BLM energy-lease auction.
by Peter Shelton, Jul 07, 2010 -
Building a more effective environmental movement
In The Rebirth of Environmentalism, activist Douglas Bevington explores the relationship between the giant national organizations, like the Sierra Club, and the small grassroots groups.
by Felice Pace, Apr 25, 2010
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