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Meltdown: Images of What We Lose When the Glaciers Disappear

Helena Christensen | Posted 11.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Peru Glaciers, Environment, The Environment, Climate Change, Peru, Glaciers, Global Warming, Copenhagen 2009, Slideshow, Green News
Helena Christensen

As with many poorer countries, Peru is bearing the brunt of a problem it has done little to cause. Its emissions account for only 0.1% of greenhouse gasses, but climate change has affected all aspects of life there.

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Global Warming Debate Gets Strange

Bill Chameides | Posted 11.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Politics, Glaciers, Chewang Norphel, Nepal, Africa, John Kerry, U.S. Chamber of Congress, Maldives, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Policy, Global Warming, Kerry-Boxer Climate Bill, Legislation, Green News
Bill Chameides

Someone tell me ... which is the real environmental news and which is fake?

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Rejoice! Ice Free Arctic Summers Within a Decade!

Wade Norris | Posted 10.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: Glaciers, Indonesia, Sumatra, Fossil Fuels, Arctic, Oil, Samoa, Erosion, Earthquakes, Sea Level Rise, Environmental Refugees, Ice Quakes, Ice Free Summers, Denver News
Wade Norris

Great news here! Oil companies are going to have a great opportunity to drill in the Arctic Sea floor to find more fossil fuels, because the Arctic Circle will soon be ice-free in the summers.

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Green News Report -- October 13, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Glaciers, Copenhagen 2009, Nuclear Power, Obama Administration, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Lindsey Graham, Green News Report, Kerry-Boxer, Barbara Boxer, PG&E Corp, John Kerry, Philippines Typhoon, Green News, Climate Change, Chamber of Commerce, Extreme Weather, Global Warming, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Rising waters, shrinking glaciers; Slouching to Copenhagen; A Republican breaks ranks? ... PLUS: Even energy companies are...

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9 National Parks In Danger (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 10.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Denali, Rocky Mountains, Glaciers, Yellowstone, Acadia National Park, Melting Glaciers, Ken Burns National Parks, Habitat-Distruction, Sustainability, Everglades, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Zion National Park, Ken Burns, Climate Change, Biodiversity, Joshua Tree, Global Warming, National Parks, Ellis Island, Slideshow, Slidepoll, Green News

In light of Ken Burns' documentary The National Parks: America's Best Idea and a recent report that lists "National Parks in Peril," we're featuring 9...

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Colorado Snow Cones

Rich Wolf | Posted 11.20.2009 | Denver

Read More: Apache Peak, Continential Divide, Long Lake, Isabelle Glacier, Glaciers, Shoshoni Peak, Indian Peaks, Lake Isabelle, Glacier Ice, St. Vrain, Brainard, Boulder, Denver, Colorado, Denver News
Rich Wolf

Even on the hottest summer day in Boulder the chilly snow cones in the high country promise a cool hike in the wilderness.

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Green News Report - August 11, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 09.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Chevy Volt, Glaciers, Biofuels, Epa, Arctic Ice Melt, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Green News Report, Arizona, Toxic Waste Dumping, Arctic, Drought, National Security, Hybrid Cars, Water, Dry Cleaners, Sarah Palin, Green News, Gas Mileage, Climate Change, Alaska, Solar Power, Global Warming, Solar Thermal Power, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

Is climate change a threat to national security?

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Perito Moreno: The Glacier That's Still Growing

AP | JEANNETTE NEUMANN | Posted 07.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Glaciers, Perito Moreno, Growing Glacier, Global Warming, Climate Change, Argentina, Perito Moreno Glacier, Green News

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina's Perito Moreno glacier is one of only a few ice fields worldwide that have withstood rising global temperat...

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Green News Report - May 12, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Glaciers, Green News, Polar Bears, Coal Ash, Climate Change, Oceans, Green News Report, Coal, Endangered Species Act, Solar Power, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

In Today's Audio Report: Obama abandons polar bears, but exposes hidden Bush EPA study detailing cancer risks from coal ash; The highest ski run in the world, melted; Plus: The awesome new Clean Coal ringtones you've been waiting for!

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Bolivia's Chacaltaya Glacier Almost Gone: Scientists

BBC | Posted 06.12.2009 | World

Read More: Glaciers, Latin America, Melting Glaciers, Foreign Affairs, Bolivia Glacier, Chacaltaya Glacier, Bolivia Chacaltaya Glacier, Bolivia, Global Warming, Advocacy, World News

Scientists in Bolivia say that one of the country's most famous glaciers has almost disappeared as a result of climate change....

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An Ode to Spring (of Banks We Sing)

Larry Beinhart | Posted 06.02.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Taxes, Goldman Sachs, Glaciers, Bailout, Economy, Incarceration Rates, Free Trade, Aig, Banks, Comedy News
Larry Beinhart

It reeks of rhetoric, it sounds like malarkey/ but we're being looted by our own oligarchy./ The lesson is tragic, yet once again funny:/ rich people can't be trusted to handle their money.

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How Does An Ecosystem Function Below A Glacier?

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 05.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Bacteria Under Glaciers, Glaciers, Antarctica, Green News

WASHINGTON — Hidden in the bone-chilling dark beneath an Antarctic glacier, a colony of strange bacteria is thriving. Scientists investigating t...

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Goodbye, Global Warming. Hello, Salty Clouds and Glaciers-in-a-Blanket

Graham Hill | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Geoengineering, Climate Change, Global Warming, Glaciers, Global Warming Protest, Powershift, Green News
Graham Hill

Global warming, as a phrase, has become a cliché that has lost its usefulness.

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Arctic Ice Melt At Point Of No Return

The Independent | Steve Connor | Posted 01.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Ice Melt, Glaciers, Climate Change, Arctic Ice Melt, Environment, Arctic Ice, Global Warming, Green News

Scientists have found the first unequivocal evidence that the Arctic region is warming at a faster rate than the rest of the world at least a decade b...

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UN: Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health

AP | TINI TRAN and JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 12.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Climate Change, United Nations, Glaciers, Pollution, UN Environment Program, Green News

BEIJING — A dirty brown haze sometimes more than a mile thick is darkening skies not only over vast areas of Asia, but also in the Middle East, ...

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It's the Water, Stupid!

Bob Burnett | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Glaciers, Water, Global Warming, Politics News
Bob Burnett

It's said our primeval ancestors had a simple arithmetic system: "One, two, three, many". That describes the focus of many 2008 voters, whose concern...

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Sea Levels Rising: What You Need To Know

Grist | Umbra Fisk | Posted 07.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Glaciers, Rising Sea Level, Antarctica, Climate Change, Environment, Melting Ice Caps, Sea Level, Extreme Weather, Ice Shelf, Green News

Q. Dear Umbra, I'm a bit confused about the possible rise in sea level that may be caused by global warming. I know that in general water expands whe...

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