Climate

Methane Bomb Threat Small? Think Again

Mary Ellen Harte and John Harte | Posted 01.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate, The Earth, Carbon Dioxide, Science, Earth, Climate Change, Bombing, Coal Burning, China, Green News
Mary Ellen Harte and John Harte

Data from the last time Earth experienced a large, abrupt climate warming, around 20,000 years ago, indicate that a slight change in Earth's orbit caused an initial warming.

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Dispatches from Poznań: Change in the Weather, the United Nations in Poland

David Foster | Posted 12.11.2008 | World

Read More: David Foster, Poland, Climate, United Nations, Green, Environment, Environmentalism, Poznan, Climate Change, Green Living, Green Energy, World News
David Foster

Civil society representatives have grasped that environmental investments are at the core of any viable strategy to reinvigorate the collapsing global economy.

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Clinton Will Be In Talks About New Kyoto Protocol

Grist | Posted 12.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Climate, Climate Change, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Kyoto Protocol, Environment, Hillary Clinton, Pollution, Green News

The announcement today included his selection for Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. He also announced that Susan Rice will serve as ambassador to t...

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The President and the Planet, On a Budget

DotEarth | Andrew C. Revkin | Posted 11.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Population, Politics, Global, Poverty, President Obama, Military, Defense, Equity, Economics, Climate, Disease, Sustainability, Presidency, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Climate Change, Green News

President-elect Barack Obama on Jan. 20 will become the most important leader of a species that has exploded in just six generations from a total popu...

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Obama-Biden: A Science and Education Ticket We Can Believe In

Jeremy Jacquot | Posted 09.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Science, John McCain, Education, Joe Biden, Research, Climate, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Green News
Jeremy Jacquot

With climate change and energy (finally) receiving their fair share of attention in the traditional media, I thought my energy would be better spent this week examining science and education.

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Big Oil Big on Profits, Small on American Values

Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 08.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Progressive Values, Big Oil, Climate, Oil Profits, Renewable Energy, Oil Prices, Climate Change, Progressive Movement, Oil Companies, Global Warming, Green News
Alan Rosenblatt

Until oil companies start acting like they are on the American team and help us reduce ALL oil consumption, I will be glad we have lots of grassroots advocacy campaigns to keep the pressure on them.

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Filming Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 07.31.2008 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Film, Filmmaking, Climate, 1sky, Climate Matters, Green News
Gillian Caldwell

The climate is constantly on our minds, but the final and most important piece of the climate puzzle is missing -- putting the issue front and center in the minds of our leaders.

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The Answer to Gore's Challenge: Action!

Betsy Taylor | Posted 07.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Al Gore Global Warming, Climate Change, Al Gore, Al Gore Climate Change, Climate, Global Warming, 1sky, Green News
Betsy Taylor

Gore is trying to create what he calls "political space" for Obama and McCain to do what is scientifically necessary on climate. The only way he'll pull it off is if we help.

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Global Warming Records: Earth Scores Top 10 Across The Board

AP | Posted 07.16.2008 | Green

Read More: Global Warming, Climate Change, Climate, Global Warming Records, Climate Crisis, CDC Climate Report, Green News

WASHINGTON — Earth scored another Top 10 finish in June _ climate wise. It was the eighth warmest June on record, the National Oceanic and Atmo...

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The Hole Truth

Kate Sheppard | Posted 07.16.2008 | Green

Read More: Politics, Climate, Carbon Sequestration, Environment, Muckraker, Climate Change, News, Us Epa, Green News
Kate Sheppard

The EPA proposes new regulations for injecting carbon into the ground.

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Taking the Food Crisis Personally

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 06.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Vegetarianism, Food Crisis, Global Warming, Climate, Climate Change, Impact of Eating Meat, Politics of Food, Green News
Bruce Friedrich

A U.N. report recently found that eating meat is the #1 human cause of global warming, causing almost a fifth of the global greenhouse gas total.

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No Bush TV: Johnny Mac Makes A Move

William Bradley | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Campaign Ads, John Mccain Ads, Energy, Greenhouse, Climate, John McCain George Bush Barack Obama, Global Warming, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Politics News
William Bradley

Today, McCain suddenly changed his ads to emphasize distance from Bush and positions him as an environmental champion. Apparently, someone informed him that his maverick image was fast fading.

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Big Oil 'Sneaks' onto the WSJ's Op-ed Pages

Bill Chameides | Posted 06.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil, Big Oil, Climate, Green News
Bill Chameides

Visited the Wall Street Journal's editorial pages lately? A spate of editorials and op-ed's about climate change, energy, and the folly of limiting U.S. greenhouse gas emissions have mixed opinion, fact, and let's just say not quite fact. Perhaps the editors have pegged these pieces to the Senate's climate debate this week. In any event if you do read the editorials, bring along a few grains of salt.

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Bush's "Bread Man"

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 04.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Climate, Maryland, Agriculture, Campaign Finance, George W. Bush, Paterakis, Conservation Reserve Program, Ducks, Biofuels, Environment, Baking, McDonald's, H & S Bakery, Industrial Agriculture, Global Warming, Baltimore, Wildlife, Politics News
Glenn Hurowitz

Last week, The New York Times's David Streitfeld told the story of one JR Paterakis, a Baltimore "baker" who opposes the Conservation Reserve Program ...

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Aspen Environment Forum: Balancing hope and despair with big ideas

J. Carl Ganter | Posted 03.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Environment, Media, Aspen Environment Forum, Journalism, Population, Climate, Politics News
J. Carl Ganter

ASPEN - Are we in an endgame struggle for survival or do we face the greatest opportunities in the history of civilization? Both. Granted, the mes...

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Why I Wrote My Book

Gary Hirshberg | Posted 03.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Environment, Green Living, Green Cars, Gasoline Prices, Fuel-Efficient Car, Hybrid Cars, Climate, Going Green, Stonyfield Farm, Business News
Gary Hirshberg

The flow of greenbacks out of consumers' pockets has brought the notion of going "green" back into vogue.

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Elizabeth Kolbert Reports On The Dire Consequences Of Climate Change

GOOD Magazine | Posted 12.10.2007 | Living

Read More: The Giving Life, Climate Change, Climate Change Consequences, Elizabeth Kolbert, Climate, Global Warming, Living News
GOOD Magazine

Words By Catharine Livingston Photo By Livia Corona For journalists, the rule is simple: Tell the untold story. Which is why, shortly after the Uni...

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Weblog Awards 2007: Vote For Real Science

Phil Plait | Posted 11.08.2007 | Living

Read More: Antiscience, Science, Phil Plait, Astronomy, Climate, Pseudoscience, Global Warming, Living News
Phil Plait

I was going to be much more low key about this year's Weblog Awards contest, but then things took an odd turn.

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New Hampshire: Mood Shift at Last Night's Giuliani Town Meeting

Jim Rubens | Posted 10.23.2007 | Home

Read More: Abortion, Giuliani, New Hampshire Primary, Climate, Romney, Mccain, Off the Bus, Offthebus, Home News
Jim Rubens

Are New Hampshire Republican's warming to Rudy Giuliani's message? At a town hall last night the crowd beamed with approval because Giuliani is winning on smart leadership and not pandering.

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