…for clean air and increased forest protection. The hearing represented the first time North Carolinians had meaningful involvement in the permitting process, as the community was denied an opportunity to…
…Today, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper signed an executive order, “Executive Order NO. 80: North Carolina’s Commitment to Address Climate Change and Transition to a Clean Energy Economy,” that set…
…communities, this must stop. Dogwood Alliance, unlike industrial-forest-destroyers, does not mince words. We’ve just had a big wake-up call, and we, our families, and our communities must respond. Our climate…
…David Van Reybrouck, who promote an idea that Aristotle the Chalcidian helped popularize: sortition, a form of democracy that does not depend exclusively on elections. https://www.ted.com/talks/brett_hennig_what_if_we_replaced_politicians_with_randomly_selected_people https://www.rt.com/shows/on-contact/437438-aristotle-democracies-australia-innovation/ In his book…
…might call fraternité and solidarité. American reform movements comprising diverse groups that are committed to progressive change have a checkered record of remaining united. In 1868, an early and particularly…
