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Slouching Towards Copenhagen

Carl Pope | Posted 11.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Copenhagen 2009, India, Climate Change, Ipcc, Carbon Emissions, China, Global Warming, Green News
Carl Pope

What do we make of the prospects for global action on the climate crisis, given recent events both in the U.S. Congress and in the international conversations leading up to Copenhagen?

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IPCC Chair Says 350ppm Is the Number

Steve Kirsch | Posted 09.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Co2, Green, James Hansen, Ipcc, 350.Org, Rajendra Pauchauri, Global Warming, Green News
Steve Kirsch

We have the technology to meet the goal. What we lack is the political will and we need that in spades to aggressively pursue all of the clean power technologies we have for efficiency and new power. We should be treating this like a war, but we clearly are not.

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Climate Change and Conflict

Sam Black | Posted 09.20.2009 | World

Read More: India, Climate Change, Pakistan, South Asia, Conflict, Ipcc, John Kerry, War, Global Warming, World News
Sam Black

How will the changing climate affect global security, and should the two issues be linked?

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Let There Be Light

Carl Pope | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green

Read More: India, Mumbai, Ipcc, Light, Climate Change, Green News
Carl Pope

Imagine a world where everyone has light -- and no one needs to burn carbon to have it.

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Grading a Climate Bill, Part 1

William S. Becker | Posted 08.19.2009 | Green

Read More: U.S. Senate, Democratic Congress, Barbara Boxer, Climate Change, Waxman-Markey, Copenhagen, Ipcc, Greenhouse Gases, Obama, Pope Benedict, Green News
William S. Becker

If Mother Nature were handing out grades, she'd have a difficult time assigning one to the 1,200-page climate dissertation known as Waxman-Markey, now being considered by the Senate.

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Half-Baked Alaska: Palin's Confused Vision of Energy & Environment

Ben Carmichael | Posted 08.16.2009 | Green

Read More: U.S. Economy, Ipcc, Sarah Palin Resignation, David Brooks, Economy, Sarah Palin, Climate Change, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Republicans, Ben Carmichael, Green News
Ben Carmichael

Palin's argument is so dependent on established Republican strategy that is reads like a grab bag of worn-out phrases.

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Hans Jørgen Koch Explains Why IRENA Is "50 times More Than the IEA"

Lily Riahi | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Ipcc, Alternative Energy, International Renewable Energy Agency, Irena, Iea, Renewable Energy, Nuclear Energy, Clean Energy, International-Renewable-Energy-Agency, Energy Policy, Oecd, Politics, Fossil Fuels, Oil, International Energy Agency, Climate Change, International Relations, Macroeconomic Policy, Energy Security, Green News
Lily Riahi

Lily Riahi speaks with Hans Jørgen Koch about why we need the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) especially given the existence of the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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350 & Tck Tck Tck Countdown to Copenhagen Launches in Telluride

Jerry Cope | Posted 06.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Spectralq, Human Rights, Aerial Photos, Ipcc, Copenhagen 2009, 350.Org, Renewable Energy, Arctic Wisdom, Climate Change, Tck Tck Tck, Bill Mckibben, John Quigley, Green Living, Green News
Jerry Cope

Human aerial artwork allows people to use their bodies as a human declaration and visual petition in a way that is widely accessible, celebratory, and action oriented.

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Support Non-Profits on Earth Day

Matt Petersen | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Ipcc, Earth Day 2009, Leonardo Dicaprio, Green Living, Green Brain, Earth Day, Green New, Global Green, Green News
Matt Petersen

The green auction not only raises funds for Global Green's National Green Schools and Climate Solutions initiatives, it is also a reminder for the need to take action on climate change now.

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Support Non-Profits on Earth Day

Matt Petersen | Posted 05.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Ipcc, Earth Day 2009, Leonardo Dicaprio, Green Living, Green Brain, Earth Day, Green New, Global Green, Green News
Matt Petersen

The green auction not only raises funds for Global Green's National Green Schools and Climate Solutions initiatives, it is also a reminder for the need to take action on climate change now.

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

Jerry Cope | Posted 04.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Copenhagen 2009, Ipcc, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Climate Change, Global Warming, Rising Sea Level, The Guardian, Angela Merkel, Bjorn Lomborg, James Hansen, Katherine Richardson.Lord Stern, Bbc News, Green News
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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Outsourcing Emissions: Assigning Responsibility & COP15

Jerry Cope | Posted 03.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Co2 Emissions, Cap and Trade, China Emissions, Ipcc, Copenhagen 2009, Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, cop15, Susan Solomon, Noaa, Green News
Jerry Cope

That an agreement to reduce CO2 concentration levels must be reached is critical to the survival of human civilization as we know it.

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Cold Comfort

Dan Lashof | Posted 03.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Ipcc Report, Ipcc, George Will, Global Warming, Green News
Dan Lashof

When the IPCC predicts serious consequences from global warming unless emissions are curtailed, it's cold comfort that a few newspapers in the 1970s speculated about global cooling.

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England: a Dusting of Snow, a Climate of Chaos

Ben Carmichael | Posted 03.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Sarah Lyall, England, Global Warming, Britain, The Guardian, Snow, Ipcc, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Winter Storm, Winter, Weather, Extreme Weather, London, Green News
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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Breathe Deep the Green Winds of Change, Just in Time

Jerry Cope | Posted 02.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Barak Obama, Antarctica, Ipcc, 350.Org, North Carolina Obama, Environment, James Hansen, Climate Change, Bill Mckibben, Global Warming, Green News
Jerry Cope

Will Congress and the American people give our new President and his administration the support necessary to embark on the path to a long term sustainable future not only for ourselves, but the world?

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Global Warming Deniers: The New 9/11 Truthers

Sahil Kapur | Posted 01.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Rising Sea Levels, Joe Mccarthy, Hurricanes, Ipcc, Christopher Hitchens, Liberal, Conservative, The Green Revolution, Republican, Melting Ice Caps, Wildfires, Climate Change, Climate Change Skeptics, Global Warming, 9/11 Truthers, Partisan, Right-Wingers, Green News
Sahil Kapur

Both groups are convinced they possess a uniquely superior grasp of reality. Facts and evidence are muffled by their messianic quest to inform society of its delusions and inadequacies.

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Climate Change Policy: The Good News and the Challenge Ahead

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 12.20.2008 | Green

Read More: 111th Congress, Energy Efficiency, United Nations Climate Change, Green Jobs, Energy Action Coalition, Clean Coal, 350.Org, Ipcc, S Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Conservation, Climate Change, Green Business, Coal, Global Warming, Barack Obama, 1sky, Green News
Gillian Caldwell

30 national organizations working to combat global warming came together on a set of recommendations delivered to President-elect Obama earlier this month.

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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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Now What?

Laurie David | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Gore Nobel Prize, Ipcc, Al Gore, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Gore Nobel Prize, Al Gore Nobel, Politics News
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

Read More: U.N. Global Warming Report, Al Gore, Climate Change Accelerating, Council on Environmental Quality, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, The Earth, Al Gore Nobel Prize, Ipcc, United Nations Global Warming Report, Ban Ki-Moon, U.N. Panel, Global Warming, Climate Change, Home News

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

Read More: U.N. Global Warming Report, Al Gore, Climate Change Accelerating, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, The Earth, Al Gore Nobel Prize, Ipcc, United Nations Global Warming Report, Ban Ki-Moon, U.N. Panel, Global Warming, Climate Change, Home News

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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