"All together, This Changes Everything holds the Big Greens accountable for redirecting public attention away from the need for big, systemic change and toward lifestyle and consumer approaches to climate changeācomplete with on-line carbon calculatorsāthat did little to actually lower emissions."
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This Changes Everything Including the Anti-Fracking Movement by Sandra Steingraber, EcoWatch, September 16, 2014
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