by Emily Gertz
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Revealing the mysteries of Pittsburgh
Pa. Rep. Doyle on getting blue-collar support for a climate bill 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago How does a blue-collar guy from a Pittsburgh steelworking family end up supporting a climate bill in Congress? Rep. Mike Doyle explains how he came to believe that climate legislation is good for his manufacturing-heavy district and the whole country. Read More -
G20, your resolution sounds terrific
G20 cans fossil-fuel subsidies, but fails to make other climate-conserving moves 7
Posted 2 months ago At the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, world leaders announced an agreement to phase out fossil-fuel subsidies. It was the only climate-specific policy directive to come out of the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, and it fell far short in the view of climate activists. Read More -
G20 climate fail?
Climate protesters hit the streets in Pittsburgh during G20 meeting 2
Posted 2 months ago Young activists from the Avaaz Action Factory joined the mass "People's March" into downtown Pittsburgh on Friday afternoon, not far from the site of the G20 Summit. Their Twitter-friendly slogan: "G20 Climate FAIL." Read More -
I will SurvivaBall!
SurvivaBall: Your individual climate-change adaptation strategy 3
Posted 2 months ago The world's most upstanding corporate citizens, like Halliburton, Monsanto, and ExxonMobil, take climate change seriously. It's a serious opportunity for profit. That's why, in addition to spending millions to perpetuate the energy, environmental, and subsidy policies that sustain their ongoing operations, they've created this "gated community for one" -- the SurvivaBall. Read More -
A Djimon in the rough
Actor Djimon Hounsou wants to show the human costs of climate change 1
Posted 2 months ago Actor Djimon Hounsou is just as snacky in real life as he was on the big screen in Blood Diamond, The Island, and Gladiator. Better yet, he's also a climate activist and humanitarian. As a global ambassador for the aid and development group Oxfam, Hounsou has traveled in sub-Saharan Africa and seen the direct links between climate change and human suffering. Read More -
Finally
Boxer, Kerry will introduce Senate climate bill next week 3
Posted 2 months ago Senators John Kerry (D-Mass) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) will introduce a climate bill in the Senate next Wednesday, finally fulfilling their promise to do so by late September. Read More -
China steals Cimate Week spotlight, but U.S. still in the hot seat 1
Posted 2 months ago The U.S. was given a starring role at the United Nations Climate Summit on Tuesday, but China stole the show. Read More -
Power from the people
People pressure is key to action on climate change, say two climate movement leaders 4
Posted 2 months ago Activist Kumi Naidoo and economist Lord Nicholas Stern are cautiously optimistic about international action on climate change. And they both agree that citizen pressure is the key. Read More -
Wake up, yo!
Flash mobs barrage Obama and other world leaders with calls for climate action 1
Posted 2 months ago Around 30 people gathered at Union Square in Manhattan at 12:18 pm on Monday to make simultaneous cell-phone calls to President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, asking them to support a strong international treaty to slash greenhouse-gas emissions and stop global warming. The event, organized via text messaging, was part of a global Climate Wake-up Call to world leaders, with similar gatherings happening at 12:18 PM local time in more than 2200 locales in 128 nations. Read More -
What a difference a week makes?
Climate Week kicks off in New York with bigwigs and big hopes 1
Posted 2 months ago This week, leaders from around the world are coming to a U.N. Climate Summit in New York, where President Obama will give a speech on climate change and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon hopes to make real progress toward a new international climate treaty. Activists will be out in force at a slew of climate-related events in NYC, and then they'll take the show to Pittsburgh, where world leaders will be assembling for a G20 summit. Read More
