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In Support of 350, It's Myth Bustin' Time: "Carbon Dioxide is Just a Trace Gas, Big Deal"

Jeff Goldstein | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green

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Jeff Goldstein

For all those that do not want to pay homage to CO2, I say -- stop eating. Or at least stop throwing around the expression "trace gas" so loosely.

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Fear and Loathing on the Road to Copenhagen

Ben Jervey | Posted 09.29.2009 | Green

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Ben Jervey

I've been in Bangkok for a scant 36 hours, and already the shame is sickening. I'm an American tracking the American position at international climate negotiations where America stands as the biggest obstacle.

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Artist As Citizen: Judge Our Climate Contest

Richard Reiss | Posted 09.23.2009 | Green

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Richard Reiss

Over the summer, we set a couple of dozen creative students the task of describing the risk from climate change, as framed in the most recent IPCC and MIT reports.

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A Modest Proposal (With Apologies to Jonathan Swift)

Geri Spieler | Posted 06.19.2009 | Green

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Geri Spieler

The solution, of course, is to slow population growth. The benefits from reduced reproduction rates among humans are 20 times more effective than lifestyle changes.

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Global Warming Warning: All Weather is Local

Gabriel London | Posted 04.16.2009 | Green

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Gabriel London

Beliefs in global warming rise and fall with, well... the mercury. And that spells trouble for those of us who believe we need to make changes now to head off global warming.

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Copenhagen 2009; An Interview With Katherine Richardson, Chair of The International Climate Conference

Jerry Cope | Posted 04.16.2009 | Green

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Jerry Cope

How many people in the US realize that the UN panel on climate change said there is 90% chance that the climate change we are seeing at the moment is caused by human activity?

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Climate Change Changes More Than Just the Weather

Olivier Kamanda | Posted 04.07.2009 | World

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Olivier Kamanda

This month, ten underprivileged youth from Kenya, Tanzania, and Ghana will climb Mount Kilimanjaro in order to draw international attention to climate change in Africa.

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England: a Dusting of Snow, a Climate of Chaos

Ben Carmichael | Posted 03.05.2009 | Green

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Ben Carmichael

Today was much the same; to me, it was simply the weather, and beautiful weather at that. But to England, it was enormously disruptive.

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NOVA's "The Big Energy Gamble": The Challenge of Climate Narratives

Ben Carmichael | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green

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Ben Carmichael

This is the problem of narrating climate change: it lacks the natural elements that make for a gripping story. Our earth's climate is a reality unfit for reality TV.

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Huffington Post Blows It With Recycled Climate Skeptic Nonsense

David Roberts | Posted 02.06.2009 | Green

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David Roberts

Let's examine a few climate-change-skeptical claims again. After all, the only thing hucksters need is for the rest of us to get tired of repeating the same damn truths over and over again. Right?

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My Letter to the Other Santa Claus

Javier Sierra | Posted 01.23.2009 | Green

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Javier Sierra

Dear President-Elect Obama: The legacy that awaits you under the White House chimney resembles more a lump of coal than a welcome present, which leads me to my first wish for you.

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Live Earth India Concert Cancelled

Huffington Post | Posted 12.30.2008 | Politics

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In the wake of the Mumbai attacks, the Live Earth India concert scheduled for Dec 7 has been canceled. Al Gore, one of the organizers of the event, is...

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Will President Obama Lead on Climate Change?

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 12.06.2008 | Green

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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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Global Warming and Predictions of an Impending Ice Age - Part 4

Bill Chameides | Posted 11.30.2008 | Green

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Bill Chameides

Where is the climate headed? The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts continued warming [pdf]. But others proclaim that an ice ag...

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The Oxymoron of Clean Coal (Joe Biden Had it Right Before He Had it Wrong.)

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

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Simran Sethi

Clean coal is a lie. The catch-all term is used by politicians and coal advocates alike to lull the American public into complacency.

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Giving Up Meat One Day A Week Could Help Climate

TIME | Bryan Walsh | Posted 10.11.2008 | Green

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Need another reason to feel guilty about feeding your children that Happy Meal -- aside from the fat, the calories and that voice in your head asking ...

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

Peter Hoffmann | Posted 07.26.2008 | Green

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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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Simple Solutions to Energy and Global Warming

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 07.02.2008 | Green

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Patrick Takahashi

Actual decisions affecting environmental policy will be made only if the world is by then in the midst of depression and oil rests at $250/barrel. But, then, isn't that a bit too late?

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Now What?

Laurie David | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Laurie David

The scientific community is tired and their time should not be taken for granted. And there is the fact that time is running out. So what should be the next step?

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UN Panel On Climate Change: White House Says Report Is "Lacking"

AFP | Marlowe Hood | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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During five days of negotiations, the United States repeatedly challenged passages emphasizing the level of threat posed by climate change, objecting ...

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UN Report: Earth Is 'Hurtling Toward A Warmer Climate'

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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The Earth is hurtling toward a warmer climate at a quickening pace, a Nobel-winning U.N. scientific panel said in a landmark report released Saturday,...

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