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National Trust Releases 'What's Your Beef?' Report

Andrew Gunther | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Co2, Carbon, Carbon Sequestration, Beef, Cattle, Grassfed, Sustainable, Gunther, Food News
Andrew Gunther

A recent report from the UK's highly respected National Trust has confirmed: Feeding cattle on grass throughout their life-cycle is the most environmentally sustainable way to raise beef.

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Scraping the Bottom

John Feffer | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Oil, Energy, Fracking, Green Energy, Peak Oil, Ecuador, Carbon, Renewable Energy, Natural Gas, World News
John Feffer

Just about every commodity we depend on is becoming scarce: oil, natural gas, key metals, rare earth elements, and even arable land. As a result, like greedy little kids with a cookie jar, we are scraping the bottom to get all that remains.

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Can the Microscopic Help Build the Colossal?

Murray Rosenbaum | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Carbon, Scientific Research, Bronze, Space Elevator, Atoms, Teen News
Murray Rosenbaum

It is very risky, but if we could make an elevator to space, we would be using a less wasteful and less dangerous way to explore the stars.

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Keystone Pipeline: Facts and Fictions

Christopher F. Jones | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Environment, Energy, Keystone Pipeline, Carbon, Keystone Pipeline Approval, Keystone, Climate Change, Keystone XL, Global Warming, Green News
Christopher F. Jones

If we cannot agree to say no to projects that will entrench the use of fossil fuel energy -- even if they offer some short-term benefits -- we cannot hope to prevent global warming.

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Just Price Carbon

Jon Anda | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Carbon, Energy, Climate Policy, Carbon Price, Capital Markets, Global Energy, Climate Change, Carbon Tax Energy Carbon, Green News
Jon Anda

Blame it on the recession or natural gas prices or politics or whatever else. But we cannot deny that we are in green financial crisis, and one that is steadily worsening.

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14 By 14, A Biblical Emissions Mandate: 14 (Percent Reduction) By (20)14

Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Energy, Covenant, Carbon, Religion, Environmental, Leviticus, Climate, Bible, Sabbatical, Environment, Coejl, Greenhouse, Torah, Jewish, Rabbi, Green Faith, Religion News
Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb

We should let our workers rest from their labors; and the Earth should be allowed to rest, too. Social, spiritual and ecological sustainability intertwine.

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Life's Most Amazing Invisible Secrets

Andy Mannle | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Carbon, Consciousness, Biology, Carbon Dioxide, Living Systems, Bacteria, Lynn Margulis, Mitochondria, Life, Symbiogenesis, Science News
Andy Mannle

One of my heroes, evolutionary microbiologist Lynn Margulis, died this past Thanksgiving. Here are some of her most surprising, and fascinating revelations

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Leading SC Conservation Group Joins Lawsuit Challenging EPA Exemption for Biomass Burners

Ryan Black | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Carbon, Epa, Sustainability, Sustainable Harvest, Biomass, Coastal Conservation League, SC Coastal Conservation League, Biomass Power Plants, Bio Mass Power, Bio Mass Carbon, Green News
Ryan Black

Recent scientific information indicates that burning biomass -- trees, for example -- can actually increase global warming pollution, even compared to fossil fuels.

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Gas Mileage Gains Move the Country Forward

Peter Lehner | Posted 09.30.2011

Read More: Carbon, Gas, Mpg, Pollution, Auto Industry, Green News
Peter Lehner

By 2025, new cars and light trucks will go about twice as far on a gallon of gas, compared with today's vehicles. The difference will save Americans $80 billion a year at the pump and reduce our oil use by 3.1 million barrels per day by 2030.

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The Candidates, Their Faith and the Environment

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 08.14.2011

Read More: Carbon, Michelle Bachmann, Jon Huntsman, Pontifical Academy of Sciences, 2011 Presidential Election, Sarah Palin, National Association of Evangelicals, Mitt Romney, Climate Change, Tim Pawlenty, Vatican, Republican Party, Green News
Jonathan A. Schein

How does the fact that conservative Christianity is coming out in favor of manmade climate change match up with the current slate of potential Republican Presidential candidates? Not very well, actually.

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Meatless Monday: Carrying the Earth

Ellen Kanner | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Carbon, Greek Myth, Jason, Briam, Argonauts, Meatless Monday, Green News
Ellen Kanner

Most of us aren't going to row to work, give up our cars or even convert to clean energy any time soon. But rather than further risking the Earth's wrath, there is one thing we can all do.

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Carbon Trading Markets Booming

Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Carbon, Forest Trends? Ecosystem Marketplace, Carbon Markets, Carbon Tax, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Trading, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Trading Market, Good News, Carbon Market, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Video, Green News

As countries around the world struggle to reach an agreement on an extension of the Kyoto Protocol, the voluntary international carbon trading market ...

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Silver Buckshot

Terry Tamminen | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Carbon, Energy Efficiency, Gasoline, Climate Change, Oil, Green, Environment, Clean Technology, Obama, Clarity, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Honda, Global Warming, Green News
Terry Tamminen

Wars in the Middle East and oil rig blowouts in the Gulf have given us gasoline in the range of $4 to $5/gallon. Growing concerns over asthma-inducing...

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"All of the Above" Is No Energy Policy

William S. Becker | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Energy Subsidies, Wind Power, Energy, Speaker John Boehner, Environmental Impact, Bill Clinton, Bp, House, Louisiana, Green Jobs, Economy, Energy Policy, Coal, Barack Obama, Carbon, Nuclear Energy, Oil Spill, National Security, Doc Hastings, Water, Wyoming, Oil, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Ken Salazar, Senate, Solar Power, Natural Gas, Politics News
William S. Becker

Several times recently, we've heard this argument: When it comes to securing America's energy future, we need "all of the above" -- coal, oil, gas, nuclear, solar, wind, and so on. That is a not an energy policy; it's a cop-out.

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Yes Virginia, There Is a P in EPA: Lisa Jackson, American Super Hero

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 05.27.2011

Read More: House of Representatives, Lisa Jackson, Green House Gases, Environment California, Global Warming, Coal, Environmental Working Group, Barack Obama, Environmental Protection, Epa, Carbon, The Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Virginia, Auto Emissions, Tuna, Climate Change, Environment, Mercury, BP Oil Spill, 112th Congress, Mountain Top Removal, John Boehner, Green News
Lisa Kaas Boyle

Every super hero has a nemesis, and the EPA's Jackson has the 112th Congress under the leadership of John Boehner doing everything it can to stop progress toward fuel efficiency and clean energy.

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Trace Radiation Isn't the Only Global Fallout From Fukushima

Mason Inman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carbon, Gas Prices, Cap and Trade, Greenhouse Gases, Nuclear Power, Environment, Green, Spam, Botnet, Japan, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Radiation, Carbon Footprint, Green News
Mason Inman

Despite the radiation now spread across Japan, New Scientist points out fossil fuels are far deadlier than nuclear power -- mainly because of air pollution

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Rockefeller's Bill Is a Sneak Attack on the Clean Air Act

Dan Lashof | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Carbon, Mcconnell, Teaparty, Air, Cleanairact, Rockafeller, Green News
Dan Lashof

Rockefeller's proposal would not explicitly deny the problem -- it would just make it impossible for the EPA to do anything about it, at least when it comes to the largest sources, such as power plants and refineries.

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Here Come a Bunch of Bills Aimed at Blocking EPA's Ability to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Christopher Mims | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carbon, Energy, Epa, Clean Air Act, Biomass, Solar, Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Renewables, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Coal, Methane, China, Epa Regulations, Greehouse Gas Emmissions, Wind Turbines, Green News
Christopher Mims

The Climate Post offers a rundown of the week in climate and energy news The Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mic...

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In an Energy-Scarce World, Is Energy Efficiency Finally King?

Christopher Mims | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Carbon, Energy Efficiency, Solar, Biofuel, Climate, Economy, Greenhouse Gases, Electric Car, Uranium, Oil Prices, European Union, China, Coal, Clean Air Act, Global Warming, Green News
Christopher Mims

Historically, the better we get at efficiently using a resource, the more of that resource we use. But perhaps it's time to lay this "rule" to rest,

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Weekly Mulch: With D.C. in GOP Hands, Environmentalists Must 'Fight Harder'

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy Subsidies, Leadership, Congress, Judy Bonds, Emissions, Jeffrey Leonard, Carbon, Mother Jones, Cap-and-Trade, No Impact Man, Washington, 112th Congress, ORION MAGAZINE, Green Movement, In These Times, MRM, Grist, Energy and Commerce, Colin Beavan, Global Environmental Fund, Janisse Ray, Mountaintop Removal Mining, Washington Monthly, Train Travel, Sustainable Energy, YES! Magazine, Plane Travel, No Impact Week, Subhas Dutta, Robert Hirschfield, India, Fred Upton, Republicans, Senate, Jason Grumet, Green News
The Media Consortium

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger For the environmental community, this coming year offers a chance to regroup, rethink and regrow. Two year...

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Is Water the Next Carbon?

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carbon, Water Footprint, Carbon Disclosure Project, Water Disclosure, Water Stress, Water, SAB Miller, Ceres, Green News
Andrew Winston

In the sense that businesses need to consider the risks and opportunities inherent in managing natural resource pressures, they represent similar challenges. But we see a few differences between the two.

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The Road Ahead: Steps Toward a Global Uprising

Ronnie Cummins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carbon, Farming, Climate, Greenhouse Gases, Nitrous Oxide, Emissions, Organic, Methane, Green News
Ronnie Cummins

December 7, 2010, Cancún, Mexico - On a beautiful sunny morning, marching down the Avenida Tulúm, our five thousand strong brigade of climate change...

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Trove of Scientific Papers Paints Most Accurate Portrait of Earth's Future Yet

Christopher Mims | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carbon, Cancun, Climate Talks, Climate Change, Royal Society, Cop 16, Gas-Fired Power Plants, China, Coal, Cancun Climate Summit, Sea Level Rise, Green News
Christopher Mims

The U.K.'s Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research has rounded up a trove of cutting-edge scientific research that paints what may be the most accurate portrait of Earth's future to date.

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The Road to Cancún: Good News on the Climate Crisis

Ronnie Cummins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Via Campesina, Carbon, Cancun, Soil, Climate, Farmers, Agriculture, Pasture, Organic, World News
Ronnie Cummins

The Good News: Growth of the Global Grassroots Dolores Hildalgo, Mexico - Sunday November 28 On a beautiful sunny afternoon several hundred campesin...

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9 Miles a Gallon -- and Lovin' It

Mindy S. Lubber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Carbon, Fuel Efficiency, Union of Concerned Scientists, Epa, Nhtsa, Diesel, Mileage Standards, Miles Per Gallon, Gas Guzzlers, Car Pollution, Truck Pollution, Air Pollution, Green News
Mindy S. Lubber

Right now heavy-duty trucks -- a huge part of the way we move products around in this country -- are clocking just 6 miles per gallon. And the technology is there to move that number -- by a lot.

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