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Protesters Hold Massive Rallies Against Emissions, Climate Change

New York Times | ANDREW C. REVKIN | Posted 10.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Rallies, 350 Protests, Environmental Defense Fund, 350.Org, Carbon Emissions, Environment, Protests, Obama, Climate Change, Emissions, 350 Climate Change, Copenhagen, Green News

Campaigners against global warming have drawn on an arsenal of visually startling tactics over the years, from posing nude on a Swiss glacier to scali...

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No Impact Week: A Few Thoughts on Getting from Here to There

Molly Greenwood | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Traffic, Mpg, Emissions, Carpool, Transportation, Mass Transit, No Impact Week, Car Culture, Public Transportation, Cars, Vespa, Los Angeles, Green News

Instead of buying a new car, I bought a Vespa. And you know what? It has turned out to be the perfect complement to my alternative transportation lifestyle.

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Days 3 and 4 - My Week of Environmentally Responsible Living

Shravya Reddy | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Transport, Sustainability, Carbonfootprint, Bicycling, Emissions, Organicfarming, Climatechange, Vegetarianism, Water, Vegan, Green News

For all those looking for a way to lessen their carbon footprint, the bottom-line remains that a dietary shift is the single most effective way to do so.

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To Tip or Not to Tip -- That Is the Question for Copenhagen

Johan Rockström | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Reduce Emissions, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas, Environment, Emissions, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Global Warming, Carbon Footprint, Green News

To reduce the risk of tipping into the unknown, we need a new global deal for sustainable development. Copenhagen should be viewed as a first necessary step toward this new deal.

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No Impact Week: Solar Panels, Bio-Diesel, and Worms

Renée Loux | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Recycling, No Impact Week, Tonic Mailstoppers, Carpooling, Solar Panels, Green, Composting, Climate Change, Emissions, Greendimes, Muncipal Solid Waste, Photovoltaic Solar Panels, Transportation, Carbon Footprint, Propane, Green News

Several years ago, I undertook a year-long experiment to minimize my personal waste. At the time, "no impact" wasn't a common term. I just wanted to see how waste-wise efficient I could be.

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Green Motorcycle Shop Rehabs Classic Choppers So They Are Zero-Emission

The Coloradoan | David Young | Posted 10.14.2009 | Denver

Read More: Emissions, Chris Ravana, Green Motorcycles, Blindspot Cycles, Fort Collins, Motorcycle, Denver News

Growing up, Chris Ravana didn't always have the newest or nicest motorbikes. He did, however, always have the most customized bike. Advertisement At ...

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Global Warming Fight: Saudi Kingdom Wants Countries To Pay For Drop In Oil Revenue

New York Times | AD MOUAWAD and ANDREW C. REVKIN | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business

Saudi Arabia is trying to enlist other oil-producing countries to support a provocative idea: if wealthy countries reduce their oil consumption to com...

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No Climate Change Bill This Year, Says Obama Adviser

The Associated Press | Posted 10.04.2009 | 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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Bangkok Climate Talks: Leaders Warn Time Running Out For Climate Deal

AP | MICHAEL CASEY | Posted 09.28.2009 | 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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Fisker Automotive Gets $529 Million Government Loan To Build Electric Cars

Wall Street Journal | JOSH MITCHELL and STEPHEN POWER | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Doe, Cars, Subsidies, Emissions, Mpg, Roadster, Nina, Loans, Karma, Electric Cars, Detroit, Environment, Fuel Standards, Finland, Al Gore, Department of Energy, Fisker Automotive, Global Warming, Tesla, Business News

A tiny car company backed by former Vice President Al Gore has just gotten a $529 million U.S. government loan to help build a hybrid sports car in Fi...

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Dust Storms Spread Deadly Diseases Worldwide, But May Ease Effects Of Climate Change: Researchers

The Observer | John Vidal | Posted 09.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Australia, Desertification, Diseases, Africa, Flu, Sahara, Health, Influenza, Climate Change, Asthma, Drought, Desert, Storm, Dust Storms, Health Effects, Emissions, Valley Fever, Epidemiology, Dust, Deforestation, Environment, Green News

Huge dust storms, like the ones that blanketed Sydney twice last week, hit Queensland yesterday and turned the air red across much of eastern Australi...

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Study: Climate Bill's Benefits Far Outweigh Costs

Wall Street Journal | Keith Johnson | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

So much of the wailing and gnashing of teeth around the climate bill in Congress revolves around the costs of curbing greenhouse-gas emissions. What a...

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Smarten Up and Stop Idling

Wendy Gordon | Posted 08.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Pahs, Anti-Idling Laws, Children's IQ, Urban Air Quality, Buses, Emissions, Air Pollution, Trucks, Pre-Natal Exposure, Green News

Prenatal exposure to combustion byproducts lowers children's IQ, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH).

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California Imposes Stringent Rules On Car Emissions

msn.com | Posted 08.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Gas, California, Carbon Emissions, Gas Emissions, Greenhouse, Emissions, Pollution, Enviornment, `President Obama, Politics, Car, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, President Bush, Vehicle, Global Warming, Green News

Reversing a Bush-era decision and honoring a pledge last month, the Obama administration on Tuesday granted California the ability to impose stringent...

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A Call to Serve and Preserve Creation

Jim Wallis | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, History, Leadership, Love Your Neighbor, Global, Slavery, International, Opportunity, Poll, Trade, Sacrifice, Green, Clean Energy, Congress, Emissions, Priorities, God, Poor, Consumption, Legislation, America, Church of England, Slave Trade, Climate Treaty, Christ, Climate Change, Land, Consumers, Polluting Industries, Security, Christian, Creation, Green News

Let's ensure that history does not remember us just as "consumers" of the earth and its resources, but as people who take seriously the God-given mandate to "serve and preserve" the earth.

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First in Profits, Second in What?

James K. Boyce and Manuel Pastor | Posted 06.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Toxic 100, Exxonmobil, Environmentalism, Emissions, Green Business, Exxon Mobil Profits, Exxon Mobil, Green News

ExxonMobil just had another banner year. Despite the global economic slowdown, the oil company now tops the Fortune 500 in both profits and sales. It's also ninth in a less salubrious list -- the "Toxic 100."

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Carmakers May Need EU Bailout Of $19 Billion

Bloomberg.com | By Jonathan Stearns | Posted 03.13.2009 | World

Read More: Global Financial Crisis, Renault, Europe, Car Sales, Climate Change, European Car Companies, European Union, Nicholas Sarkozy, Emissions, European Investment Bank, European Automobile Manufacturers Association, World News

The European Union should be prepared to quadruple loans for the car industry this year to 15 billion euros ($19 billion) because of the economic slum...

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Coal's Sacriligeous Caroling

A. Siegel | Posted 01.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Accce, Truthiness, Clean Coal, Satire, Climate Change, Emissions, Pollution, Coal, Global Warming, Astroturfing, Green News

I was shocked at the latest parody of a set of Christmas Carols courtesy of the coal industry's mouthpiece, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity: the "Clean Coal Carolers" with a set of lyrics that take their truthiness and deception to a whole new level of depravity.

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A Federal Cap-And-Trade System: More From The Summit

Paige Donner | Posted 12.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Climate Change, California EPA, Cap and Trade, Carter Roberts, Copenhagen 2009, World Wildlife Fund, Kyoto Protocols, Natalia Anderle, Dan Pellissier, Henry Derwent, Co2, Emissions, Barack Obama, Rggi, Governor Schwarzenegger, Federal Cap and Trade, Miss Brazil 2008, Wwf, Linda Adams, Energy Independence, BrasilInvest Group, Ethanol, International Emissions Trading Associationa, Deforestation, Mario Garnero, United Nations Association Brazil, Governor Schwarzenegger Environmental Policy, Barack Obama Environmental Policy, President Elect Obama, Sustainability, Business News

What's interesting about the governor's climate conference is that you normally would think that international negotiations or solutions are all about Heads of State talking to each another.

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Life Cycle: Burn, Baby, Burn (The Eco Impact of Candles)

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Lead, Honey, Wax, Mango, Green, Emissions, DéCor, Wick, Soy, Green Living, Carbon, Life Cycle, Fossil Fuels, Fragrance, Beeswax, New Scientist Magazine, Burn, Sarah Smarsh, Wine, Air Pollution, Paraffin, Tea, Shoulder Rub, Pier 1, Petroleum, Crude Oil, French Vanilla, Hanukkah, Romance, Sex, Environment, Candles, Toxicity, Simran Sethi, Fragrance-Free, Green News

Most candles are made from paraffin wax, which is derived from crude oil. Demand for these products plays into our reliance on fossil fuels.

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Life Cycle: Green Wine

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Synthetic Cork, Biodynamic, Screw-Top, Yemm & Hart, Local, Forest Stewardship Council, Bottles, Most Wanted, Napa Valley, Emissions, Rainforest Alliance, Organic, Vodka, Bordeaux, Sustainable, Carbon Footprint, Green Living, Boxed Wine, Cardboard, Rhine Valley, Climate Change, Fetzer Vineyard, Food, Sarah Smarsh, Wine, Vineyards, Cork, Global Warming, Simran Sethi, Glass, Smartwood, Mediterranean, Green News

It's all about how far your wine has been shipped, and the materials used to package it. Aluminum screw-tops are more likely to be recycled than natural corks, and they prevent wines from going bad.

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Voodoo Science Blames Climate Change on Immigrants

Angela Kelley | Posted 09.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Population, Co2 Emissions, La Prensa Hispana, Latin America, Environment, Immigration, Climate Change, Emissions, Immigration Debate, Global Warming, Center for Immigration Studies, Green News

According to an anti-immigrant group's new junk-science report, immigrants would ultimately produce less CO2 if they just remained in their "less-consuming, less-industrialized, and less CO2 emitting" home countries.

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In US, gas prices mean more riders, fewer buses

AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 08.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Gas Prices, Public Transportation, Buses, Commute, Commuters, Emissions, Reducing Emissions, Business News

DENVER — High gas prices almost killed the lifeline to the city for a group of mountain commuters. Park County bus riders recently had to plead...

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States Sue EPA Over Pollution, Want Emissions Rules

AP | SAMANTHA YOUNG | Posted 08.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Epa, Environmental Protection Agency, Environment, EPA Lawsuit, Pollution, Emissions, Reducing Emissions, Carbon Emissions, California, Connecticut, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, New York City, Green News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Five states intend to sue the Environmental Protection Agency if it does not act soon to reduce pollution from ships, aircr...

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Beijing Says Traffic Measures Cut Emissions By 20%

Xinhua | Posted 08.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Emissions Reduction, Emissions, Beijing, Pollution, Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Green News

An official at the capital's environmental regulator has shrugged off the notion of wearing masks in Beijing for fear of poor air quality, saying mask...

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