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Copenhagen Climate Talks Near Deal On Preservation Of Forests

New York Times | ELISABETH ROSENTHAL | Posted 12.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Farming, Copenhagen 2009, Agriculture, Obama, Rainforests, Peat Soil, Rain Forest, Environmental Defense Fund, Reducing Emissions From Deforestation, White House, Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide, Un, Deforestation, Global Warming, Green News

COPENHAGEN -- Negotiators have all but completed a sweeping deal that would compensate countries for preserving forests, and in some cases, other natu...

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Storm Front: An Interview With the Nation's Foremost Climate Scientist James Hansen

Jerry Cope | Posted 12.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Defense Fund, James Hansen, Climate Change, Storms of My Grandchildren, Clean Coal, Nuclear Power, Nrdc, Global Warming, Bill Mckibben, 350.Org, Mountaintop Removal, Green News
Jerry Cope

I think that we have passed the level at which you're going to get effects that we do not want or that we want our children to have to bear.

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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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Call Now: Verizon Wireless Sponsors Union-Busting Mountaintop Removal Rally?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Massey Energy, Dirty Coal, Labor Day, United Mine Workers, Ted Nugent, Sean Hannity, President Barack Obama, Climate Change, Communication Workers of America, Verizon Wireless, Environmental Defense Fund, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, West Virginia, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Verizon and a British Lord are joining forces to deny climate change and fight unions.

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Federal Bailout Won't Make A Dent in Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Problems

Brooke-Sidney Gavins | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Folsom Dam, Salmon, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, San-Joaquin-River, Water Recycling, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sacramento River, Red Bluff Diversion Dam, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Interior Secretary, American Rivers, Water Reuse, Ken-Salazar-Interior-Secretary, Recycling, Endangered Salmon, Environmental Defense Fund, Ken Salazar, Endangered River, Fisheries, Battle Creek Salmon Steelhead, Farming, Contra Costa, California, Contra Costa Canal, Sacramento, San Joaquin Valley, Water Scarcity, Federal Stimulus, Endangered-Fish, California's Central Valley, Ken Salazar and Interior Department, Water, Endangered Species, Endangered Species Act, Green News
Brooke-Sidney Gavins

The Delta, which provides water to nearly two-thirds of all Californians and is suffering from a three year drought, may not have a federal bailout after all.

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For The Sushi Lover With A Conscience

The New York Times | Florence Fabricant | Posted 11.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Environmental Defense Fund, Sustainable Fishing, Sushi, Monterey Bay Seafood Watch, Food Matters, Eating Matters, Green News

Three environmental groups have issued pocket guides to sushi, listing seafood according to sustainability. But with each of them, a little study befo...

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