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John Wihbey

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After Copenhagen Chaos, A Bit of Emerson for the Soul

John Wihbey | Posted December 18, 2009 | Green


For the many millions around the globe who have hoped that deliverance from the evils of an ineffectual Kyoto Protocol would come through a grand Copenhagen climate bargain, there has to be a feeling of deflation.

Yes, there have been steps toward progress on curbing greenhouse gases at Copenhagen....

Trip Van Noppen

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Sabotage in Senate Over Climate Change

Trip Van Noppen | Posted December 18, 2009 | Green


Senators try to stop EPA from reducing global warming pollution

Today, as world leaders, led by President Obama, struggled deep into the night on a plan to fight climate change, a handful of U.S. senators at home were trying to sabotage U.S. climate action. In league with long-time climate...

Johann Hari

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They Didn't Seal the Deal; They Sealed the Coffin

Johann Hari | Posted December 18, 2009 | Green


So that's it. The world's worst polluters - the people who are drastically altering the climate - gathered here in Copenhagen to announce they were going to carry on cooking, in defiance of all the scientific warnings. They didn't seal the deal; they sealed the coffin for the world's low-lying...

Tara Lohan

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Thanks to Climate Change, You Can Kiss These 8 Amazing Things Goodbye

Tara Lohan | Posted December 18, 2009 | Green


If we don't work quickly to curb the effects of climate change we may lose the bird-eating fanged frog. Most of us may not miss that one, but there is an enormous list of species and places we may never see again unless we reverse this crazy climate...

Rep. Diana DeGette

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Report From Copenhagen

Rep. Diana DeGette | Posted December 18, 2009 | Denver


The U.S. Congressional delegation began the final day of the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen at a working breakfast with high-tech executives from companies such as Google and Maytag. The executives were extremely excited about the new business and green job opportunities presented by a new alternative energy and smart...

Carl Pope

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Yes, It Is the End of the Beginning

Carl Pope | Posted December 18, 2009 | Green


Copenhagen -- It was a cold, gray, and dispiriting day here. From morning on, it became increasingly clear that while the major emitting nations (the U.S., China, Europe, Indonesia, Brazil, South Africa, India, Japan, and South Korea) share a common commitment to reducing their greenhouse pollution and to doing it...

Sandra Thompson

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USPTO Accelerates Green Patent Applications

Sandra Thompson | Posted December 18, 2009 | Green


From December 8, 2009, the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) is running a year-long pilot program to expedite green technology-based patent applications by advancing them to examination out of turn. These types of applications include technologies directed to improvement of environmental quality, energy conservation, development of renewable energy resources...

Patt Morrison

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Bring Back Joltin' Joe DiMaggio's Java -- and His Commercial

Patt Morrison | Posted December 18, 2009 | Green


Read More: Joe DiMaggio, Mr. Coffee

It's been about 30 years since Joe DiMaggio did his Mr. Coffee commercial.

I always thought it was rather sweet and touching, the way DiMaggio offered a ''fi' dolla rebate,'' and how, when you think of it, Joltin' Joe really and truly is also the stuff you put in...

David Kroodsma

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The Most Important People Were Not in Copenhagen

David Kroodsma | Posted December 18, 2009 | Green


The most powerful individuals on the planet have convened here to reach a deal. But based on the quality of the deal that emerged, I believe that the important people in the world are elsewhere.

Over the past week I've had the opportunity to meet or stand near more famous...

Blaise Zerega

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Naomi Klein Presents Monsanto Angry Mermaid Award (Video)

Blaise Zerega | Posted December 18, 2009 | Green


Yesterday at COP15, Naomi Klein presented the 2009 Angry Mermaid Award for the worst corporate lobbying group to Monsanto. While the award singles out Monsanto, Klein describes the larger problem posed by corporate lobbying. "There are many sessions about how poor countries should adapt to climate...

Kevin Grandia

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Breaking: Leaked Climate Talks Text Makes Disturbing Conclusion

Kevin Grandia | Posted December 18, 2009 | Green


Cross your fingers that this latest revelation is another Yes Men hoax. [update 1: I've confirmed that this was NOT a Yes Men hoax]

[update 2: Guardian is now reporting the story]
A draft copy of a confidential memo to the UNFCCC Secretariat has...

Dan Worth

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Climate Fast Action to Balance Copenhagen Inaction

Dan Worth | Posted December 18, 2009 | Green


If there are two things I can't live without, they are air conditioning and refrigeration.

This summer, I spent an angelic three months in Ann Arbor with my wife and newborn. One night in July, our side of the street had a blackout and suddenly the hot,...

Shan Wells

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Toonblog: Lord of the Climategate

Shan Wells | Posted December 18, 2009 | Denver


Sometime a few millennia ago, a trove of private e-mails were stolen from the East Anglia University Climate Research Unit, or CRU, and made public to great controversy. Several senior researchers angrily vented in what they thought was a private forum about the deniers that bedeviled them for years, and...

Brendan Smith

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A Green Art Manifesto

Brendan Smith | Posted December 18, 2009 | New York


[For more than a decade my partner and I have sold our green art on the streets of New York City. While we're battling the frigid December winds in Union Square Park this holiday season, the climate protection movement is out in force on the streets of Copenhagen. In...

Xiu Min Li

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Climate Change: China can Make a Real Difference on the Issue

Xiu Min Li | Posted December 18, 2009 | Green


In the weeks leading up to Copenhagen, the Chinese government made a surprising move.

After refusing to publicly commit to any numerical target for reducing emissions, China seemingly out of the blue announced it would reduce its carbon intensity by 40% to 45% by 2020, based on...

Sen. Dianne Feinstein

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Time to Ban BPA from Food and Beverage Containers

Sen. Dianne Feinstein | Posted December 18, 2009 | Green


No responsible parent would expose their infant to cigarette smoke or car exhaust. But every day in America, millions of infants are exposed to dangerous chemicals hiding in plain view. This exposure can lead to a wide range of adverse health effects later in life -- from increased cancer risk...

The Media Consortium

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The Mulch: Frustrated, Obama calls for action

The Media Consortium | Posted December 18, 2009 | Green


The Mulch: Frustrated, Obama Calls for Action
By Alison Hamm, Media Consortium Blogger

President Barack Obama's much-anticipated arrival in Copenhagen today has turned from a hopeful sign of success into a grim reality check. Immediately after arriving this morning, Obama joined an unscheduled meeting with 18 other world leaders...

Jerry Cope

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Obama Bombs in Copenhagen; Air Force One to Maldives as Consolation

Jerry Cope | Posted December 18, 2009 | Green


President Obama arrived here in Copenhagen today and delivered a far from newsworthy speech to 170 assembled world leaders. Offering a take it or leave it proposal which will if adopted still allow a minimum 3 degree temperature rise by 2100, Obama stood ready to declare the Fifteenth UN Climate...

Panthera

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Mountain lions in Iowa? Maybe next year.

Panthera | Posted December 18, 2009 | Green


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On Monday afternoon, a hunter in eastern Iowa had the rare luck to see a mountain lion. Mountain lions, like most wild cats, are secretive creatures and are notoriously hard to see in the wild. And, not only does this hunter get to...

May Jeong

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Copenhagen Climate Change Marathon: Leaders and Lawmakers Negotiate in the Final Hours

May Jeong | Posted December 18, 2009 | Green


COPENHAGEN - The Copenhagen game of tag-in-the-dark enters its eleventh hour. With over 100 heads of states arriving in the next few hours, negotiators of some 200 countries are gearing up for the last remaining miles of this two week marathon.

The Copenhagen wish list has shrunken slightly, down...

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