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energybulletin.net - 11/26/2008
George Monbiot is Arguing with Me…That Has to be Good
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The words “holy crap” were pretty much the first ones to my lips this morning, when several people sent me George Monbiot’s latest column...After being so flattered I could die, I suffered the irresistable desire to argue back, and I’m going to... read more

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Transition Culture — Ed Milliband, the newly appointed Minister for Energy and Climate Change, gave a talk on Monday to the Environment Agency conference in London. As part of it, he said; How do we build a popular movement on these issues?  Movements come from individual experiences which raise consciousness of the issues and are translated into bigger demands. So local campaigns and action whether it’s the Transition Town movement or pioneering local authorities - are absolutely essential. Not just because ...

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