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Kevin Grandia: Russia's Hidden 'Arctic Nightmare'

2012-05-24T16:30:29Z

"I have to see it to believe it," was the reaction to my Russian colleague, Jon Burgwald, when he told me that every spring the rivers in Northern Russia turn black with oil saturated ice. He sent me the pictures last night.

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Ronnie Citron-Fink: Graduation Shakes Deep Roots

2012-05-24T13:32:41Z

As our children graduate across the country, my hope is that the planet-saving roots that anchored so many of these college graduates to fertile ground will not be shook to the core by greed, politics and apathy.

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China Led World In Record CO2 Emissions In 2011

2012-05-24T18:43:00Z

* CO2 emissions rose by 3.2 pct last year * China the biggest contributor to the global rise * Trend could have "devasta...

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Many Governments Aren't Meeting Emissions Reductions Pledges, Researchers Say

2012-05-24T18:33:00Z

* Policies not adequate to limit warming to 2 degrees * Could widen emissions gap to 9 billion tonnes by 2020 By Nina Ch...

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Rich-Poor Divide Reopens At UN Climate Talks

2012-05-24T10:44:51Z

BONN, Germany (AP) — U.N. climate talks ran into gridlock Thursday as a widening rift between rich and poor countries risked undoing some advances m...

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EU: CO2 Cut Review Could Raise Kyoto Ambitions

2012-05-23T17:00:00Z

* Kyoto extension could be flexible to enable deeper targets * Could help raise ambitions when economy better * Decision...

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Neil Wagner: Circling the Globe With Solar Energy

2012-05-23T10:44:38Z

The MS Tûranor PlanetSolar -- a $16 million 115-foot watercraft -- recently became the first boat to circumnavigate the globe running entirely on solar power

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Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen: 'Green News Report' - May 22, 2012

2012-05-22T20:13:08Z

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Bill Chameides: Climate Change: North Carolinians Hope to Stop It in Its Tracks

2012-05-22T19:16:02Z

All this time I've been worrying about what will happen to my kids as a result of climate change. It was clear to me that we needed some really innovative, out-of-the-box solutions. Turns out we can just legislate it away.

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Van Jones: More Solar, Not Less

2012-05-22T18:56:54Z

Central to the move towards localized clean energy is a little-known policy called "net metering." Today, there are over 100,000 rooftop solar energy systems in California and net metering is the policy responsible for 99% of them.

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Melancholia: The Psychology Of Climate Change Awareness

2012-05-22T16:28:01Z

Just as the planet Melancholia is moving inexorably closer to the earth, through space, a similar unprecedented calamity is moving inexorably closer t...

Reporters Uncensored: Cizmic Change

2012-05-22T13:07:02Z

An evangelical minister for over 30 years, the Reverend Richard Cizik has been deeply criticized by the GOP and his faith-based community for supporting green climate initiatives. He is nevertheless deeply committed to getting his fellow constituents on his side.

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Rabbi Jacob Elisha Fine: The Earth Is The Lord’s: Our Responsibility For God’s Creation

2012-05-22T11:00:03Z

Those of us whose faith demands that we protect all of God's Creation should be vocal in defending our holy texts from those whose shortsighted anthropocentrism causes them to deny the earth's fragility and human culpability.

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Kert Davies: Achy Breaky Heartland Institute: May Chicago Meeting Brief

2012-05-21T20:12:52Z

The crowd assembled in Chicago this week at the 7th Heartland Denial-Palooza meeting is a who's who of individuals and organizations that have actively conspired to derail global warming policy and science for the last two decades.

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Celebrate U.K. Vegetarian Week With Photos Of Cute Baby Animals

2012-05-21T17:20:00Z

It's National Vegetarian Week in the U.K., and one great way to spread awareness of the impact of a meat-free lifestyle is with a slideshow of adorabl...

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Kelly Rigg: G8 Deaf to Climate Change Warnings by International Energy Agency

2012-05-21T17:01:50Z

When the chief economist for the International Energy Agency issues a dire warning, you'd think the world's leaders would sit up and take notice.

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Mary Ellen Harte: Climate Change This Week: Vanishing Hawaiian Beaches, Mexican Wind Boom and More

2012-05-21T15:50:50Z

Every day is Earth Day, folks. Making the U.S. a global clean energy leader will ensure a clean, safe future.

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Aiko Stevenson: Rio+20: "We Are Made Wise by the Responsibility of Our Future"

2012-05-21T14:07:36Z

In less than a month, world leaders will gather in Rio de Janeiro for the United Nation's 2012 Earth Summit. At stake: a new global green deal that could pull our planet back from the brink of irreversible climate change.

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Climate Conference Delegates Hope For Greater Ambitions For CO2 Cuts

2012-05-21T15:51:00Z

* Reluctance to take on more ambitious CO2 cut targets * Pressure is on as climate risks grow By Nina Chestney ...

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Peter M. J. Hess, Ph.D.: The Titanic, Climate Change And Avoidable Tragedies

2012-05-21T12:02:48Z

Like the Titanic, our present-day industrial civilization is a marvel of human ingenuity, and yet, a reckoning looms on the horizon.

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Tim Profeta: The Climate Post: Stakes High as Negotiators Begin Climate Talks in Germany

2012-05-18T09:23:33Z

The meeting in Bonn, Germany this week was the first since the 2011 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) in Durban where leaders initially agreed to put together a plan that would limit Earth-warming emissions.

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Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen: 'Green News Report' - May 17, 2012

2012-05-17T18:03:23Z

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Kate Gordon: Private Sector Leads on Clean Energy

2012-05-17T15:59:09Z

The private sector is leading the way toward a cleaner energy future. Across the country, companies are setting internal carbon reduction goals, building more efficient factories, putting up wind and solar panels -- and asking their suppliers to do the same.

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Claire Tomkins: California Is Leading: Will the Nation Follow?

2012-05-17T11:05:12Z

America needs to lead. We use the most energy. We use the most resources. And we generate more trash than anyone else on the planet. It's not that we don't know how to do it. We do already. Here in California.

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Jerry Ashton: How Green is My Occupy? Rio+20 Enviromentalists Team With #OWS

2012-05-17T10:00:42Z

Occupy is rallying its foot soldiers as well as a major online army to see that the upcoming U.N. Rio+20 Earth Summit. I imagine that in the Main Street Media, this will be billed as, "Tree Huggers Meet Wall Street Bashers."

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