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Climate Deal Sealed. Sort Of.

May Jeong | Posted 12.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Copenhagen 2009, Climate, Hopenhagen, Yvo De Boer, Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations, Green News, Climate Change, Unfccc, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Green News
May Jeong

A deal of sort has been sealed in Copenhagen. At 3:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference officially came to a close.

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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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Two Moves by the U.S. and China That Could Unlock the Copenhagen Chess Game

David Doniger | Posted 12.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Negotiations, Measurement Reporting and Review, Finance, Copenhagen, cop15, Climate, China, United States, Wind Power, Green Energy, Solar Power, Clean Air Act, Green News
David Doniger

The U.S. and China each need to do one more thing to give one another, and rest of the world, the confidence to move forward in Copenhagen

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Why LA is the natural place for North American Cleantech Expansion

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 12.14.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Climate, Antonio Villaraigosa, Copenhagen 2009, Cleantech, Los Angeles, Los Angeles News
Antonio Villaraigosa

Today I met with representatives from various German clean technology and solar firms. We had very productive conversations about their practices and ...

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Small Islands Discover their Power in Copenhagen

Anuradha Vittachi | Posted 12.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Copenhagen, Cop, Cop 15, Islands, Climate, Small Island Developing States, Aosis, Green News
Anuradha Vittachi

The UN's Copenhagen climate conference has suddenly become a thrilling place to be. It's the small islands that are making waves here - islands so small that they will drown if action is not taken.

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"Owning The Weather"; Exclusive Clip From New Documentary About Weather Modification (VIDEO)

Posted 12.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Video, Geoengineering, Owning the Weather, Climate, Weather Control, Climate Change, Documentary, Weather, Film, Green News

Set to screen at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, "Owning the Weather" is a documentary about the pursuit of weather modification in th...

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The World Wants a Real Deal -- high res photos from Dec. 12 day of action

Avaaz.org | Avaaz.org | Posted 12.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Climate, cop15, Copenhagen, Global Day of Climate Action, Copenhagen, New York-New York, Home News

Today -- December 12, 2009 -- tens of thousands of people around the world gather at 3000 events in over 130 different countries with one message: th...

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EU Pledges Billions In Climate Aid To Poor Countries

AP | AOIFE WHITE | Posted 12.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Copenhagen, Climate, European Union, Green, Global Warming, Climate Aid, Aid, Eu, Climate Change, Nicolas Sarkozy, Green News

BRUSSELS — EU leaders agreed Friday to commit euro2.4 billion ($3.6 billion) a year until 2012 to help poorer countries combat global warming, a...

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Tiny Tuvalu Shocks Climate Talks

Anuradha Vittachi | Posted 12.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Copenhagen, Climate Change, Tuvalu, Cop 15, Climate, Green News
Anuradha Vittachi

Tuvalu wants to ensure that global temperatures won't rise by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. You can see why: if it does, their island could disappear beneath the sea forever.

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Memo To Politico: "ClimateGate" Is a Flop

Bill Scher | Posted 12.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Globalwarming, Climategate, Climate, Copenhagen, Green News
Bill Scher

Is the international summit torn now between resolutions saying global warming is a moral imperative or a dastardly hoax perpetrated by the sinister scientist conspiracy? Hardly.

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Climategate! Another Diversion From "Liberal" Science

Mark Green | Posted 12.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Copenhagen, Climate, Green Jobs, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Mark Green

As 192 nations meet in Copenhagen on climate change, the Right and Business have seized on some stolen emails to argue against the nearly unanimous scientific judgment that global warming is a real.

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Obama Reschedules Copenhagen Visit, Will Attend End Of Climate Conference

AP | BEN FELLER and DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 12.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Copenhagen 2009, Climate, Copenhagen, Obama, Green, Global Warming, Climate Meeting, Climate Change, Barack Obama, Green News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly altered the timing of his upcoming appearance at an international climate summit in Copen...

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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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ClimateGate: Phil Jones, UK Climate Scientist, Temporarily Steps Down

AP | RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Posted 12.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Phil Jones, Global Warming Hoax, Climate Change, Climategate, Climate, Global Warming Emails, Swifthack, Green News

LONDON — The chief of a prestigious British research center caught in a storm of controversy over claims that he and others suppressed data abou...

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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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Since Flying is Responsible for Only 5 Percent of Carbon Emissions, I Have the Right to Fly Abroad on Holiday, Right? Wrong.

Anuradha Vittachi | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Oneclimate, Human Rights, Climate Justice, Climate, Climate Change, Global-Justice, Flying, Global Warming, Carbon Detox, George Marshall, Green News
Anuradha Vittachi

To find out more about the real climate impacts of flying, I turned to George Marshall, founder of the Climate Outreach and Information Network.

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Veterans, Clean Energy, and Common Sense

Rob Perks | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Clean Energy, Climate Bill, Operation Free, Green Jobs, Climate, Veterans, Wind Power, Frances Beinecke, Solar Energy, President Obama, votevets.org, Obama, Leon Panetta, Anthony Zinni, Lee Gunn, Green News
Rob Perks

There's a growing consensus that one of the best things we can do to enhance our national security is to get off fossil fuels and transition to clean, home-grown energy.

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Climate Change Threatens Our National Security

Ginna Kelly | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Kerry-Boxer Bill, Kerry-Boxer-Legislation, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Climate, John Kerry, Climate Change, Climate Bill, Green News
Ginna Kelly

Climate change threatens our national security in two ways. First, U.S. dependence on oil entangles America with hostile regimes. Second, climate change creates chaos, tension, and human insecurity.

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Bomb Appalachia (and Face the Music)

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Clearcutting, Coal, Center for Public Integrity, West Virginia, Campaign, Coal Industry, Climate, Grassroots, Coal River Mountain, Climate Change, Virginia, Coal Lobby, Mountaintop Removal, Unions, Environmentalism, JP Morgan Chase, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Wto, Mother Jones, Labor, Clean Energy, Congress, Green, Global Warming, Government, Mountains, Epa, Harlan County, Mines, Bush Administration, Blair Mountain, Tennessee, Climate Action Partnership, President Obama, Washington, Obama, Coal Czar, Bush, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Naacp, Appalachia, Workers, Climate Justice, Office of Surface Mining, Civil Disobedience, Kentucky, Henry Waxman, Forests, Department of the Interior, Dirty Coal, Green Jobs, Wall Street, Astroturfing, Coal Mining, Duke Energy, Green News, Mining, Water, Clean Coal, Osr, Appalachian Mountains, Activism, Protest, Massey Energy, Green News
Michael Gould-Wartofsky

Theirs is a coast-to-coast campaign to save Appalachia's mountains and streams -- and Appalachians' homes, jobs, and culture -- from the devastating coal mining practice known as mountaintop removal.

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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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Boxer Avoids The Baucus Trap

Bill Scher | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon, Cap and Trade, Kerry-Boxer, Climate, Cejapa, Green News
Bill Scher

There's no way her bill will become law without further changes, but Boxer did exactly what needed to be done to get any bill passed.

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The Commonwealth and the Commons

Gary Hart | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Environment, Climate, Energy Policy, Foreign Policy, Global Warming, Politics News
Gary Hart

I've always been puzzled by our efforts to leave a private legacy for our children while neglecting our public legacy, the character and quality of our commonwealth and its resources that we also leave to our children.

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Is the U.S. Chamber Changing its Tune, or Just its Tone?

Pete Altman | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Globalwarming, Uschamberofcommerce, Climate, Green News
Pete Altman

A new letter released by the Chamber appears to sing a new tune on climate policy, leading Senator Kerry to wonder whether the letter reflects a real change in the Chamber's position.

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Countdown to Copenhagen: Suing the Global North for "Glacial" Pace on Climate Change Action

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 10.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Copenhagen-Climate-Council, Climate Change, Obama Climate Change, Copenhagen 2009, Climate, Global North, Green News
Nikolas Kozloff

Fed up with the "glacial" pace of climate negotiations and the unwillingness of the Global North to address their concerns, Indians and environmentalists in South America have come up with a shrewd new way of drawing the world's attention.

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