Coal Moratorium Gaining Steam Written By: Michelle Haimoff 2008-01-23 17:07:41 Rainforest Action Network (RAN) reports that 59 proposed coal-fired power plants have been cancelled or shelved in the past year. Both RAN and Coal Moratorium NOW! have been calling for a moratorium on the construction of new coal-fired power plants through education, grass roots organizing and non-violent direct action, such as the National Global Warming Teach-In on January 31, 2008.
Earth Day Resolutions (and Transgressions) Written By: Michelle Haimoff 2007-04-22 22:11:07 In honor of Earth Day, here is a list of 50 things we can do to stop global warming. Feel free to brag about all the ways in which you save the world from imminent destruction, as well as the ways in which you are an environmentally irresponsible monster (I'll start):
Economist Jeffrey Sachs: "We'll Get Out of This Mess" Written By: Michelle Haimoff 2008-03-25 22:42:35 I attended Charlie Rose’s interview of Jeffrey Sachs at the 92nd Street Y on Tuesday night. Jeffrey Sachs, who is the Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and has been an economic advisor to governments in Latin America, Eastern Europe, the former Yugoslavia, the former Soviet Union, Asia, and Africa, as well as an author and the only academic to have been repeatedly ranked among the world's most influential people by Time magazine, is about as close to a household name as an economist can get.
Environment is the New Religion Written By: Michelle Haimoff 2008-03-11 23:29:27 The recent New York Times Magazine entitled "The Money Issue," covers topics ranging from how good works are measured, to why people give, microfinancing, and the relationship between celebrity and philanthropy.
But what struck me off the bat is the chart illustrating how Americans allocated their contributions to charitable causes in 2006. The research was gathered by Giving USA, which also noted that U.S. charitable giving reached a new record in 2006 of an estimated $295.02 billion.
Americans allocated their charitable contributions as follows:
In honor of Earth Day, here is a list of 50 things we can do to stop global warming. Feel free to brag about all the ways in which you save the world from imminent destruction, as well as the ways in which you are an environmentally irresponsible monster (I'll start):