The story, picked up by the Dallas Morning News and other media outlets, originated from a phony press release
issued by environmental activists Rising Tide North America.
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The message was extremely well - received
by the
environmental activists we spoke with, and quite a few people expressed gratitude that the
issue was being brought up in this context.
Jean Nagai: I'm influenced
by people who are confronting white supremacy and
environmental issues, whether it's artists, scientists or
activists.
The
issue has galvanized climate and
environmental activists in the US with the massive rally on Sunday preceded
by civil disobedience actions in late summer that lead to the arrests of 1,253 people.
For the first time, fracking was an
issue represented
by the Goldman Prize: Jonathan Deal, a wildlife photographer turned
environmental activist in South Africa, was named a winner of the 2013 Goldman Prize for his work to fight fracking in his beloved Karoo.
«Unite for Environment (U4E) is a nonprofit organization which is primarily formed
by young
activists in order to deal with various
environmental issues.»
By then Gore had been an
environmental activist for a long time, but kept that yet unpopular
issue hidden under a bushel during his campaign, on misguided advice from his strategists.
This association came about in part because of a report
issued by the Carbon Tracker Initiative in 2012, which gained notoriety after
environmental activist Bill McKibben mentioned the organization in an article in Rolling Stone later that year.
George Monbiot, a British
environmental activist and writer, said that
by promoting doubt, industry had taken advantage of news media norms requiring neutral coverage of
issues, just as the tobacco industry once had.