by Ashley Braun
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CRU cut
Skeptics claim global warming is fake after top scientists’ emails hacked at CRU 0
Posted 7 hours, 56 minutes ago Thousands of emails from a top climate research center have been hacked and illegally posted on the internet. Global warming skeptics are taking this opportunity (and out-of-context quotes from the alleged emails) to spread the word that "global warming is a fraud." Read More -
Bawdy bubble bath
Toxic suds want to watch you shower 0
Posted 1 day ago The self-proclaimed “people against dirty” at Method want you to know what’s in your cleaners. Here’s their risqué video. Read More -
things that go pumpkin the night
The most frightening story this Halloween is ... pumpkintop removal 1
Posted 3 weeks ago I want to draw attention to one of the gravest -- but least publicized -- environmental crimes of our times. It is one of brutal violence, utter waste, and total disregard for the earth's resources. Yes, I'm referring to ... pumpkintop removal. Read More -
Polluting and young minds
Sen. Kerry to youth on climate bill: We’re gonna need your help 2
Posted 3 weeks, 2 days ago On a conference call Tuesday night with young climate activists, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) hinted that sort-of climate news will come out of President Obama's upcoming trip to China and that getting a bill through Congress will mean compromising with Republicans who want more nuclear energy. Read More -
Action pact day
Find an action. Shout 350. Tell us about it! 7
Posted 4 weeks ago There's still time to find the biggest, weirdest, adorablest, most inspirational, or flat-out nearest event for Saturday's International Day of Climate Action. Here are a few examples. Read More -
1Tweet to rule them all
1Sky looks to Twitter for climate movement’s next rallying cry 0
Posted 1 month ago Join 1Sky's "1Climate, 1Tweet" contest to become the voice of the climate movement this fall. Read More -
Beware of 'BAD' puns
Bloggers of all stripes grab a piece of the climate pie for Blog Action Day 2009 7
Posted 1 month ago The theme of this year's Blog Action Day is near and dear to Grist: climate change. Since we write about the issue a fair bit ourselves (OK, incessantly and obsessively), we looked for hot posts in unexpected places. See who surprised us. Read More -
Now you see them, soon you won't
WWF finds tons of new species about to be wiped out by climate change [slideshow] 1
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago The World Wildlife Fund is really excited to tell you about the 100+ crazy, new plants and animals it found in Southeast Asia in 2008. But it's totally bummed that most of them are threatened with extinction by climate change. See them before they're gone! Read More -
Did Melissa Etheridge need to "wake up" too?
Thousands send Global Climate Wake-Up Call to world leaders, leave messages 2
Posted 2 months ago Thousands of activists Monday called out world leaders for their loads of lip-flapping and foot-dragging on climate action. Literally. The voicemail message they left? Quit hitting snooze and wake up to the threat of climate change. See the photos and videos of the Wake-Up Calls. Read More -
Paved paradise put up a lot of parks
Slideshow: PARK(ing) Day puts people and greenery, not cars, in transformed parking spaces 2
Posted 2 months ago I think you'll be hard-pressed to find someone who thinks parking spaces are prettier and more fun than public parks. Which is one reason artists and citizens across the world are transforming city parking spots into one-day public green spaces for PARK(ing) Day 2009. Check out a slideshow of these PARKs from all over -- and don't forget to feed the meter! Read More
