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Report From Copenhagen

Rep. Diana DeGette | Posted 12.18.2009 | Denver

Read More: House of Representatives, Green Jobs, Copenhagen 2009, cop15, Waxman-Markey, Noaa, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Global Warming, Denver News
Rep. Diana DeGette

It is almost certain that the final binding deal will not be reached in Copenhagen, but we have every reason to believe that we are moving in the right direction.

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Deep-Sea Volcano Seen By Scientists For First Time

AP | JASON DEAREN | Posted 12.17.2009 | Home

Read More: Bob Embley, University of Washington, Joseph Resing, Noaa, Samoa, Volcano, Deep-Sea, National-Oceanic-and-Atmospheric-Administration, Home News

SAN FRANCISCO — Scientists have recorded the deepest erupting undersea volcano ever seen, capturing for the first time video of fiery molten lav...

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The Trouble with Geniuses: They Forget to Reach High Schoolers

Anne Butterfield | Posted 12.11.2009 | Denver

Read More: Co2, Xcel Energy, NOAA Fisheries, Carbon Emissions, Noaa, Comanche 3, Ocean Acidification, Climate Change, Climategate, Global Warming, Denver News
Anne Butterfield

Climate defenders need a simple, concrete frame that captures the CO2 crisis, hopefully one that can be grasped with a high-school education. It's the acid story.

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Statisticians Confirm: No Global Cooling Despite Skeptic Spin

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Nasa, Copenhagen 2009, Global Cooling, Climate Skeptics, Associated Press, Fox News, Noaa, Drudge Report, Global Warming, Global Temperature, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

Despite the best efforts of a small handful of climate skeptics who argue that the globe has cooled rather than warmed since the record hot year of 1998, no such cooling trend has taken place.

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Reports Show Global Warming Already Hurting America; Fighting It Will Heal the Economy

Frances Beinecke | Posted 07.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Green Jobs, Aces, Clean Energy Economy, Economic Stimulus, Clean Energy, Noaa, Jobs for All, Global Warming, Green News
Frances Beinecke

We can debate the policy of global warming, but we can no longer debate the scientific reality that global warming is hitting us today.

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Global Warming Hitting Home

Harry Fuller | Posted 07.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Agreiculture, Weather, Noaa, Climate Change, Global Warming, Green News
Harry Fuller

Less than six months after Dick Cheney lost his power position in Washington D.C., federal scientists have re-gained their freedom of speech. Today a...

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A Day of Thanks for Our Oceans

Julie Packard | Posted 07.05.2009 | Green

Read More: The Ocean Project, Climate Change, Capitol Hill Ocean Week, Monterey Bay Seafood Watch, Seafood Watch, Oceans, Noaa, National Aquarium, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Ocean, Ocean-Day, Green News
Julie Packard

Americans now believe their individual actions can make a difference for the environment and the health of the ocean. They're ready to act - but they're not sure what to do.

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Are We Flying Blind?

Bill Chameides | Posted 04.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Earth-Observing Satellites, Noaa, Nasa, Climate Satellites, Green Energy, Green News
Bill Chameides

Now, in 2009 we find ourselves at a low point in our ability to monitor the climate from space. It probably won't come as a shock that the scientific community has not endorsed the decline in America's climate monitoring capability.

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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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Why Obama's Pick for NOAA Matters: Jane Lubchenco

Janet Ritz | Posted 01.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Ecosystem Degradation, Jane Lubchenco, NOAA Fisheries, Economy, Noaa, Ecosystems, Science, Obama Transition, Fishing, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Climate Change, Dick Cheney, Oregon, Green News
Janet Ritz

As reported in The Environmentalist last April, the Chinook salmon run in the Sacramento River has collapsed.

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Richardson Appointment Is Good News for Oceans

Frances Beinecke | Posted 01.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama Transition Team, Obama's Cabinet, Noaa, Acidification, Commerce Department, Obama Transition, Oceans, Richardson, Oceans Warming, Global Warming, Endangeres Species Act, Marine Mammal Protection Act, Ocean Global Warming, Secretary of Commerce Bill Richardson, Ocean Acidity, Bill Richardson, Offshore Drilling, Secretary of Commerce, Green News
Frances Beinecke

As Secretary of Commerce, Bill Richardson can position the US as a leader on international ocean issues. He is a big-picture person, someone who understands the global stage.

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NOAA(H) and the Whales

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 12.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Noaa, Whales, U.S. Supreme Court, Sonar, California, Oceans, Navy, Animals, Green News
Christopher Brauchli

Pity the poor whale. All it wants is to peacefully swim in the ocean. Instead it finds itself caught up in a net of litigation and rule-making processes.

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Palin Loses Attempt to Block Protection of Alaska's Whales

Janet Ritz | Posted 11.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Interior Department, The Environmentalist, Center for Biological Diversity, Noaa, Beluga Whales, Sarah Palin, Green News, Environment, Endangered Species, Climate Change, Alaska, Whales, Politics, Bush Administratione Endangered Species, Endangered Animals, Animals, Green News
Janet Ritz

Palin had opposed the endangered listing for beluga whales in part by questioning the science and saying the listings would hinder oil and natural gas drilling.

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Hurricane Bertha First Of Atlantic Season

AP | Posted 07.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Hurricane Bertha, Hurricanes, Atlantic Hurricanes, Bertha, National Hurricane Center, Tropical Storm Bertha, Noaa, Hurricane Tracker, Hurricane Season, Extreme Weather, Green News

MIAMI — Hurricane Bertha strengthened to a Category 3 storm Monday as it swirled in the central Atlantic, but it posed no immediate threat to la...

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NOAA Makes it Official: Extreme Weather Due to Climate Change

Janet Ritz | Posted 06.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Hurricanes, The Environmentalist, Green, Breaking Green News, Commerce Department, Floods, Weather, Climate Crisis, Sea Ice, Weather Forecasts, Climate Change, Storms, Drought, Environment, Noaa, Extreme Weather, U.S. Climate Change Science Program, Tornadoes, Global Warming, Green News
Janet Ritz

Congress, candidates and electorate take note: The extreme weather the U.S. has been experiencing is due to climate change and is expected to become more extreme in the future.

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