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DAPL Confrontation Likely Back On as New President Shifts Policies

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 25, 2017
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DAPL Confrontation Likely Back On as New President Shifts Policies

Back in December, then-President Barack Obama handed a major victory for thousands of protesters and Indi ...

Back in December, then-President Barack Obama handed a major victory for thousands of protesters and Indigenous People, when the Department of the Army announced it would not approve an easement that ...

January 25, 2017
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What’s Happening in the Arctic, Is Not Staying in the Arctic

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 29, 2016
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What’s Happening in the Arctic, Is Not Staying in the Arctic

Tipping Points to Collapse By Debra Chase “The metaphor is so obvious. Easter Island isolated in the Paci ...

Tipping Points to Collapse By Debra Chase “The metaphor is so obvious. Easter Island isolated in the Pacific Ocean — once the island got into trouble, there was no way they could get free. There was n ...

November 29, 2016
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The Shrinking Life of Krill

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|Date: September 07, 2016
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The Shrinking Life of Krill

By Debra Chase Krill is said to be the largest biomass on the planet, outweighing the human population of ...

By Debra Chase Krill is said to be the largest biomass on the planet, outweighing the human population of the world. Yet in size it is tiny, relative in size to a paper clip, measuring on average abou ...

September 07, 2016
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The Crack That May Soon Destabilize Antarctic’s Largest Ice Shelf

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|Date: September 06, 2016
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The Crack That May Soon Destabilize Antarctic’s Largest Ice Shelf

By Debra Chase Antarctica has 15 major ice shelf areas and, for the past 20 years or so, warming earth te ...

By Debra Chase Antarctica has 15 major ice shelf areas and, for the past 20 years or so, warming earth temperatures have pushed two major sections of the Larsen ice shelf in Antarctica to collapse int ...

September 06, 2016
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On Explaining Science…

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|Date: August 03, 2016
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On Explaining Science…

by John Berg As a scientist, I was astounded when I read this comment in the Vanguard this week: "Humans ...

by John Berg As a scientist, I was astounded when I read this comment in the Vanguard this week: "Humans practice science. Humans are flawed, therefore science is flawed. Apply that to capitalism, ...

August 03, 2016
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Troubling Headlines Show Climate Change Is Moving Faster than Predicted

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|Date: August 02, 2016
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Troubling Headlines Show Climate Change Is Moving Faster than Predicted

By Debra Chase Some of the worst impacts of climate change that were thought to be events that could or w ...

By Debra Chase Some of the worst impacts of climate change that were thought to be events that could or would take place far into the future are here now, faster than expected, much faster than scienc ...

August 02, 2016
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World Heritage Sites in Danger

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|Date: July 01, 2016
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World Heritage Sites in Danger

By Debra Chase “The supreme reality of our time is...the vulnerability of our planet.” When President Joh ...

By Debra Chase “The supreme reality of our time is...the vulnerability of our planet.” When President John F Kennedy spoke those on words June 28, 1963 he could not have known that 53 years later the ...

July 01, 2016
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The Heat is On: Historic Climate Agreement Signing on World Earth Day

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|Date: April 21, 2016
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The Heat is On: Historic Climate Agreement Signing on World Earth Day

By Debra Chase Inextricably connected - every little inch of earth and sky– every life form - large or sm ...

By Debra Chase Inextricably connected - every little inch of earth and sky– every life form - large or small – neglect one part and it all breaks down. This was the overlying message at the December 2 ...

April 21, 2016
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Oil Trains – Open Letter To SACOG And Municipal Governments

Posted by Red Slider
|Date: February 27, 2016
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Oil Trains – Open Letter To SACOG And Municipal Governments

by Red Slider OIL TRAINS - There is a way to make them 100% safe, but no one talks about it. "If you thin ...

by Red Slider OIL TRAINS - There is a way to make them 100% safe, but no one talks about it. "If you think prevention is hard, wait till you have to do response." Most official reviews of Oil Train sa ...

February 27, 2016
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Historic Global Climate Change Agreement Adopted in France

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|Date: December 13, 2015
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Historic Global Climate Change Agreement Adopted in France

by Debra Chase For over twenty years the myth of Sisyphus has been the ruling analogy of the global clima ...

by Debra Chase For over twenty years the myth of Sisyphus has been the ruling analogy of the global climate talks. The ball of past climate conferences has been consistently rolled uphill by diplomats ...

December 13, 2015
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North Of Falcon In Decade Zero: Decisions And Life On Earth

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|Date: November 13, 2015
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North Of Falcon In Decade Zero: Decisions And Life On Earth

By Debra Chase “Florence: Who knows anything about fish? I mean fish don’t tell you anything much do they ...

By Debra Chase “Florence: Who knows anything about fish? I mean fish don’t tell you anything much do they? You ask ‘em a question, they flop around……” Israel Horovitz – North Shore Fish On a cold bree ...

November 13, 2015
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The Life that Sustains Us – Flying on the Wings of Pollinators

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|Date: August 25, 2015
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The Life that Sustains Us – Flying on the Wings of Pollinators

By Debra Chase “If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years o ...

By Debra Chase “If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left.” This quote is often attributed to Albert Einstein and, while there is scant evide ...

August 25, 2015
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President Takes Bold Step on Climate Change

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 04, 2015
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President Takes Bold Step on Climate Change

Initiative Sets Carbon Pollution Standards For Power Plants One Monday, President Obama announced his “Cl ...

Initiative Sets Carbon Pollution Standards For Power Plants One Monday, President Obama announced his “Clean Power Plan,” calling it the biggest step taken to date to combat climate change. The plan s ...

August 04, 2015
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Mercury Rising

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 20, 2015
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Mercury Rising

By Debra Chase If I encouraged the use of an old favorite tuna sandwich recipe it could very well poison ...

By Debra Chase If I encouraged the use of an old favorite tuna sandwich recipe it could very well poison anyone that ate it. The fish considered to be the greatest athlete of the ocean, a sushi chef’s ...

July 20, 2015
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Gearing Up for Another Oil Train Protest

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|Date: July 10, 2015
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Gearing Up for Another Oil Train Protest

by Lynne Nittler There is NO safe way to transport extreme tar sands and Bakken crude. Two years after La ...

by Lynne Nittler There is NO safe way to transport extreme tar sands and Bakken crude. Two years after Lac-Mégantic, oil trains keep exploding and carbon pollution keeps rising. Oil trains are a disas ...

July 10, 2015
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Moral Duty and Personal Responsibility: Protecting the Planet by Living an Unselfish Life

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|Date: June 18, 2015
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Moral Duty and Personal Responsibility: Protecting the Planet by Living an Unselfish Life

By Debra Chase Does religious morality establish the only “real” responsibility for protecting the planet ...

By Debra Chase Does religious morality establish the only “real” responsibility for protecting the planet from the devastations of climate change or is there a sense that many people have grown to a l ...

June 18, 2015
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Chancellor Katehi: Combating Obesity is Critical to the Economic Health of the Central Valley

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: May 18, 2015
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Chancellor Katehi: Combating Obesity is Critical to the Economic Health of the Central Valley

By Leanna Sweha Last week, UC President Janet Napolitano and UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi joined the ...

By Leanna Sweha Last week, UC President Janet Napolitano and UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi joined the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. to discuss new research by Brookings on the economic ...

May 18, 2015
| by Leanna Sweha

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This Ship of Fools

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 18, 2015
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This Ship of Fools

By Debra Chase “Ship of fools on a cruel sea, ship of fools sail away from me. It was later than I though ...

By Debra Chase “Ship of fools on a cruel sea, ship of fools sail away from me. It was later than I thought when I first believed you, Now I cannot share your laughter, ship of fools.” – The Grateful D ...

May 18, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Diversifying Environmentalism to Solve Human Suffering and Climate Change

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 20, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Diversifying Environmentalism to Solve Human Suffering and Climate Change

Last week, we discussed the need for environmentalism to be able to reconcile poverty along with energy n ...

Last week, we discussed the need for environmentalism to be able to reconcile poverty along with energy needs, where the US and its allies have often blocked financing of power overseas. The implicati ...

April 20, 2015
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My View: Is Eco-Modernism The Future of 21st Century Environmentalism?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 18, 2015
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My View: Is Eco-Modernism The Future of 21st Century Environmentalism?

One of my first political memories comes from the late 1970s, marching against PG&E’s decision to bui ...

One of my first political memories comes from the late 1970s, marching against PG&E’s decision to build the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant. Really, who could blame anyone for being a bit skepti ...

April 18, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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