Obama Climate Change

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Climategate and the Life-Cycle of Nontroversy

Matt Osborne | Posted 12.04.2009 | Green

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Nontroversy feeds on empty, twisted brains. In this case, a general unfamiliarity with the language of scientific banter allows the "climategate" nontroversy to overwhelm the consensus on global warming.

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Global Warming's Impacts Have Sped Up, Worsened Since Kyoto

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green

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WASHINGTON — Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated – beyond some of the...

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Obama and Hu Jintao Talk Climate Change: "We Must Rally The World" For Climate Deal In Copenhagen

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN and ARTHUR MAX | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green

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BEIJING — President Barack Obama, with China's leader at his side, lifted his sights Tuesday for a broad interim accord at next month's climate ...

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Kumi Naidoo, New Greenpeace President, "Disappointed" In Obama

BBC | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

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The new head of Greenpeace, South African Kumi Naidoo, has told the BBC he will make human life more of a priority for the environmental group. Mr Na...

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Obama Hobbled By Congress In Fight Against Global Warming

The New York Times | John M. Broder | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

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President Obama came into office pledging to end eight years of American inaction on climate change under President George W. Bush, and all year he ha...

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Copenhagen Climate Treaty on Death-Watch

Kevin Grandia | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green

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Is the Copenhagen climate change treaty dead? I'm not willing to say that yet, but it's pretty depressing here at the last pre-negotiation session und...

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Countdown to Copenhagen: Suing the Global North for "Glacial" Pace on Climate Change Action

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 10.31.2009 | Green

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Fed up with the "glacial" pace of climate negotiations and the unwillingness of the Global North to address their concerns, Indians and environmentalists in South America have come up with a shrewd new way of drawing the world's attention.

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President Obama Must Take the Lead on Climate Finance

Amb. Nancy E. Soderberg | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green

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The developed world -- responsible for both today's financial as well as climate crisis -- must help pay the costs for the developing world to do the right thing.

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Obama Treaties Face Uphill Battle In Senate

The Boston Globe | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

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President Obama's vision of global cooperation - symbolized by his surprise Nobel Peace Prize - is in for a crucial test in the months ahead when he b...

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Obama Visits MIT Research Lab, Tours Cutting Edge Green Technology (PHOTOS)

Posted 10.23.2009 | Technology

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President Barack Obama toured a research laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he took a tour of some of the cutting ed...

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Obama MIT Green Speech: We Must Fight Cynics And Deniers On Climate Bill

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — President Barack Obama said Friday that opponents of his energy bill are disputing the evidence of global warming in a cynica...

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Chamber of Commerce: A Long History of Killing Clean Energy Policy

James Hoggan | Posted 10.21.2009 | Green

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A diminished role for the U.S. Chamber would brighten the prospects of passing climate and energy policy in the United States and abroad.

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Ed Miliband, British Minister, Calls For US Action On Climate Change

guardian.co.uk | John Vidal, Environment Editor | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

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Britain has ramped up the pressure on the US and other countries to come up with firm targets and commitments to reduce carbon emissions to ensure a n...

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Going To Copenhagen Empty-Handed

Robert Reich | Posted 10.13.2009 | Green

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There's no way between now and Copenhagen that Obama can get a strong climate bill through Congress. So here's my suggestion.

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World Leaders Fiddle While the World Burns: Time for a New Climate Strategy

Brendan Smith | Posted 10.06.2009 | Green

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We have learned a great deal more about the science of climate change. But we have barely begun to discuss what kind of political change is necessary to do what must be done.

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Obama UN Climate Change Speech (Text)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

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President Obama delivered a speech to the United Nations today as 100 world leaders gathered for the highest-level summit yet on climate change. Obama...

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Brownback Says What?

Mike Nellis | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

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Yesterday, Sen. Sam Brownback (R) had a bit of a problem while addressing the KS Chamber of Commerce. Turns out, whomever wrote his speech left out a crucial element: the facts!

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US, China Climate Change Accord Signed

Al Jazeera English | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

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The United States and China have signed an agreement to promote greater co-operation on climate change....

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Grading a Climate Bill, Part 3: The Top 10 Bogus Statements in the Climate Debate

William S. Becker | Posted 08.21.2009 | Green

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Not all the American people are intelligent enough about climate change to know their intelligence has been insulted. It's a complicated topic made more complicated by bogus arguments.

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Obama Needs to Show Less Paucity of Audacity

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

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So far the only people Obama seems willing to make mad are the activist base of the Democratic party who helped him defeat Hillary Clinton and John McCain.

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A Clean Energy Moment: Where Hope and History Rhyme

Margie Alt | Posted 08.09.2009 | Green

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Is the climate bill so compromised that we who care about clean energy and the fate of the planet should have opposed it? There are three main reasons why, despite its imperfections, we had to support it.

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Tom Friedman: Climate Bill Is The First Step Towards Change

nytimes.com | THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN | Posted 08.01.2009 | Green

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Rejecting this bill would have been read in the world as America voting against the reality and urgency of climate change and would have undermined cl...

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Time to Take a Decisive Step: Climate Vote Scheduled for Friday

Frances Beinecke | Posted 07.25.2009 | Green

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In the nearly two decades I have been advocating for climate solutions, I have never witnessed a more urgent moment or stronger leadership.

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Obama's Bank Overhaul May Stall As Congress Tackles Health Care, Climate Control

Bloomberg News | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

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June 16 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration's revamp of U.S. banking and market regulations may be stalled into next year as Congress and the pres...

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Time for Passion and Strategy on Climate Change

Michael Franti | Posted 05.26.2009 | Green

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If we do not change our negative habits toward climate change, we can count on worldwide disruptions in food production, resulting in mass migration, refugee crises and increased conflict over scarce natural resources like water and farm land.

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