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The Walls Come Tumbling Down: Is Stonewalling Finally Over on Energy?

Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Renewable Energy, Energy, Utilities, Climate Change, Environmental Policy, Fossil Fuels, Climate Bill, Green News

Now that even the most staunch critics have conceded that the US needs to reduce emissions, it's time to stop sitting on our hands and commit to weaning off fossil fuels.

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Let's Be a Low Impact Nation: Support the Climate Bill

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Kerry-Boxer, No Impact Project, HuffPost No Impact Week, Global Warming, Climate Bill, Green News

Individual actions is dwarfed by the most important thing we can do: push our lawmakers to protect the environment. No impact men and women are good. But a low impact nation is even better.

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Stephen Colbert Takes On Coal Lobby And Bonner And Associates (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Stephen Colbert, Climate Bill, Bonner and Associates, Coal, Climate Change, Colbert Report, Coal Lobby, Green News

Thursday night on the Colbert Report, Stephen weighed in on the allegations that Bonner and Associates, a lobby group for the coal industry had sent f...

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Necessary But Not Sufficient: Congress' Climate Bill

Anne Butterfield | Posted 10.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: Climate Change, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Clean Air Act, Climate Bill, Epa, Carbon Tax, Global Warming, Exxonmobil, Denver News

The planet's survival relies partly on a climate bill but mostly on continued grassroots assault on coal plants and other offenders, plus disruptive clean technologies to take our markets by storm.

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American Farm Bureau Aims To Kill Climate Bill

New York Times | Kate Galbraith | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

Read More: American Farm Bureau, Climate Change, Climate Bill, Global Warming, Farm Bureau, Green News

The politically influential American Farm Bureau, the self-described "national voice of agriculture," has outlined a new campaign effort to derail Con...

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From Here to a Global Climate Treaty

Avaaz.org | Avaaz.org | Posted 10.14.2009 | Home

Read More: Avaaz, Avaaz Action Factory, Climate, Climate Bill, Climate Crisis, Copenhagen, Global Movement, Global Warming, Home News

Right now Copenhagen is the most important city in the world. In just 2 short months, the city might witness the formation of a global climate treaty...

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Who's Got a Scorecard?

Carl Pope | Posted 10.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Bill, Cap-and-Trade, Global Warming, Green News

Will the Senate really kill climate legislation if, at the end of the day, the typical state is treated as "average"? My gut tells me that the odds of getting something good done just got better.

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Local Leaders on a Global Stage

Kevin George | Posted 10.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Jane-Goodall, Governor Ted Kulongoski, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Environment, Global Climate Summit, Climate Change, Oceans, Amazon Rainforest, Deforestation, Climate Bill, Green News

These are just of few of the characters on the global stage whom I met - and who shared their stories of their paths on the road to Copenhagen.

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Momentum, Momentum, Momentum

Gene Karpinski | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Clean Energy, Climate Bill, Green News

On Monday Obama set an example for Congress by signing an executive order that would require all government agencies to set the first-ever targets for reducing global warming pollution.

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How Senate Dems Should Lure GOP to a Climate Bill

David Roberts | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green

Read More: John McCain, John Kerry, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, Climate Change, Lindsey Graham, Climate Bill, Offshore Drilling, Cejapa, Green News

If the Democrats are going to compromise on the climate change bill, they should secure real commitments in return. And they should compromise with money, not architecture.

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Teaming Up With Our Former Foes

Danna Smith | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Staples, Climate Bill, Green News

Today, Dogwood Alliance and one-time foe Staples teamed up with wood products companies and landowners to announce a new, comprehensive project that will protect forests and combat climate change.

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Mitt Romney's Fuzzy Math on Clean Energy Legislation

Rep. Ed Markey | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Ed Markey, Waxman-Markey, Mitt Romney, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Global Warming, Climate Bill, Green News

Romney, and the other opponents of clean energy legislation, are now claiming it will cost $1,761 per household. But the actual household costs are predicted to be about a postage stamp a day.

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Tell Your Senators to Protect Our National Parks From Global Warming

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Kerry-Boxer, Grand Tetons, Ken Burns, Joshua Tree, Climate Change, Glacier National Park, National Parks, Global Warming, Climate Bill, Ken Burns National Parks, The National Parks: America's Best Idea, National Park Service Organic Act, Green News

But despite our country's valiant efforts to protect these iconic lands, the national parks are now facing the most powerful threat in their history -- global warming.

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World Leaders Fiddle While the World Burns: Time for a New Climate Strategy

Brendan Smith | Posted 10.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Kerry-Boxer, Labor, Copenhagen 2009, Waxman-Markey, Copenhagen, Green, Environment, Climate Change, Obama Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Labor Unions, Barack Obama, Climate Bill, Green News

We have learned a great deal more about the science of climate change. But we have barely begun to discuss what kind of political change is necessary to do what must be done.

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Clean Energy Bill Key to Jobs Growth, Manufacturing Says Michigan Gov.

Josh Dorner | Posted 10.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Energy Jobs, Cnn, Unemployment, Barbara Boxer, Comprehensive Energy Reform, Michigan, Climate Change, John Kerry, Michigan-Governor-Jennifer-Granholm, Jobs, Clean Energy Bill, Clean Energy, Climate Bill, Economic Growth, Green News

Granholm understands that comprehensive energy reform is essential in order to build the clean energy industries that will put America back in control of our economy, our security, and the future of our planet.

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Fossil Fuel Is the New Slavery: Morally and Economically Corrupt

Robin Chase | Posted 10.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Barbara Boxer, Copenhagen 2009, Economy, John Kerry, Waxman-Markey, Slavery, Climate Change, Morality, Climate Bill, Green News

Ownership of another human being and reaping the benefit of their labor is repugnant. While burning fossil fuels is not as intimately observable or viscerally felt, there is a direct link from our actions to individual suffering.

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Memo to Bill Maher: Young People Understand the Climate Change Stakes

Eric Greenberg and Karl Weber | Posted 10.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, National Security, Economy, Climate Change, War, Green Energy, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Climate Bill, Green News

Hey, Bill Maher -- at least when it comes to global warming, the kids are all right. It's the oldsters we have to worry about.

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No Climate Change Bill This Year, Says Obama Adviser

The Associated Press | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Cap and Trade, Carbon Emissions, House, Waxman Markey Bill, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Talks, Obama, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Carol Browner, Waxman-Markey, Emissions, Senate, Climate Bill, Politics News

WASHINGTON (AP)- President Barack Obama's top energy adviser says there is no way Congress will be able to pass a bill on climate change this year. "...

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Unions Need to Sever All Ties with Anti-Climate Bill Groups

Brendan Smith | Posted 12.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Labor, Green Jobs, Waxman-Markey, Green News, Afl-Cio, Environment, Climate Change, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Global Warming Deniers, Labor Unions, Boxer-Kerry, Afl-Cio Efca, Climate Bill, Energy Citizen's Alliance, Unions and Climate Change, Green News

Nike and utility giant, Pacific Gas & Electric, have publicly resigned from the US Chamber of Commerce over its opposition to climate protection policies. It's time for labor unions to follow suit.

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Boxer-Kerry Climate Bill: A Second Chance for Progressives

Bill Scher | Posted 11.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Aces, Climate Bill, Boxer-Kerry, Global Warming, Waxman-Markey, Cejapa, Green News

We are not just playing defense in the Senate. We can get back on offense. And offense is more enticing for the grassroots. But to play effective offense, you need to know what the goal is.

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Coal Baron Don Blankenship's Crazy Talk on Climate Change

Rob Perks | Posted 11.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate, Massey, Coal, Mtr, Dirty Coal, Dirty Energy, Clean Energy, Dirty Fuels, Don Blankenship, Climate Change, Mountaintop Mining, Climate Legislation, Mountaintop Removal, Climate Bill, Coal Mining, Global Warming, Green News

Perhaps Blankenship's extreme wealth is why Forbes magazine decided to interview him. But what shines through more than anything is Blankenship's extreme anti-environmental worldview.

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Bangkok Climate Talks: Leaders Warn Time Running Out For Climate Deal

AP | MICHAEL CASEY | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hu Jintao, Copenhagen, Obama, Climate Talks, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, China, Global Warming, Bangkok, Climate Change, U.N., Emissions, Un, Greenhouse Gas Pollution, Climate Bill, Politics News

BANGKOK — The United Nations on Monday warned world leaders they have only 70 days to reach a new deal to limit global warming, while environmen...

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Green Workers Need a Voice in the Climate Change Debate

Brendan Smith | Posted 11.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Labor, Green Jobs, Work, Environment, Environmentalism, Climate Change, Labor Movement, Climate Crisis, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Green Politics, Global Warming, Climate Bill, Green News

What sort of future lies ahead for those of us who work in industries already being impacted by climate change?

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With Climate Provisions, Energy Bill Will Fuel a New Sustainable Economy

Gene Karpinski | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green

Read More: U.S. Economy, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Climate Bill, Green News

The new energy frontier is being charted as Americans sit idly by and miss out on millions of new jobs that cannot be exported and American-made competitive technologies that should be.

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