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Urban Harvest

Confronting climate change and poverty, a new crop of city farmers comes of age in Africa.
Guardian Environmental Network
By Robert Redford
The Battle for Jeju Island: How the Arms Race is Threatening a Korean Paradise
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February 3, 2012: Imagine dropping fifty-seven cement caissons, each one the size of a four-story house, on miles of beach and soft coral reefs. It would destroy the marine ecosystem. Our imperfect knowledge already tells us that at least... read more >
Keystone XL Rejection: Thanks, Mr. President [Video]
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January 20, 2012: My thanks to President Obama for pushing back on Big Oil’s pet project: Keystone XL. read more >
Keystone XL and Jobs: Just More Pipe Dreams
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December 12, 2011: This week the GOP leadership, once again, has sided with Big Oil against the will of the American people. They are trying to circumvent President Obama's decision to further investigate the impacts of the controversial... read more >
Is the Obama Administration Putting Corporate Profits Above Public Health?
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September 6, 2011: One reason I supported President Obama is because he said we must protect clean air, water and lands. But what good is it to say the right thing unless you act on it? Since early August, three administration decisions -- on... read more >
In New Film, Residents of the Gulf Say Impact of Spill Persists
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April 22, 2011: In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon blowout last year, BP repeatedly misled the public about how much oil was spewing into the Gulf of Mexico. Now, as we mark the one-year anniversary of the blowout, company executives... read more >
As Companies Gather for Shareholder Meetings, Opposition to Bristol Bay Mine Mounts
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April 21, 2011: I'm not against mining. I am against putting mega-mines where they don't belong. Near my home in Utah, Rio Tinto's massive Bingham Canyon Mine is one of the biggest man-made excavations on Earth and has rendered a large area... read more >
Utah Approves a Mine Next to Bryce Canyon for Coal America Doesn’t Need
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December 13, 2010: Imagine: a massive open-pit coal mine next to a wilderness jewel. A scenario like that might have been routine in the past, but this is the 21st century, when many cleaner, more sustainable ways to power our economy abound.... read more >
The Force that Fights Deep-Pocketed Polluters and Wins
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October 5, 2010: Recently, the OpenSecrets blog revealed that the oil and gas industry poured $174 million into the political system in 2009. We don’t have numbers for 2010 yet, but we do know that oil companies have put up most of the $8.2... read more >
The Filmmaker as David Against Chevron's Goliath
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July 16, 2010: Last month, I blogged here about an important case currently in play in U.S. courts involving the independence of artists.  On May 6, 2010, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ordered filmmaker Joe Berlinger to turn over to Chevron... read more >
"The Fix:" Dirty Energy's Undue Influence in American Political Life
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June 11, 2010: Like most Americans, I am horrified by the unending catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico.Even with the latest containment cap in place, oil is likely to hemorrhage from BP's ruptured well until August or beyond.As I try to... read more >
Robert Redford

Robert Redford is an actor, director, environmental activist, and long-time trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council. He is also the founder of Sundance in Utah.