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Holocaust Deniers, Global Warming Deniers, Chris Wallace: Any Difference?

David Fiderer | Posted 12.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Al Gore Global Warming, Holocaust, Copenhagen 2009, Science, Climate Crisis, Climategate, Jonah Goldberg, Journalism, Religion, Chris Wallace, Mara Liasson, Bill Kristol, Holocaust Deniers, Fox News, Climate Change, Al Gore, Media News, Newt Gingrich, Global Warming, Media News
David Fiderer

Global warming "doesn't seem proven" to charlatans like Wallace, who artfully twist the concepts of science and religion. Last Sunday, he said science usually welcomes opposing views. Not quite.

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Ignorant and Misleading Global Warming Headlines

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 12.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Climate Change, Weather, Media, Climate Crisis, Global Warming, Media News
Michael J.W. Stickings

Ed Henry and CNN were obviously trying to be cute, but the implication of the piece, as with the misleading Bloomberg piece, is that such supposedly freakish weather indicates that global warming isn't real. Which, of course, is nonsense.

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Photos from Climate Shame stunt on the last day of Copenhagen Summit

Avaaz.org | Avaaz.org | Posted 12.18.2009 | Home

Read More: Climate, Climate Crisis, cop15, Copenhagen, Global Warming, Harper, Obama, Copenhagen, Home News

On what was scheduled to be the last day of the Copenhagen climate talks, a diverse crowd of global civil society locked out of the negotiations sen...

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A Green Art Manifesto

Brendan Smith | Posted 12.18.2009 | New York

Read More: Arts, Craft, Climate Change, Green Living, Entertainment, Copenhagen 2009, Green Politics, Modern Art, Contemporary Art, Climate Change Art, Climate Crisis, New York News
Brendan Smith

You've seen us on the streets and farmers markets of New York, San Francisco, and Atlanta, selling our dresses sewn from recycled umbrellas and clocks milled from reclaimed wine tanks.

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Climate Change: China can Make a Real Difference on the Issue

Xiu Min Li | Posted 12.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Debt, Climate Negotiation, Global Urgency, Global Leadership, Carbon Debt, China, Climate Crisis, Climate Solution, cop15, US Emission Target, Obama Leadership, Obama, Green News
Xiu Min Li

After refusing to publicly commit to any numerical target for reducing emissions, China seemingly out of the blue announced it would reduce its carbon intensity by 2012.

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Japanese Youth Go Green, Call For Japan To "Save Copenhagen"

Avaaz.org | Avaaz.org | Posted 12.10.2009 | Home

Read More: Climate Change, Climate Crisis, cop15, Copenhagen, Global Warming, Hatoyama, Japan, Tokyo-Japan, Japan, Yaicha Bookhout, Copenhagen, Home News

It's a huge part of Copenhagen, the financing of the $200 billion fund for climate change adaptation. We cannot get a deal unless richer nations -- a...

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Gore Tackles Palin, Fights Back On ClimateGate: 'What In The Hell Do They Think Is Causing It?' (VIDEO)

Posted 12.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Al Gore New Book, Copenhagen Gore, Climate Crisis, Climategate, Palin Climate Op-Ed, Gore Climate Crisis, Gore, Gore Our Choice, Al Gore Copehagen, Climate Change, Al Gore Climategate, Al Gore, Copenhagen, Global Warming, Green News

As world leaders convene in Copenhagen for the global climate conference, Former Vice President Al Gore has been making the interview rounds pushing b...

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Fox News Embraces Cyber-Terrorism to Subvert the Copenhagen Summit

David Fiderer | Posted 12.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Holocaust, Copenhagen 2009, James Inhofe, Terrorism, Lou Dobbs, Cybersecurity, Climate Crisis, Climategate, Brit Hume, Journalism, Chris Wallace, George Will, Holocaust Deniers, Fox News, Climate Change, Bret Baier, Dan Rather, Cyberterrorism, Cyber Attacks, Global Warming, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Media News
David Fiderer

Fox News correspondents have become apologists for the criminals who stole confidential e-mails and disseminated them to promote the crackpot belief that global warming is not real.

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Climategate and the Life-Cycle of Nontroversy

Matt Osborne | Posted 12.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Zombie Outrage, Climate, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Obama Climate Change, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Climate Crisis, Climate Change Legislation, Mainstream Media, Nontroversy, Media Criticism, Stovepiping, Zombie-Outrage, Denialism, Climate Legislation, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Media News, Socialism, Global Warming Deniers, Global Warming Denial, Climate Change Bill, Memes, Media Bias, Climate Bill, Green News
Matt Osborne

Nontroversy feeds on empty, twisted brains. In this case, a general unfamiliarity with the language of scientific banter allows the "climategate" nontroversy to overwhelm the consensus on global warming.

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WTO And the Future of Fish

Julie Packard | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Monterey Bay Aquarium, World Trade Organization, Ted Danson, Climate, Julie Packard, Seafood Watch, Subsidies, Sustainable Seafood, Wto, Climate Crisis, Fisheries, Overfishing, Seafood, Oceana, Green News
Julie Packard

Solving our global fisheries crisis will require global solutions, and involvement from everyone. Making good choices about the seafood we eat is a great way for each of us to do our part.

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What the CBO Isn't Telling Congress: Climate Change Threatens Million of Jobs

Brendan Smith | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Polls, Politics, Green Jobs, Environment, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Congressional Budget Office, Green Politics, Global Warming, Green News
Brendan Smith

How many epidemics and Katrinas will it take to expose the myth that the U.S. economy is somehow exempt from the threats of climate change?

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Show us your climate leader

Avaaz.org | Avaaz.org | Posted 11.06.2009 | Home

Read More: 350, Avaaz, Avaaz Action Factory, Climate, Climate Crisis, cop15, Copenhagen, Greenpeace, Oxfam, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Home News

The clock is ticking on climate change. In one month, 192 countries will meet at the international climate summit in Copenhagen to negotiate a new glo...

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Show me your climate leader

Avaaz.org | Avaaz.org | Posted 11.06.2009 | Home

Read More: 350, Avaaz, Avaaz Action Factory, Climate, Climate Crisis, cop15, Copenhagen, Greenpeace, Oxfam, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Home News

The clock is ticking on climate change. In one month, 192 countries will meet at the international climate summit in Copenhagen to negotiate a new glo...

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President Obama Must Take the Lead on Climate Finance

Amb. Nancy E. Soderberg | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Copenhagen 2009, Climate Finance, Climate Change, Obama Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Barack Obama, G-20, Climate Bill, Green News
Amb. Nancy E. Soderberg

The developed world -- responsible for both today's financial as well as climate crisis -- must help pay the costs for the developing world to do the right thing.

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In Support of 350, It's Myth Bustin' Time: "Carbon Dioxide is Just a Trace Gas, Big Deal"

Jeff Goldstein | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Environment, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Blood Alcohol Level, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Climate Crisis, Global Warming, Trace Gas, Green News
Jeff Goldstein

For all those that do not want to pay homage to CO2, I say -- stop eating. Or at least stop throwing around the expression "trace gas" so loosely.

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Is the Climate Bill Being Fossil-Nuked?

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Renewables, Climate Crisis, King Cong, Nuclear Power, John Kerry, Climate Change, Solartopia, Green News
Harvey Wasserman

If you think pushing nukes, oil wells and coal mines to "prevent global warming" is counter-intuitive, you ain't seen nothin' yet.

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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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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
Brendan Smith

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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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
Brendan Smith

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

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Sean Hannity Steals From Hollywood In His Mockumentary, "The Valley Hope Forgot"

David Fiderer | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama Environment, Drought, California Drought, California, Sean Hannity, Fox News, Environmentalism, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, California-Drought-Emergency, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Video, Green News
David Fiderer

Depression-era symbolism resonates in California, a state with 12.2 percent unemployment. So Fox News fabricated a narrative taken from the plot of Chinatown to complement Dustbowl images from The Grapes of Wrath

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Just in Time: Youth Journalists Take On Climate with 'Project Survival Media'

Celia Alario | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Youth Radio, Energy-Action-Coalition, Climate Change, Energy Action Coalition, Climate Crisis, Youth Activism, Independent Media, Climate Bill, Green News
Celia Alario

The youth reporters are focusing on the voices of those who are already being disproportionately impacted, and those who have found successful global and local solutions for a better future.

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Cash for Coal Anyone?

Steve Kirsch | Posted 09.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Nuclear Power, Cash for Clunkers, Renewable Energy, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Reactor, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Green Energy, Green Energy Economy, Green-Energy-Jobs, Global Warming, Green News
Steve Kirsch

Since the "Cash for Clunkers" program was so successful in stimulating demand for new autos, why not use the same concept to stimulate the demand for new clean power plants to replace dirty coal?

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Add a Gigawatt a Day to Keep the Climate Crisis at Bay

Steve Kirsch | Posted 09.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Integral Fast Reactor, Nuclear Power, Renewable Energy, Lamar Alexander, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Green Energy, Global Warming, Al Gore Global Warming, Obama Global Warming, Obama Energy Bill, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Reactor, Green-Energy-Jobs, Energy Bill, Green Energy Economy, Climate Bill, Green News
Steve Kirsch

If we think we're going to make the goal from solar, wind, and other renewables alone, we must be smoking something. Every clean power technology, including nuclear, has to play a role.

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Climate Inaction: All in Our Heads?

Linda Buzzell | Posted 09.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Denial, Climate Change, Psychology, Ecopsychology, Climate Crisis, Ecotherapy, Green News
Linda Buzzell

A national poll showed 75% to 80% of respondents said that climate change is an important issue. But respondents also ranked it last in a list of 20 compelling issues, such as the economy or terrorism.

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Climate Change Protesters Superglue Themselves Together

Telegraph | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Wind Turbine, Green Living, Reuseable Energy, Super Glue, Climate, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Environment, Green, Climate Crisis, Wind Turbines, Global Warming, Green News

A group of climate change activists were arrested after supergluing themselves together outside a Government department in support of workers staging ...

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