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New Jersey Landfills Capture The Methane They Produce, Turn It Into Energy

AP | DAVID PORTER | Posted 11.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Methane, Methane Capture, Greenhouse Gases, Money Saving, Environment, New Jersey, Landfill Methane Capture, Green News

KEARNY, N.J. — Standing atop the 400-acre 1-E landfill, you get a panoramic view of the Meadowlands sports complex to the north and the New York...

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Methane Thaw Worries Climate Scientists

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 11.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Climate Science, Methane, Nitrogen, Greenhouse Gases, Methane Thaw, Arctic Methane, Environment, Green News

WASHINGTON — Carbon dioxide isn't the only greenhouse gas that worries climate scientists. Airborne levels of two other potent gases _ one from ...

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2 greenhouse gases on the rise worry scientists

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

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

WASHINGTON — Carbon dioxide isn't the only greenhouse gas that worries climate scientists. Airborne levels of two other potent gases _ one from ...

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Update: Obama Adviser Says 'Yes' - What Sayest McCain?

Bill Chameides | Posted 11.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Obama McCain, Climate Change, Epa, Greenhouse Gas Regulation, Supreme Court, Environment, Greenhouse Gases, Obama, Global Warming, Green News
Bill Chameides

Back in July I posed a question to the presidential candidates: will our next president follow the Supreme Court's directive to regulate carbon dioxid...

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Economic Crisis May Slow Green Efforts

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 11.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, Greenhouse Gases, Climate Legislation, Climate Change, Climate Action Partnership, Green News

WASHINGTON — The economic free fall gripping the nation may bring down one of the main environmental objectives: capping the greenhouse gases th...

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Efforts To Cap Greenhouse Gases Harmed By Economic Setbacks

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 11.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Greenhouse, Greenhouse Gases, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Cap, Green News

WASHINGTON — The economic free fall gripping the nation may bring down one of the main environmental objectives: capping the greenhouse gases th...

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Mayors "Get It" on Climate Change

Jonathan Lash | Posted 11.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Politics, San Francisco, Green Cities, New York City, Global Warming, Chicago, Mayor Bloomberg, Greenhouse Gases, City Development Infrastructure, Mayor Daley, May Gavin Newsome, Green Living, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Green News
Jonathan Lash

Some of the biggest U.S. mega-cities are stepping up in a big way on global warming.

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McCain, Obama on Energy, the Environment and AIDS

Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling | Posted 10.17.2008 | Home

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Corruption, John McCain, Cap-and-Trade, Barack Obama; John McCain; McCain Energy; Obama Energy; Barack Obama, Straight Talk Express, Nuclear Power, Greenhouse Gases, The New York Times, Ethanol, Free Market, Mccain Nuclear Power, Home News
Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling

Over the course of this week, OffTheBus is running a primer on some of the most important foreign policy issues the next president will face. Today, the primer looks at where Obama and McCain stand on energy and environmental policy and the AIDS crisis.

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Re-Making the Big (Green) Apple

Graham Hill | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Green Energy, Urban Planning, Greenhouse Gases, New York City, Green News
Graham Hill

In the U.S. we've looked to places like Portland, Seattle and even Austin, Texas for the crunchy-granola thinking on sustainability. But now, nearly a...

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Teen Drives On One Tank Of Gas For Entire Summer (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 09.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, Gas, Video, Gasoline, Going Green, Green, Northwestern University, Green Living, Portland, Students, Danni Brancaccio, College Student, High Gas Prices, Honda Civic, Teenk Drives Entire Summer on One Tank of Gas, Greenhouse Gases, One Tank of Gas, Portland Oregon, College Junior, Green News

20-year-old Danni Brancaccio vowed to drive the entire summer on one tank of gas. With 238 miles and 55 days behind her, the Portland, Oregon teen has...

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Cattails Could Be Agents Of Climate Change (The Good Kind)

AP | STEVE LAWRENCE | Posted 09.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Cattails, Crops and Climate, Farming, Carbon-Capture Farming, Reducing Carbon Dioxide, GHG, Greenhouse Gases, Green News

RIO VISTA, Calif. — On one side of the gravel road are hundreds of acres of corn. On the other is a different crop that scientists hope will ena...

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The Healing Elements of Obama's Energy Plan

David Sassoon | Posted 09.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gases, Barack Obama, Green News
David Sassoon

At the heart of Obama's plan is a target to put 1 million fuel-efficient vehicles on the road by 2015, with the federal government a primary guaranteed customer.

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Climate Change and Race: Naked Truths & Ugly Politics

David Sassoon | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Climate Change, John McCain, Greenhouse Gases, Barack Obama, Politics News
David Sassoon

And so, as the race issue briefly erupted front and center in the presidential campaign last week, with McCain accusing Obama of playing the "race card", it also emerged in the climate debate at the same time. Curious.

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100 Months and Counting Until Climate Change Is Irreversible

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 09.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Taxes, United Kingdom, Oil Prices, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, China Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Carbon Credits, Greenhouse Gases, Climate Change, United States, Treehugger, Global Warming, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

Runaway changes in weather patterns will start, there will be droughts; we can expect to see the collapse of species in the sea and on land. Basically, terribly scary stuff is expected to happen.

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Hydrogen Is The Answer ... Uh, Isn't It?

Steve Parker | Posted 08.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Bmw, John McCain, Equinox, Gm, Internal Combustion Engine, Hydrogen Car, General Motors, Mazda, Greenhouse Gases, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Honda, FCX Clarity, Barack Obama, Shell Oil, Green Cars, Green News
Steve Parker

If Obama is sworn in, how can he best get us on the road to using hydrogen, along with wind and sea power, as a critical element in producing electricity for this country ... and for our cars?

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The Big Green Bus: Ex-Diesel Goes Veggie

Patrick Pfeiffer | Posted 08.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Carbon, Greenhouse Gases, Veggie Oil, Green, Environment, Carbon Credits, Dartmouth, Kyoto, Green Energy, Pfeiffer, Green News
Patrick Pfeiffer

The recent ramping up in production of biodiesel and ethanol has brought forth some bad rap to the alternative fuels world. The negative side to increased biodiesel and ethanol production includes . . .

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EPA Chief Won't Explain Climate Choices

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 08.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Global Warming, Epa, Stephen Johnson, Greenhouse Gases, Green News

WASHINGTON — Environmental Protection Agency chief Stephen Johnson has declined to explain before Congress how a conclusion he made last year th...

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Facts and Lies about Lowering Oil Prices

Alan Rosenblatt | Posted 07.30.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Gas Prices, Center for American Progress Action Fund, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Energy Security, Renewable Energy, Big Oil Profits, Green Energy, Center for American Progress, Low Carbon Economy, Pelosi, Rita, Addiction to Oil, Big Oil, Greenhouse Gases, Real Energy Solutions, Oil Prices, Katrina, Spr, Green News
Alan Rosenblatt

Big Oil makes more money when prices go up and that money is nicely spread among its allies in Congress. Trusting these guys is like trusting your neighborhood pusher.

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Global Heating: Why We Must Shift to Carbon-Free Fuel (Part I)

Peter Hoffmann | Posted 07.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Biofuels, Carbon Emissions, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Hydrogen, Science, Greenhouse Gases, Climate Change, Global Warming, Green News
Peter Hoffmann

We must stop putting carbon into the air in the first place -- not take it out afterwards -- and we must start moving towards a carbon-free chemical fuel -- hydrogen -- now to begin veering away from catastrophe.

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G.M. CEO: "G.M. Will be a Survivor." -- But Retirees May Not

David Sassoon | Posted 07.24.2008 | Green

Read More: General Motors, Gm, Greenhouse Gases, Green News
David Sassoon

CEO Wagoner may be confident that G.M. will be a survivor, but Mr. Parker was just handed a death sentence. He won't be able to afford the cancer drug that is keeping him alive.

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Bush's Johnson Releases Lame Duck Poison

David Sassoon | Posted 07.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Greenhouse Gases, George W. Bush, Epa, Stephen Johnson, Green News
David Sassoon

No matter how you slice it, the regulation of greenhouse gases will have a profound effect on every sector of the economy. And we need profound effects, quickly.

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Our Denier-In-Chief Punts While the World Pants

Kerry Trueman | Posted 07.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Epa, Greenhouse Gases, Bush Administration, Global Warming, Climate Change, Farm Workers, California Wildfires, Wildfires, Green News
Kerry Trueman

Is global warming a hazard to your health? Just ask Abdon Felix Garcia, a farm worker in California. Oh, wait! You can't, because he died on Wednesday after working in a vineyard in 108 degree heat.

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NYC Leads By Example, Plans To Cut Greenhouse Gases By 30 Percent

Reuters | Joan Gralla | Posted 07.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Ed Skyler, Carbon Emissions, Michael Bloomberg, Mike Bloomberg, Greenhouse Gases, Green Living, New York, Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City will spend $2.3 billion to cut greenhouse gas emissions from municipal buildings and operations by 30 percent in 30...

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Permafrost Threatened by Rapid Retreat of Arctic Sea Ice

Janet Ritz | Posted 07.09.2008 | Green

Read More: No Ice North Pole, The Environmentalist, Green News, North Pole Ice, North Pole, Green, Science, Permafrost, Climate Crisis, Methane, Greenhouse Effect, Arctic, Sea Ice, Rising Sea Level, Greenhouse Gases, Environment, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Global Warming, c02, Green News
Janet Ritz

A new study warns that the integrity of carbon and methane sequestering permafrost is threatened by the rapid retreat of Arctic Sea Ice, and this summer may see the first ice-free North Pole for the first time in recorded history.

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While Earth Warms

David Victor | Posted 06.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Price Floors, Carbon Tax, Carbon Emissions, High Oil Prices, Greenhouse Gases, Gas Tax, Oil Prices, Climate Change, Oil Politics, Green News
David Victor

Serious global warming policies require careful political engineering because they imply a radical reorganization of the energy system. Last week's vote is a reminder that those policies could be years away.

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