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Carbon Emissions

Does Sen. Barrasso of Wyoming Really Want Science to Guide Him?

Todd Wilkinson | Posted 11.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Heritage Foundation, Barrasso, John Barrasso, Senator Barrasso, Carbon Emissions, Epa, Green News
Todd Wilkinson

Science should indeed be the foundation of public policy. To say so, but then to act otherwise, is political hypocrisy at its worst.

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Village Green: Dramatic New Maps Show the Geography of US Carbon Emissions

F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 06.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Metropolitan Regions, Driving, Carbon Emissions, Smart Growth, Global Warming, Transportation, Green News
F. Kaid Benfield

The maps demonstrate vividly that, although emissions on a per-acre basis are greatest in highly urban areas, it is in the suburbs and outlying areas where we pollute the most on a per-household basis.

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Waxman-Markey Climate Bill Before and After: Fatal Corruption or Modest Course Correction?

David Roberts | Posted 06.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Special Interests, Carbon Emissions, Coal, Waxman-Markey, Green News
David Roberts

grist.orgI said in a post the other day that the Waxman-Markey bill is a Rorschach blot. Here's a good way of making the point.This is the World Resou...

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Maps Show Why Carbon Legislation Is Struggling

Grist | Posted 06.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon Emissions, Carbon Legislation, Pollution, Green Politics, Coal, Green News

Coal has had areas of the South and Midwest in a devil's bargain for decades now: cheap electricity in exchange for poverty, low-quality social servic...

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Does the Public Need to Understand "Cap-and-Trade"?

David Roberts | Posted 06.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Polls, Cap and Trade, Climate Change, Rasmussen Poll, Carbon Emissions, Rasmussen, Green News
David Roberts

Our ship is sinking and we're involved in a heated debate about the kind of wrench to use to tighten the bolts on the lifeboat. How about first we all agree that we need to get off the damn ship?

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We Need a Green New Deal

Norman Solomon | Posted 06.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Foreclosures, Green New Deal, Social Justice, President Obama, Carbon Emissions, New Deal, Iraq, Democrats, Ice Caps, Economic Equity, Arctic, Environment, Afghanistan, Republicans, Global Warming, Senate, Green News
Norman Solomon

Seventy-five years after the start of the New Deal, and nearly 40 years after the first Earth Day, the need for basic change on behalf of social justice and ecology is clear.

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President Obama and the Need for Scientific Breakthroughs in Clean Energy

James M. Gentile | Posted 06.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, National Academy of Sciences, Science, Solar Energy, Clean Energy, Carbon Emissions, Barack Obama, Green News
James M. Gentile

Even with extraordinary funding commitments from the Obama administration, our nation's energy and other environmental problems can only be addressed successfully if we also expand our "mental capital."

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How To Green Your Shopping Habits

Avital Binshtock | Posted 06.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Vegetarian, Carbon Emissions, Vintage Shopping, Mother's Day, Shopping, Home Decor, Green, Wilderness, Clothes, Green Living, Pollution, Style, Organic Food, Environment, Food, Antiques, Fashion, Gifts, Sierra Club, Meat, Green News
Avital Binshtock

By paying more attention to how we shop and what we buy, we can make a difference for the planet.

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Jason Linkins

Mike Pence Uses Bogus Numbers To Raise "Tax Hike" Alarm (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cap and Trade, Video, Environmental Policy, Carbon Emissions, Barack Obama, Andrea Mitchell, Mike Pence, Politics News

Media Monitor Susan flags a segment from this afternoon's coverage on MSNBC. In it, Congressman Mike Pence (R-Ind.) appeared, holding forth with Andr...

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Does Your Food Need a Passport?

Sarah Newman | Posted 06.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Foodprint, Local Food, Carbon Emissions, Sustainable Food, Climate Change, Swine Flu Pandemic, Swine Flu, Sustainability, Global Warming, Carbon Footprint, Green News
Sarah Newman

Don't fret though because there are lots of simple things you can do to ensure you're eating plenty of safe, healthy, local fresh produce rather than unsafe, unsustainable international foods.

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Exxon Responds to Avaaz Spoof Ad: "We Don't Understand"

Ben Wikler | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Avaaz, Carbon Emissions, Advertising, Fossil Fuels, Climate, Exxon Mobil, Exxonmobil, Exxon, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Advocacy, Climate Bill, Green News
Ben Wikler

While ExxonMobil and other fossil fuel companies now talk a good game on climate change, they're still lobbying full-force to prevent a strong global climate treaty.

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Green News Report - April 28, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate-Change-Legislation, House of Representatives, Democratic Congress, Carbon Emissions, John Gideon, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Swine Flu, Green, Henry Waxman, Green News Report, National Low Carbon Fuel Standard, House Republicans, Automakers, Michelle Bachmann, Mountaintop Removal, Cafo, Green News, Joe Barton, Ken Salazar, Al Gore, Grist, Solar Power, Solar Thermal Power, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Swine flu protection, nuthin' but pork, said the Republicans; California's new fuel regulations threaten corn ethanol; Does ...

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What Are the Carbon Costs in Your State?

Mike Sandler | Posted 05.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Cap and Dividend, Climate Change, Carbon Emissions, Waxman-Markey, Fossil-Fuels, Epa, Electricity, Carbon-Cost, ab32, Waxman-Markey-Bill, Coal, Environmental Protection Agency, Green Living, Green News
Mike Sandler

Unfortunately, the economics of estimating how much climate policy might cost households has almost as many variables and feedback loops as climate science.

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Why Obama Is Right: We Need Legislation and Markets to Unleash Clean Energy

Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Solar Energy, Clean Energy, Carbon Emissions, Earth Day, Global Warming, Iowa, Green News
Frances Beinecke

I have seen many Earth Days come and go, but until this year, I never had the chance to hear a sitting president use the annual green spotlight to call for sweeping clean energy legislation.

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New York Times' Tierney Wrong on "Saving the Planet"

Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon Emissions, John Tierney, Economics, Science, New York Times, Climate Change, Pollution, William Kristol, Green News
Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle

Tierney's laissez-faire attitude seem pretty irresponsible. We need a revolution for energy on the scale that the internet was a revolution for information.

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Time to Watch Those CARBs -- and Oils

Andrew Gumbel | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Air Quality, Carb, Carbon Emissions, California Emissions Standards, Green News
Andrew Gumbel

The California Air Resources Board has a less than glorious record on furthering the cause of alternative fuels -- hardly reassuring as it takes up a crucial issue in the fight to curb global warming.

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A Good Week in Washington for Climate Action

Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Us Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), Climate Legislation, Henry Waxman, Carbon Emissions, Earth Day, Global Warming, Steven Chu, Green News
Frances Beinecke

We have 228 days until the international climate negotiations begin in Copenhagen, but today stands out among them.

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The Learning Curve is Steep

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Green Business, Carbon Emissions, Fuel Efficiency, Pew Research Center, Green News
Jonathan A. Schein

How does environmental protection rank in importance for Americans these days? If the results of two recent studies are to believed, our priorities have definitely shifted.

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How To Get 60 Votes For a Carbon Cap

Bill Scher | Posted 05.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil, Cap and Trade, Climate Change, Carbon Emissions, Coal, Greenhouse Gases, Global Warming, Green News
Bill Scher

If this idea gains traction, expect coal and oil CEOs to squeal with more misinformation about how capping carbon would affect families and businesses.

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Sam Stein

Boehner Cites Cow Farts To Downplay Global Warming (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Boehner Cow Farts, Boehner Co2, Carbon Emissions, John Boehner, Boehner, Carbon Dioxide, Boehner Cows, Cow Farts, Boehner Carbon, Boehner Co2 Carcinogen, Cows Global Warming, Abc Week Boehner Global Warming, Boehner Carbon Dioxide, Boehner Carbon Emissions, Boehner Co2 Cows, Rep. Boehner Cites Cow Farts to Downplay Global Warming (W/Video), Boehner Climate, Boehner Global Warming, John Boehner c02, Green News

Minority Leader John Boehner described the overwhelming scientific consensus that carbon dioxide is contributing to climate change as "comical" during...

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The Flat Thinking of Tom Friedman

Brian Keane | Posted 05.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Efficiency, Carbon Emissions, Earth Day, Clean Energy, Smart Power, Green News
Brian Keane

New York Times Columnist Tom Friedman's 'leaders not light bulbs' notion is worth challenging. Anything we can do to save energy does have true environmental value.

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The Climate Bill's Giant Carbon Polluter Loophole

David Sassoon | Posted 05.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Rainforest Action Network, Waxman-Markey, International Rivers, Offsets, Carbon Emissions, Kyoto Protocol, Aces, Climate Bill, Green News
David Sassoon

Allowing polluting companies to keep pumping carbon into the atmosphere by paying others to reduce emission is a practice analagous to trying to lose weight by paying someone else to go on a diet.

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The Carbon Tax: A Moral Issue

Father Paul Mayer | Posted 05.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon Tax, Dr. James Hanse, Climate Change, Larsen Bill, Communities of Faith, Waxman Bill, Global Warming, Climate Crisis Coalition, Archbishop Tutu, Cap and Trade, Carbon Emissions, Carbon-Tax, Energy Conservation, Green Energy, Price Carbon Campaign, Cap-and-Trade, Rising Oceans, Green News
Father Paul Mayer

The dramatic moment has come when the human species because it is responsible for most of this damage, must radically reconsider its activity in the name of its own survival.

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The Breathtaking Effects Of Cutting Back On Meat

Kathy Freston | Posted 05.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Statistics Meat Environment, Carbon Emissions, Meat and the Environment, Meat Industry, Vegetarianism, Livestock's Long Shadow, Vegan, Living News
Kathy Freston

Sometimes, solutions to the world's biggest problems are right in front of us. The following statistics are eye-opening, to say the least.

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Jason Linkins

Rep. Shimkus: Carbon Emissions Are Really "Plant Food"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cap and Trade, Video, Environmental Policy, Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, John Shimkus, Idiots, Politics News

Not to get depressing on a Monday, but people who hope that our government will be the engine of important and needed societal change would do well to...

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