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TckTckTck – Is the urgency of your views of climate change relative to your risks?
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Time Magazine’s “Hero of the Environment” President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives believes in climate change. This belief has caused him to put together the world’s first underwater cabinet meeting , and deliver the following speech to the UN, and pledge to make the Maldives carbon neutral. “Our ...51 minutes ago -
Climate Change? Never Mind
Gene's Blog —
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When corrected after elaborating on such malapropisms as “Russian jewelry,” in lieu of “Russian Jewry,” SNL’s late, great Gilda Radner’s/Emily Litella’s standard rebuttal was always, “Never mind.” Less than 4 weeks after British P.M. Gordon Brown issued his chilling warning of an imminent ...1 hour ago -
Webb Calls for Massive Nuclear Investment Instead of Cap and Trade
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Democrat Jim Webb of Virginia threw another wrench in the Senate climate debate on Monday, announcing that he is cosponsoring an alternative bill with Republican Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee. Their solution to the climate problem? A massive handout to the nuclear industry. "This is an issue that cries out for ...1 hour ago -
US Democrats aim for climate bill by early 2010
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Source: Reuters (Recasts lead, adds quote, details and byline) By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats will attempt to pass a climate-change bill in "early spring" of 2010 ...1 hour ago -
On Our Radar...
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Brazil sets emissions targets and other energy and environment news from around the Web.1 hour ago -
Senator Webb Prefers Nuclear Subsides to Clean Energy Jobs Bill
EnviroKnow —
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Following the lead of fellow Virginia Democrat Creigh Deeds , Senator Jim Webb is starting to sound like a Republican on energy policy: “In its present form I would not vote for it,” he said. “I have some real questions about the real complexities on cap and trade.” “That piece of legislation right now ...1 hour ago -
Kerry Says ‘Early Spring’ is Target Period for Climate Change Passage
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Reuters reports that Senate Democrats “will attempt to pass a climate-change bill in ‘early spring’ of 2010, Senator John Kerry told reporters on Monday.” While that timetable is not locked in place, Kerry said Democrats will try to adhere to it and pass a bill to reduce U.S. carbon dioxide emissions after ...1 hour ago -
Copenhagen will be non-event. Screw the planet
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What the governments of the world are negotiating is simply the continuation of the industrial machine in the face of global environmental change, but almost no public opposition. Oh, there’s lots of blather about how We Need To Do Something… sometime, but not now.. Down the road a bit, the esteemed leaders of ...1 hour ago -
Apocalypse Fatigue: Losing the Public on Climate Change
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Just up today at Yale360.org , Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus’ latest op-ed tackles the issue of “apocalypse fatigue”. Make no mistake, despite the ever growing consensus that global warming is a human induced problem, roughly fifteen percent fewer Americans believe that this is the case when compared ...2 hours ago -
Climate Change: Who Are The Deniers Now? by Dr. Tim Ball, Canada Free Press
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Article Tags: Tim Ball When you point your finger at someone, three fingers are pointing back at you.” Anonymous Finger pointing rarely includes facts, especially in the climate debate. The first finger said we were global warming skeptics, but was turned back when it was explained all scientists are ...2 hours ago -
Climate change gives ancient trees growth spurt
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Rising temperatures are boosting the growth of the oldest trees on Earth, but the adolescent growth spurt may – or may not – benefit the climate, say scientists2 hours ago -
Al Franken (D-Minn.)
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by Grist Al FrankenSen. Al Franken wrote the following letter to a Grist reader in early November, expressing support for “comprehensive energy legislation” and a “national energy plan that keeps our country moving down a path to a homegrown economy with more jobs, more innovation, and more opportunities for ...2 hours ago -
Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)
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by Grist Dick DurbinIn this letter to Grist reader and Illinois constituent Kevin Wolz, Sen. Dick Durbin signals strong support for the Kerry-Boxer climate bill: Dear Mr. Wolz, Thank you for contacting me regarding the creation of a national “cap-and-trade” program to address global warming. I appreciate ...2 hours ago -
Voices from Hopenhagen: Adam Lowry
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Image credit: Hopenhagen This guest post is written by Adam Lowry, the co-founder and Chief Greenskeeper of Method Products, Inc. He is also a guest contributor to TreeHugger. Theres an old saying that there are two things you never want to see being made: laws and sausage. For certain, one thing that the ...2 hours ago -
Nuclear energy is not a clean alternative The legacy of the Soviet Unions nuclear activities
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Even though the nuclear industry does not significantly contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, it is a disputable alternative to fossil fuels.In the former USSR people and the environment still have to cope with the nuclear industry’s legacy.2 hours ago -
Al Gore and the Great Debate: Will He or Won’t He?
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The notion of remaining silent is not one readily associated with Al Gore. But, by his steadfast, years-long refusal to do anything other than pontificate about his views, such as defend them in an exchange with anyone who might know what they’re talking about, he does seem to be adopting some form of the adage ...2 hours ago -
Have “Crisis” and “Catastrophe” lost their meaning for Climate Change?
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Proponents of reducing greenhouse gas emissions view the upcoming climate change conference in Copenhagen as the point of no return. Gordon Brown has famously said that if an agreement is not made in December it will be “irretrievably too late, so we should never allow ourselves to lose sight of the catastrophe we ...2 hours ago -
LCV Happy To Jog Blunts Memory About Oil Company Support
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Happy to spar with Roy Blunt about their "Stain" ad, the League of Conservation Voters launched a new radio ad today titled "Forgot." Listen: With the new spot, the LCV also breaks down Blunts opposition to meaningful climate legislation in Congress: Contrary to Rep. Blunt’s claims, the American Clean Energy ...2 hours ago -
The Senate is Hobbling Obama in His Climate Fight
TreeHugger —
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Kathy Bates doing some hobbling. Image via AMC Obamas sweeping ambitions for quelling climate change and creating a clean energy economy have so far remained largely unfulfilled. The New York Times goes so far as to say hes been hobbled --his goals metaphorically smashed to pieces by the Senate like James Caans ...2 hours ago -
Would a climate change tribunal offer justice to those affected by global warming?
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If Lord Bertrand Russell were still alive today, he would most likely be appalled by the Global North’s glaring inaction on climate change. One of the twentieth century’s most eminent philosophers, Russell was also an outspoken critic of war and irrationality. In 1966, just as the United States was ramping up ...2 hours ago