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ELECTIONS DON’T SOLVE EVERYTHING

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 2, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

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Push the US govt. to sign the nuclear weapons ban treaty. No matter which party wins this week.

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2019: WE HAVE 11 YEARS TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 26, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

In last week’s column looking back at “2018: The Year in Global Warming,”  I reviewed the dire threat posed to humanity and our environment by climate change, and concluded with the following:

 

The big question for Bostonians and anyone ...  read more

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2018: THE YEAR IN GLOBAL WARMING

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 19, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

“We are the first generation to fully understand climate change and the last generation to be able to do something about it.” —Petteri Taalas, secretary-general, World Meteorological Organization

 

Given all the developments I could review from the year ...  read more

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BOSTON FIDDLES WHILE THE WORLD BURNS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 24, 2018 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

City government continues issuing reports while UN calls for immediate action

 

When writing about human-induced global warming on a regular basis, it’s a good idea to pace oneself. Because it’s such a relentlessly depressing topic that highlighting it too often can backfire. Faced with an existential threat of such magnitude that ...  read more

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LETTERS TO THE FUTURE

Written by DIG STAFF Posted November 19, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

The Dig teams up with comrades coast to coast (and some major bestselling authors) to crank the heat on climate change awareness

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FOUND IN TRANSLATION: ART AS A TOOL FOR INDIGENOUS EMPOWERMENT AT BU

Written by SPENCER SHANNON Posted February 8, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

Gluckstein’s passion for the preservation and protection of indigenous peoples has driven her career for the past 30 years. Now, she hopes to use her art to raise awareness.

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