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California Fuel Standard Has Oil Companies Worried

Sacramento Bee | Dale Kasler | Posted 05.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, California, Epa, Greenhouse Gases, California Fuel Standards, Global Warming, Oil Companies, Green News

In car-crazy California, a new fuel standard ordered by state officials to curb greenhouse gases could dramatically change how vehicles run. It also...

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25 Easy Things One Hard Thing You Can Must Do to Save the Planet

Jimmy Seidita | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Greenhouse Gases, Obama, BTU Tax, Cfls, Earth Day, Climate Change, Exxon Mobil, Obama Climate Change, Green Living, Climate Crisis, Obama Climate Policy, Green News
Jimmy Seidita

It's excruciating for serious envirowonks to see complex and challenging policy questions distilled down to "tips" that, let's be brutally honest here, are not saving the planet.

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How To Get 60 Votes For a Carbon Cap

Bill Scher | Posted 05.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil, Cap and Trade, Climate Change, Carbon Emissions, Coal, Greenhouse Gases, Global Warming, Green News
Bill Scher

If this idea gains traction, expect coal and oil CEOs to squeal with more misinformation about how capping carbon would affect families and businesses.

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How To Comment On The EPA's Finding That Greenhouse Gases Endanger Public Health

Grist | Posted 05.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Greenhouse Gas Regulation, Environment, Greenhouse Gases, Public Welfare, Green News

Got something to say about the EPA's finding that greenhouse gases are a threat to public health and welfare? You've got 60 days to speak, or forever...

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Congress, EPA Playing Good Cop, Bad Cop On Climate Law

e360.yale.edu | Posted 05.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Edward Markey, Greenhouse Gases, Climate Legislation, Climate Bill, Pollution, Green Politics, Green News

U.S. Rep. Edward Markey, a key figure in drafting climate legislation, has warned industry representatives that they can either work with Congress to ...

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Greenhouse Gases Threaten Public Health, EPA Finds

washingtonpost.com | Juliet Eilperin | Posted 04.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Greenhouse Gases, Pollution, Green Politics, Green News

The proposal -- which comes in response to a 2007 Supreme Court decision ordering EPA to consider whether carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases sh...

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Brazil and the US Should Lead on Climate Change

Marcos Sawaya Jank | Posted 04.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gases, Brazil, Kyoto Protocol, Green News
Marcos Sawaya Jank

Meaningful reductions of greenhouse gases require more than just political goodwill. It requires leadership.

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Greenhouse Gas Reports Could Be Required Of Businesses

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 04.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Environment, Greenhouse Gases, Pollution, Green Business, Greenhouse Gas Reports, Green News

WASHINGTON — The federal government wants to require companies for the first time to disclose the amount of greenhouse gases they're releasing i...

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Green Guilt

Ben Stoddard | Posted 03.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Greenhouse Gases, Nasa, Transportion, Mars, Green Living, Extinction, Global Warming, Terraforming, Green News
Ben Stoddard

Recently I got into an argument with my coworker over terraforming Mars. Sure, it's a long way off but things going the way they are, you never know when you might have to jump ship.

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Methane: The Really Scary Greenhouse Gas

Los Angeles Times | Margot Roosevelt | Posted 03.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Greenhouse Gases, Methane, Climate Change, Global Warming, Green News

International experts are alarmed. "Methane release due to thawing permafrost in the Arctic is a global warming wild card," warned a report by the Uni...

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EPA Near Ruling On Greenhouse Gases

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 03.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Greenhouse Gases, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Ruling, Global Warming, Green News

WASHINGTON — EPA administrator Lisa Jackson says the agency is moving toward regulating the gases blamed for global warming. In an interview Tu...

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Rod Bremby: Moving Towards a Renewable Future, Despite Big Coal's Backlash

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Supreme Court, Holcomb, Carbon Emissions, Massachusetts v. EPA, Heather Mueller, Co2, Green Energy, Pollution, Coal, Clean Air Act, Politics, Rod Bremby, Electricity, Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide, Greenhouse Gases, Roderick Bremby, Department of Health and Environment, Governor Kathleen Sebelius, Sunflower Electric, Global Warming, Simran Sethi, Kansas, Green News
Simran Sethi

Roderick Bremby, Secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, is a force of nature. He stood up to big coal interests in Kansas and, quite simply, said "no."

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Obama's Plan Kick Starts Green IT

Jean Jerome Baudry | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Jean Jerome Baudry, Green Technology, Cybernomics, Barack Obama, Green House Gas Emissions, Greenhouse Gases, Economy, Environment, Paul McCartney, Green, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Green Living, Technology, Jimmy Fallon, Green News
Jean Jerome Baudry

Virtualization not only cuts down on your energy bill but takes up less space in your datacentre. So as your business and your storage needs grow, your datacenter presence doesn't.

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Obama and the California Way On Climate

William Bradley | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, Fran Pavley, Climate Change, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Greenhouse Gases, Fabian Nunez, Gray Davis, Global Warming, Jerry Brown, California, Solar, Renewable Energy, Wind, Oregon, Green News
William Bradley

This president isn't going to sacrifice the environment for short-term economic expedience. In fact, he seems to view environmental progress as key to economic progress.

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When A Tree Falls Illegally In The Forest

Jonathan Lash | Posted 02.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Logging, Deforestation, Logging Industry, Carbon Emissions, Illegal Wood Imports, Greenhouse Gases, Deforestation Policy, Illegal Deforestation, The Lacey Act, Climate Change, Pollution, Illegal Logging, Bush Administration Environment, Greenhouse Effect, Green News
Jonathan Lash

The amended Lacey Act makes the United States the first country in the world to place an outright ban on illegally harvested wood products.

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11 States Move to Develop a Low-Carbon Fuel Standard

Nathanael Greene | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Biofuels, Carbon Emissions, The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Biofuel, Greenhouse Gases, Green, Low-Carbon Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, National Low Carbon Fuel Standard, Sustainability, Green News
Nathanael Greene

A "low carbon fuel standard" (LCFS) is a market-based, technologically neutral policy to address the carbon content of fuels. 11 states have banded together to start developing this.

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Ditch the Automobile Altogether

Joe Lauria | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Detroit, Railroads, Auto Bailout, Big Three Automakers, Auto Industry, Greenhouse Gases, Trains, High Speed Rail, Business News
Joe Lauria

Why not take those millions of dollars that create sophisticated commercial propaganda all day on television to induce us to buy a car and put it to work reducing greenhouse gases instead?

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Taking on the Pessimists in Poznan

Betsy Taylor | Posted 01.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon Emissions, Poland, Renewable Energy, Poznan, Climate Change, Global Warming, Barack Obama, 1sky, Copenhagen Climate Council, 350.Org, Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Obama Administration, 350 Campagin, Brazil Environmental Policy, Greenhouse Gases, Pessimism, Eileen Claussen, Barack Obama Environmental Policy, President Elect Obama, Green News
Betsy Taylor

Obama is not the Messiah and he cannot be expected to work miracles. But the new president doesn't need us predicting environmental policy failure when he hasn't yet taken office.

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Proposed Cow "Gas" Tax Angers Farmers

AP | BOB JOHNSON | Posted 01.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Other Emissions, Carbon Emissions, Cows, The Rising Cost of Gas, Greenhouse Gases, Belching, Farting, Farmers, Pigs, Hogs, Animals, Global Warming, Green News

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — For farmers, this stinks: Belching and gaseous cows and hogs could start costing them money if the federal government decides...

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More Bad News: US Government Releases 2007 Greenhouse Gas Report

Kevin Grandia | Posted 01.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Us Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2007, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Department of Energy, Greenhouse Gases, Global Warming, Kevin Grandia, Green News
Kevin Grandia

What's it going to take to turn this oil and coal burning, greenhouse gas spewing super tanker around?

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His Keyboard Versus the Climate

Peter Schwartz | Posted 12.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Honeywell, Dupont, General Motors, Greenhouse Gases, Ford, Epa, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Global Warming, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Green News
Peter Schwartz

Emptying one canister of a little air blaster from Office Depot can release greenhouse gas equivalent to driving a smallish car across the country and halfway back again.

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Greening Hollywood: Staples Goes Solar

Paige Donner | Posted 12.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Governor Schwarzenegger, Green Jobs, LA City Council, Tax Credits, Lakers, L.A. Live, Green LA, Solar Power Inc., Solar Energy, Nokia Theater, Green Energy, Staples Center, Aeg, Solar Roof Panels, Photovoltaic, Celtics, Eric Garcetti, Ladwp, Alternative Energy, SoCal Edison, Solar Investment Tax Credits, Greenhouse Gases, Lee Zeidman, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Itc, Million Solar Roofs Plan CA, Steve Kircher, Green News
Paige Donner

According to an economic study released last week, California's green policies will create as many as 403,000 jobs in the next 12 years and household incomes will increase by $48 billion.

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Will President Obama Lead on Climate Change?

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 12.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Congress, Green Jobs, Carbon Emissions, Clean Coal, Economy, Nuclear Power, Greenhouse Gases, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Clean Energy, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Ipcc Report, Obama Wins, Ipcc, President Obama, Nuclear Energy, Obama Administration, Election Results, 2008 Presidential Election, Un Climate Change Conference, Green Policy, Great Depression, 1sky, President Elect Obama, Green News
Gillian Caldwell

Now that the heat of the campaign season is behind us, we hope Obama will stop pretending that "clean coal" is a realistic way to reduce carbon emissions and achieve energy independence.

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The John McCain I Used to Know.

Brad Johnson | Posted 12.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Geo-Politics, John McCain, John McCain Climate Change, Hurricane Season, Greenhouse Gases, 2008 Presidential Race, Climate Change, Barack Obama Global Warming, Global Warming, Green News
Brad Johnson

I wonder why John McCain now sounds like someone who's willing to sacrifice this planet in order to win an election.

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The Eco-Sins of John McCain

Jeanie Pyun | Posted 11.29.2008 | Green

Read More: Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, Environment, Carbon Footprint; Lifestyle, Greenhouse Gases, John McCain, Election, Global Warming, Green News
Jeanie Pyun

Senator John McCain and his wealthy wife have a footprint many times larger than the average American, and the largest among the presidential and vice-presidential candidates by far.

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