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• Crush Global Warming: Declare Your Independence From Fossil Fuels

  
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  Music videos don’t typically address climate change, nor do the musicians usually give you a shout-out in the video, but the Alliance for Climate Education (A.C.E.) is giving you the chance to declare your independence from fossil fuels by creating your own personalized Crush Global Warming video.  The clever ...
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• Al Gore Visits 30 Rock, Cleans Up Environment

  
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  As I pointed out yesterday, last night Al Gore was on a special green episode of 30 Rock !  His cameo comes late in the show but as usual the entire show is funny and it is totally worth it to wait a little while to see Al Gore interact with Kenneth. Beyond the Gore cameo the show showcased (and admittedly made fun ...
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• Al Gore to Appear on 30 Rock Tonight

  
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  I love 30 Rock and I love Al Gore so news that Al Gore has a cameo on the comedy program tonight has love just gushing out of me. The cameo is set to align with NBC’s Green Week and if the preview clip below (no Gore, but some good environmental commentary) is any indication the episode should be hilarious. ...
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• Oil Rigs Hidden In Plain Sight In Los Angeles (Video)

  
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  I’ve lived in Los Angeles for a little over a year now, and while I’ve noticed the small oil rigs on the way to LAX, I did not realize that their are other rigs located all over the city , some hidden within fake office buildings and others that you’d only notice if you were looking for them.  The city ...
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• Senate Pushes Climate Change Bill to Next Spring

  
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  Well, we kinda knew this day was coming, but it’s sad to report nonetheless: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has announced that said Senate will not tackle the climate change bill until next Spring, in 2010. Which, to spell it out, means absolutely definitely no deal in the United States before the Copenhagen ...
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• Coal Country: Host A Screening

  
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  The new documentary Coal Country examines America’s complex relationship with coal mining, a practice that to some people promises jobs and a reliable fuel source, but to others poses a grave and inexcusable threat to human health and the environment.  While I strongly believe we need to end our dependency on ...
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• Climate Change Helping To Spread Diseases

  
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  plastankas Flickr photostream/Creative Commons Climate change is helping to spread dangerous diseases, including malaria and Lyme disease, as warming temperatures are allowing pathogens to travel farther and more quickly than before. Obviously, we need to continue to push for a global climate treaty in Copenhagen ...
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• Warming Sea Temperatures Drive Cod Away From Cape

  
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  roytsaplinjrs Flickr photostream/Creative Commons Warming sea temperatures are driving Cape Cod’s namesake fish farther from Massachusetts shore as they seek colder waters farther out and deeper in the ocean, forcing fishermen to seek alternative catches.  Growing up just outside of Boston I enjoyed plenty of ...
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• Do Climate Change Scare Tactics Work? (Video)

  
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  The British government recently launched a new tv ad featuring a father reading his daughter an ominous and frightening tale of what the future will look like if we fail to act on climate change, but some critics are concerned that scare tactics such as this could backfire.  Personally, I don’t think the ...
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• Richard Ellis Takes on Polar Bears with On Thin Ice

  
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  Even as I speak, the very last polar bear may be dying of hunger on account of climate change, on account of us. And I will sure miss the polar bears. Their babies are so warm and cuddly and trusting, just like ours. - -Kurt Vonnegut, Armageddon in Retrospect. We’ve got 100 years left with polar bears. So ...
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• European Signees of Kyoto Meet Targets

  
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  Stavros Dimas Back when the Kyoto Protocol was signed, there were 15 member nations of the European Union, and this EU 15 (as they are known on the street) had agreed in said protocol to cut emissions by 8 percent from 1990 levels in the measurement period of 2008-2012, when the Protocol expires. Makes sense? Good. ...
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• Veterans Call For Clean Energy And Climate Legislation (Video)

  
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  A few months ago I wrote about Operation Free , a growing group of U.S. veterans advocating for a clean energy future and climate legislation, so in honor of Veteran’s Day I wanted to share with you a video of some of the organization’s members touring the country by bus to raise awareness of the threat that ...
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• Climate Change Threatens China’s Yangtze River Basin

  
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  paulmannixs Flickr photostream/Creative Commons Climate change threatens to unleash severe storms, droughts, floods across China’s Yangtze River Basin in the coming decades, unless proper mitigation measures are taken to protect the region from catastrophe, according to a new study from the WWF. While we should ...
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• What Are the Consequences of Copenhagen?

  
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  If you’re like some of us over here at TakePart, you can’t get enough coverage of the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. We even cover a lot of the news ourselves here. And that’s why it’s so exciting that over at The Daily Climate (TDC), today they are starting a four-part special report ...
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• Climate Justice Fast (Video)

  
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  The Climate Justice Fast began on November 6th as an international hunger strike to demand effective and justice action on climate change at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen.  Participants will refrain from eating food and drink only water for extended intervals and in some cases until the summit this ...
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• KlimaForum09: The People’s Climate Summit (Video)

  
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  While there may be some question about who will attend the UN Climate Change Conference, and what they will accomplish ,  you can be sure that the public will have an opportunity to discuss climate change in Copenhagen at the KlimaForum09. Billed as The People’s Climate Summit, the free event will ...
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• Developing Countries Threaten To Walk Out of Climate Summit

  
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  rolando.pujols Flickr photostream Developing countries have threatened to walk out of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen if rich nations did not commit to greater reductions of greenhouse gas emissions and more funding for climate costs. While I can understand being  frustrated by talk that the ...
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• The Repower America Wall: Voice Your Support for Clean Energy and Climate Action

  
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  The Repower America Wall , a new multimedia campaign from the Alliance for Climate Protection,  invites you to join thousands of people across the country in voicing your support for action on clean energy and climate change.  The virtual wall is a stunning and powerful visual testament to strengthening national ...
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• Norway and Sweden Push For Back-Up Plan If Climate Talks Fail

  
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  rickremingtons Flickr photostream/Creative Commons If the UN Climate Change Conference this December fails to produce a legally binding global climate deal, Norway and Sweden are pushing for a follow-up conference in early 2010 to finalize a new treaty.  While having a back-up plan seems like a good idea, ...
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• German Chancellor Angela Merkel Pushes Congress on Climate Change

  
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  Yesterday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke to a special bicameral (update: the correct adjective here is “joint”) session of Congress, the first German leader to do so since 1957. And, when she addressed Congress, Chancellor Merkel told our august legislators that they need to get their act together on ...
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