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Climate ChangeDecember 7, 2009
Averting a Flop-in-‘Hagen
As Copenhagen kicks off, pressing questions about emissions cuts and financing for poor countries to deal with climate change are already on the table.
Robert S. Eshelman
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Climate ChangeDecember 4, 2009
COP15: What’s at Stake?
The most important international summit in history? Given what latest scientific reports tell us about the quickening pace of global warming, the sense of urgency driving attention to the Copenhagen summit is warranted.
Robert S. Eshelman
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EnvironmentNovember 19, 2009
Where’s the Clean Energy?
Promising local initiatives are pointing the way forward for national policy.
Robert S. Eshelman
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ActivismSeptember 25, 2009
Fortress Pittsburgh
In heavily fortified Pittsburgh, protesters are kept isolated from local residents and from conference attendees.
Robert S. Eshelman
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GlobalizationSeptember 23, 2009
Climate Change: Off the G-20 Agenda?
Climate change groups occupy a central place among G-20 protests in Pittsburgh.
Robert S. Eshelman
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ActivismSeptember 22, 2009
Police Harassment Greets G-20 Protesters
Even permitted demonstrators are subjected to unconstitutional search and seizure at the gathering of world leaders.
Robert S. Eshelman
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CitiesMarch 11, 2009
Philadelphia Rising
The mayor’s budget plan would close libraries. The people say, Think again.
Robert S. Eshelman
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Election 2008October 28, 2008
Meeting Myself in Bucks County
Knocking on doors for Obama, a native son discovers how things have changed.
Robert S. Eshelman
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ActivismJune 8, 2007
Are We Disturbing?
As leaders of the G-8 Summit played power politics at an opulent resort, protesters displayed a people’s power, in demonstrations and at an alternative summit.
Robert S. Eshelman