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• Fresh Demands From Front-Line States in Climate Fight

  
  Dot Earth — Authority: 669
  Poor countries restate their case that rich countries need to help them confront climate risks and stanch emissions propelling warming.
  12 hours ago

• The solar panels that pay for themselves…

  
  Knowledge Problem — Authority: 616
  Michael Giberson From the Texas Energy and Environment Blog, reports that in New Mexico “ solar panels on homes can take as little as seven years to pay for themselves in energy savings .”  The post continues: That’s faster than Texas, where even in the best economic case, solar panels take at least a ...
  15 hours ago

• Wind the clock

  
  Chez Rmi — Authority: 110
  Conversations in the last two days at the Barcelona Climate Talks were all about the best way to rewind the Copenhagen clock. The clock hasnt stop ticking but its losing a few seconds every minute or every hour. Its been the case for quite some time of course, but the fact that after Barcelona everyone knows this ...
  3 days ago

• Cap and Trade Explained - The Short Attention Span Version

  
  Planet Green — Authority: 677
  Dont know what all the talk about cap-and-trade is about. This is about the simplest explanation that can be given.
  5 days ago

• Yes we can

  
  Chez Rmi — Authority: 110
  As people are pretty pessimistic here as the third day of the Barcelona Climate Talks is ending, I thought Id cheer up with an encouraging piece of news. The Spanish newspaper El País reports a new milestone in clean energy production : last night, 40% of Spains electricity was produced by wind . One year after ...
  6 days ago

• Can the U.S. Lead the Climate Conference in Copenhagen?

  
  Your Call — Authority: 123
  Can the U.S. lead at the climate conference in Copenhagen? On the next Your Call, well discuss the key commitments the U.S. must make to slow global warming. If theres no bill from Congress, will President Obama even show up? How can concerned citizens make their voices heard in the next month? Join us live at 11:00 ...
  6 days ago

• European Public Opinion - Declining Concern about Climate Change

  
  Blogactiv - EU Blog Platform — Authority: 148
  Climate change now ranks only third amongst the issues that Europeans consider to be the world’s most serious problem. The most serious global Issue is seen as ‘poverty, the lack of food and drinking water’ with the global economic downturn now ranking second. The Eurobarometer survey of Europeans’ attitudes ...
  6 days ago

• Not so ‘looming’ – Anthropocene extinctions

  
  ConservationBytes.com — Authority: 112
  © ABC 2009 Yesterday I was asked to do a quick interview on ABC television (Midday Report) about the release of the 2009 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . I’ve blogged about the importance of the Red List before, but believe we have a lot more to do with species assessments and getting prioritisation ...
  1 week ago

• Eat Local, Save Fuel! (True or False?)

  
  RedState — Authority: 801
  We often fall into the trap of acting on emotions, not facts. It certainly makes us feel good to feel like we’re doing something positive. But being a grownup requires discipline, common sense and thinking instead of feeling . Nowhere is this more apparent than in our approach to energy and environmental ...
  1 week ago

• E.P.A. Lawyers Challenge Cap and Trade for Climate

  
  Dot Earth — Authority: 669
  Two government environmental lawyers say global warming needs a big response, just not the one pushed by President Obama and Democrats in Congress.
  1 week ago

• B.A.R.F.F. Reminds You - Vote No On Issue 2!

  
  The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy — Authority: 611
  That just about sums up the Agricultural Industrial Complexs effort to take over the Ohio Constitution on Tuesday, so they can self-regulate, because, you know, it worked out so well on Wall Street and with Enron (to name 2 of, oh, a trillion examples)... In any case, Facebook group here . Video below. Happy Monday ...
  1 week ago

• Barcelona climate curtain raiser

  
  Chez Rmi — Authority: 110
  Ive been since Friday in Barcelona where Ill be staying all week for the Climate Negotiations . The Tcktcktck campaign asked me to organize their secretariat and help coordinate their activities at this session. Little more than a week ago I thought it would be cool to bring 1000 alarm clocks all set to ring ...
  1 week ago

• The Under-The-Radar Assault By The Agricultural Industrial Complex

  
  The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy — Authority: 611
  On November 3rd, there will be a Constitutional Amendment on the ballot in Ohio. This is no ordinary ballot initiative. Its very existence and marketing has been bought and paid for--to the tune of millions of dollars-- by national and international agri-business corporations and their front groups, such as Pioneer ...
  1 week ago

• Fresh Warnings on Climate Overstatement

  
  Dot Earth — Authority: 669
  Scientists point to the risks of glossing over climate complexity in warnings on warming.
  1 week ago

• Sick environment, sick people

  
  ConservationBytes.com — Authority: 112
  A quick post to talk about a subject I’m more and more interested in – the direct link between environmental degradation (including biodiversity loss) and human health. To many conservationists, people are the problem, and so they focus naturally on trying to maintain biodiversity in spite of human development ...
  1 week ago

• Some Tough Thoughts on Climate Policy

  
  Dot Earth — Authority: 669
  Readers share discouragement over the Obama administrations approach to energy and climate.
  1 week ago

• Tracking the White House Energy Forum

  
  Dot Earth — Authority: 669
  Tracking a live forum on prospects for a clean-energy economy held by President Obamas climate and energy team.
  1 week ago

• Turning crisis into environmental advantage

  
  Asian American Giving — Authority: 120
  The One Percent Foundatio n is a non-profit organization committed to engaging young adults in philanthropy. It is a giving circle and partners pledge at least one percent of their income to philanthropy each year. Our friend, Peter Kim , recently wrote a piece titled, Turning Crisis into Environmental ...
  1 week ago

• McArdle on the search for financial villians; Indiviglio on electric cars and power costs

  
  Knowledge Problem — Authority: 616
  Michael Giberson Worth reading: Megan McArdle, “ The Search for Financial Villains Founders ,” at The Atlantic: Business Channel . Apparently, damning remarks taken out of context from emails are not so damning when considered within the original context. On the other hand, I’m not so convinced by the ...
  2 weeks ago

• CNN/Opinion Research Poll – October 16-18, 2009 – Cap and Trade

  
  CNN Political Ticker — Authority: 849
  TOPICS: Cap and trade proposals. Full results (pdf)
  2 weeks ago

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