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The DC Shuffle; Saving the World From Death By Coal

Jerry Cope | Posted 04.05.2009 | Green

Read More: 350.Org, Terry Tempest Williams, Big Coal, Gustav Speth, Kathy Mattea, Greenpeace, Coal, Daryl-Hannah, Rainforest Action Network, Wendall Berry, James Hansen, Climate Change, Bill Mckibben, Coal Mining, Global Warming, Vandava Shiva, Robert Kennedy, cop15, Green News
Jerry Cope

March 2nd was historic -- a shining example of what citizens in a democracy can achieve when united in a common cause: eliminating coal-fired power plants in the US.

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Biggest Ever Civil Disobedience on Climate at Congressional Power Plant

Daniel Kessler | Posted 03.06.2009 | Green

Read More: James Hansen, Greenpeace, Capitol Power Plant, Global Warming, Activism, Big Coal, Political Activism, Environment, Washington DC, Environmentalism, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Coal, Social Activism, Eco-Friendly, Earth, Protesting, Green News
Daniel Kessler

Of all the fossil fuels, coal is the single biggest contributor to global warming; Burning it cuts short at least 24,000 lives in the U.S. annually.

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Breathe Deep the Green Winds of Change, Just in Time

Jerry Cope | Posted 02.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Barak Obama, Antarctica, Ipcc, 350.Org, North Carolina Obama, Environment, James Hansen, Climate Change, Bill Mckibben, Global Warming, Green News
Jerry Cope

Will Congress and the American people give our new President and his administration the support necessary to embark on the path to a long term sustainable future not only for ourselves, but the world?

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James Hansen's Open Letter To Obama: From A Top NASA Scientist And A Fellow Parent

Grist | Posted 02.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Obama Energy, Obama Environment, Climate Change, Environment, James Hansen, Barack Obama, Green News

Dear Michelle and Barack, We write to you as fellow parents concerned about the Earth that will be inherited by our children, grandchildren, and th...

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The Top 5 Environmental Newsmakers of 2008

Maura Judkis | Posted 01.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Cap and Trade, T. Boone Pickens, Alternative Energy, Electric Cars, Sarah Palin, James Hansen, Green Living, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Green News
Maura Judkis

Here are five of the most environmentally newsworthy people of the year, both good and bad. Who would be on your list?

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Vote For Your Eco-Hero Of 2008: Obama, Friedman, Sebelius, Jones And More

Grist | Posted 01.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Oprah Winfrey, Environment, James Hansen, Kathleen Sebelius, Van Jones, Barack Obama, Tom Friedman, Green News

Check out our nominees, and then vote in the poll below. And tell us who we missed in comments. (Also see our list of villains.) Barack Obama OK, ...

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Obama Likely To Face Even Higher Global Temperatures

Climate Progress | Jeff Goodell | Posted 01.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, President Obama, Politicians, Green News, Environment, American Geophysical Union, James Hansen, Co2, Obama, Climate Change, Coal, Global Warming, Truth, Green News

The themes of James Hansen's recent talk at American Geophysical Union's fall meeting were not new to anyone who has heard him speak recently (or to r...

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Message from Poznan: Time for Mass Mobilization to Stop Global Warming Emissions

Betsy Taylor | Posted 01.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Al Gore Global Warming, Emission Permits, Cap and Trade, Copenhagen 2009, Carbon Emissions, 350.Org, European Union, Betsy Taylor, Eu, Coal, Island Nations, Germany, Oil, James Hansen, Climate Change, Al Gore, Bill Mckibben, Poznan Climate Change Conference, Global Warming, 1sky, Green News
Betsy Taylor

It's going to take a lot more than the... chaotic process I watched in Poznan over the past two weeks for us to cut global warming emissions as deeply and quickly as scientists say is necessary.

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Day of Action Against Coal

Michael Brune | Posted 12.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Wind Power, Mountaintop Removal, James Hansen, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Coal, Solar Power, Obama Coal, Clean Coal, Green News
Michael Brune

The citizens of Coal River Mountain, West Virginia are already working on building their own future with clean power.

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Dreaming the Future Can Create the Future

Kenny Ausubel | Posted 12.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Tom Linzey, Bioneers, Renewable Energy, Globalization, Clean Energy, Ecoliteracy, Collapse, Energy Policy, Indigenous People, Ecuador, Ecology, Climate Change, David Orr, Environment, James Hansen, Green-Collar Jobs, Globalocal, Global Warming, Google, Biomimicry, Green News
Kenny Ausubel

We stand at the threshold of a singular opportunity in the human experiment: To re-imagine how to live on Earth in ways that honor the web of life, each other and future generations.

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President Obama's Climate Challenge

environment360 | Bill Mckibben | Posted 12.06.2008 | Green

Read More: James Hansen, Environmental Policy, President Obama, Global Warming, Climate Change, Carbon Footprint, President Elect Obama, Carbon, Cap and Trade, Green Energy, Nations Climate Change Conference, Green News

And so our eight-year interlude from reality draws to a close, and the job of cleaning up begins. The trouble is, we're not just cleaning up after a f...

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The Oxymoron of Clean Coal (Joe Biden Had it Right Before He Had it Wrong.)

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Sweden, Flue Gas Treatment, John McCain, Air Particulates, Iceland, Goethermal Energy, Wind Energy, Carbon Emissions, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Vp Debate, Pushker Kharecha, Acid Rain, Joe Biden, Gasification, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Offshore Drilling, Geothermal Extraction, Renewable Resources, Solar Energy, Carbon Storage and Capture, Carbon Sequestration, Mercury, James Hansen, Clean Coal, Ethanol, Department of Energy, Coal Mining, Simran Sethi, Brazi, Green News
Simran Sethi

Clean coal is a lie. The catch-all term is used by politicians and coal advocates alike to lull the American public into complacency.

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The 350, Big Oil and John McCain Connection

Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 10.03.2008 | Green

Read More: John McCain Lobbyist, Co2, Dnc, James Hansen, Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, 350, Green News
Marguerite Manteau-Rao

Maybe not as exciting as the Democratic Convention, but even more critical for our survival, is a piece of news that went totally unnoticed this week. CO2 levels continue to rise, with no end in sight.

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James Hansen's Warning to the G8: We've Exceeded Safe C02 Levels

Janet Ritz | Posted 07.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Nasa, The Environmentalist, Japanese Prime Minister, United Nations, Dr. James Hansen, C02 Levels, Yasuo Fakuda, Climate Tipping Points, United Nations Climate Change, Columbia University, Tipping Point, Kyoto Protocol, Environment, James Hansen, Goddard Institute on Space Sciences, Climate Change, Japan, c02, Global Warming, G8, Green News
Janet Ritz

Hansen opens with current climate status: the loss of sea ice, the approaching tipping points, the effects on people and wildlife, the unstoppable sea level rise, shifting of climate zones and more.

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Top NASA Climatologist: Put CEOs On Trial For Global Warming Lies

Fox News | Posted 07.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Corporate Crime, Global Warming Denial, Punishment for Global Warming Lies, Climate Change, Denialism, James Hansen, Global Warming, Green News

Dr. James Hansen, director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, sounded the alarm about global warming in testimony before a S...

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NASA Scientist's Global Warming Warning: "This Is The Last Chance"

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 07.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Nasa, Nasa Scientist, Nasa Scientist Global Warming Warning, Global Warming, James Hansen, James Hansen Global Warming, Green News

WASHINGTON — Exactly 20 years after warning America about global warming, a top NASA scientist said the situation has gotten so bad that the wor...

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Lower The Heat To 350 -- Unless You Want To Broil

Kerry Trueman | Posted 06.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Bill Mckibben, 350.Org, Climate Change, James Hansen, Co2, Neil Young, Global Warming, Marvin Gaye, Green News
Kerry Trueman

We're so busy worrying about $4 gas that we've lost sight of a much more fundamental number: the amount of CO2 that's in our atmosphere. This wonderful, wordless video is a universal call to arms.

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Can Carbon-Taxers and Cap-and-Traders Unite to Price Carbon?

Mike Sandler | Posted 01.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Thomas Friedman, James Hansen, Cap and Trade, Carbon Tax, Carbon, Energy, Carbon Emissions, Alternative Energy, Green Issues, Green News
Mike Sandler

We find the practitioners of this dismal science in the midst of a wonky civil war. They are divided into two camps: those who favor a carbon tax and those who prefer cap and trade.

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