Ben Jervey
Ben Jervey has been covering and working in the climate, energy, and environmental fields for a decade. He is regular contributor to DeSmogBlog. He was the original Environment Editor for GOOD Magazine, and wrote a longstanding weekly column titled “The New Ideal: Building the clean energy economy of the 21st Century and avoiding the worst fates of climate change.” He also contributes to National Geographic News, Grist, OnEarth Magazine, and many other online and print publications. His book–The Big Green Apple: Your Guide to Eco-Friendly Living in New York City–has been called the “bible of green living for NYC.” A bicycle enthusiast, Ben has ridden across the United States and through much of Europe.
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Why Bernie Sanders’ plan to recruit 1 million volunteers is a winning movement strategy
What’s more, the presence of volunteers draws more people to support the campaign and demonstrates that there is a place for them to fully engage.
Tread carefully, think big: Impressions on AOC and the Green New Deal
It will be up to the activist communities she came from to defend the Green New Deal and push for it to become a reality in 2020 and beyond.
Howard’s end
Now, it seems, all you need to get the media to anoint you is the money to buy an infinite amount of media. For Schultz, like Trump, it’s all about money and media.
Ending the punishment of poverty: Supreme Court rules against high fines & civil asset...
On Wednesday, the court ruled the Eighth Amendment protects people from state and local authorities imposing onerous fines, fees and forfeitures to generate money.
EPA grants bee-killing pesticide ’emergency’ approval; a ‘routine abuse of emergency exemptions’
"The EPA is routinely misusing the 'emergency' process to get sulfoxaflor approved because it's too toxic to make it through normal pesticide reviews."
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