Climate Crisis

Tim Kaine: The Veep Hopeful Who Would Raise Energy Costs

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 08.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Vice President, John McCain, Barack Obama, Tim Kaine, Mountaintop-Removal Mining, Climate Change, Negative Attacks, Environment, Climate Crisis, Coal, Global Warming, Home News
Glenn Hurowitz

Tim Kaine did his best to look vice-presidential this weekend in Manassas, but while Kathleen Sebelius, for example, is taking on Big Coal, Kaine proposes to take the country into a coal-fired future.

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The Sting of Climate Crisis -- On Your Leg

Laurie David | Posted 08.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Effects of Climate Change, Swimming, Jellyfish, Climate Change Jellyfish, Climate Crisis, Jellyfish Outbreak, Effects of Climate Crisis, Green News
Laurie David

The jellyfish explosion is worldwide. Scientists blame a number of factors including overfishing, but most importantly a rise in seawater temperature caused by global warming.

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Global Warming Records: Earth Scores Top 10 Across The Board

AP | Posted 07.16.2008 | Green

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WASHINGTON — Earth scored another Top 10 finish in June _ climate wise. It was the eighth warmest June on record, the National Oceanic and Atmo...

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Permafrost Threatened by Rapid Retreat of Arctic Sea Ice

Janet Ritz | Posted 07.01.2008 | Green

Read More: No Ice North Pole, The Environmentalist, Green News, North Pole Ice, North Pole, Green, Science, Permafrost, Climate Crisis, Methane, Greenhouse Effect, Arctic, Sea Ice, Rising Sea Level, Greenhouse Gases, Environment, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Global Warming, c02, Green News
Janet Ritz

A new study warns that the integrity of carbon and methane sequestering permafrost is threatened by the rapid retreat of Arctic Sea Ice, and this summer may see the first ice-free North Pole for the first time in recorded history.

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NOAA Makes it Official: Extreme Weather Due to Climate Change

Janet Ritz | Posted 06.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Hurricanes, The Environmentalist, Green, Breaking Green News, Commerce Department, Floods, Weather, Climate Crisis, Sea Ice, Weather Forecasts, Climate Change, Storms, Drought, Environment, Noaa, Extreme Weather, U.S. Climate Change Science Program, Tornadoes, Global Warming, Green News
Janet Ritz

Congress, candidates and electorate take note: The extreme weather the U.S. has been experiencing is due to climate change and is expected to become more extreme in the future.

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Calamity Kaine: Virginia Gov, Possible Veep, Trembles at Big Coal

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 06.16.2008 | Green

Read More: Barack Obama Vice President, Virginia, Energy, Vice President, Dominion Power, Wise County, Tim Kaine, Citibank, Environment, Corporate, Climate Change, Air Pollution, Pollution, Climate Crisis, Coal, Green News
Glenn Hurowitz

Virginia governor Tim Kaine set a new standard for politician mealy- mouthedness with a letter to his Air Board. The situation is clear to most Virginia watchers: Kaine is terrified of Big Coal.

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Why Can't Politics, Tech, and Environmentalists Play Nice?

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Environment, John Doerr, Al Gore, Climate Crisis, Global Warming, Politics News
Steve Rosenbaum

If you stand back and look at the environmental issues facing the world -- they're not likely to be solved by a single group or discipline.

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