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COPENHAGEN ACCORD DETAILS: What's Known About The Climate Change Deal

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 12.19.2009 | Green

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***Click here to read the document released to the media*** Here is what's known about the broad, nonbinding accord reached by the U.S., China, India...

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Environmental Leadership at LA's Port

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 12.17.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Environment, Leadership, Emissions, Antonio Villaraigosa, Port, Los Angeles, Los Angeles News
Antonio Villaraigosa

In addition to being primary trade portals for Europe and America, Rotterdam and Los Angeles share another distinction -- they are both pioneering leaders in port emissions reductions.

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How Can You Reduce NYC's Climate "Foodprint"?

Jacquie Berger | Posted 12.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Foodprint, Hot Planet, Local, Nyu, Emissions, Eating Local, Just Food, Ghg, Green News
Jacquie Berger

When most of us think about climate change, the first thing that comes to mind are switching our light bulbs or riding a bike to work, but it turns out that deciding what to eat for dinner can be of much greater consequence.

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Decade Of 2000s Was Warmest Ever, Scientists Say

AP | CHARLES J. HANLEY | Posted 12.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Climate Summit, Ban Ki-Moon, Climate Change, Global Warming Records, Obama, Un, Emissions, Warmest Decade Ever, Copenhagen, Global Warming, Global Temperature, Green News

It dawned with the warmest winter on record in the United States. And when the sun sets this New Year's Eve, the decade of the 2000s will end as the w...

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Bloomberg Drops Greenhouse Gas Initiative

New York Times | Posted 12.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Michael Bloomberg, Greenhouse Gas, Bloomberg, Emissions, Greenhouse, Green, New York, Green News

After intense opposition from building owners, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has dropped the most far-reaching initiative of his plan for reducing greenh...

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U.S. And China Pledge To Reduce Emissions, But Not Enough For Experts

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 11.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, U.S., Emissions, Copenhagen 2009, China, Green News

AMSTERDAM — Even after the U.S. and China set targets this week for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the world's combined pledges ahead of nex...

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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
Molly Greenwood

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
Shravya Reddy

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
Johan Rockström

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
Renée Loux

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

Read More: Iea, Nrdc, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Saudi Oil, Mohammad Al-Sabban, Sauidi Arabia, Greenhouse Gases, Victor, Petroleum, Oil, Emissions, Opec, Saudi Kingdom, Global Warming, Carbon Footprint, Cutbacks, Saudis, Ucsd, Using Less, Reduction, Climate Change, David G. Victor, Copenhagen, Business News

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 12.03.2009 | 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 11.27.2009 | 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 11.27.2009 | 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 11.26.2009 | 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

Read More: Waxman-Markey Bill, Waxman-Markey, Cost of Climate Change, Politics, Epa, Climate, Carbon Footprint, Green, Green Energy, Institute for Policy Integrity, Environment, Economic Benefits, Greenhouse Gases, Emissions, Nyu, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Energy, H.R. 2454, Economy, Climate Bill, Politics News

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
Wendy Gordon

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
Jim Wallis

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
James K. Boyce and Manuel Pastor

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
A. Siegel

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
Paige Donner

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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