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Crisis or no crisis, you can't rush change

Copenhagen: Getting past the urgency trap 4
Posted 1 week, 3 days ago We didn't get into this mess overnight, and we're not going to get out of it in one dazzling planetary stroke of universal enlightenment, either.
The road to Copenhagen 0
Posted 1 week, 4 days ago
A Walk Through the Week's Climate News

The Climate Post: Where there’s a Will there’s a fray 0
Posted 2 weeks, 2 days ago No prominent columnist spends more energy prying climate rhetoric and understanding farther apart than Newsweek and Washington Post columnist George Will.
Given the high value of the morning brew you can bet that this commodity will soon have carbon insurance percolating around somewhere.

Would You Like Carbon Insurance With That Latte? 0
Posted 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Three reasons to follow Climate Progress on Twitter 0
Posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago
if they african do it, why can't we?

Why the climate movement needs more Ethiopian-style activists 10
Posted 3 weeks, 4 days ago Of all the amazing stories that emerged from last month’s historic International Day of Climate Action, the one that really caught Keith Harrington's eye was that of 15,000 Ethiopian students swarming though the streets of Addis Ababa brandishing 350 signs and whooping it up big time in support of bold global climate solutions.
PBS NOW - Electric Car Dreams

The long and wind-powered road 7
Posted 1 month ago The Danes are hard at work cracking one of the great challenges of wind power: the fact that the wind blows when it darn well pleases.
Denmark’s strides toward renewable energy future 0
Posted 1 month ago
Polluting and young minds

Sen. Kerry to youth on climate bill: We’re gonna need your help 2
Posted 1 month 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.
Olympic proportions

Oct 24, 2009 - Not just a global day of action; a historic turning point 6
Posted 1 month ago If you’re still looking for a good reason to venture out and take part in an International Day of Climate Action event on Saturday, try this on for size: the day of action won't simply be a landmark moment for the global climate movement; it could very well turn out to be a landmark moment in human history. And that's not an exaggeration.
Ask Umbra’s video tips for Climate Action Day 2
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago
A WALK THROUGH THE WEEK'S CLIMATE NEWS

The Climate Post: U.S. to Kyoto Protocol: just not that into you 0
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago The U.S. Senate is looking at new climate change legislation as the COP-15 global talks in Copenhagen approach this December. These two stories have fed off and driven each other all year. That they are happening together offers a clear view of just how stark differences are on what the U.S. should do.
These boots were made for cutting carbon

Timberland CEO Jeff Swartz on the new corporate push for climate action 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago Jeff Swartz belongs to a coalition of businesses that is lobbying congress and the administration to pass climate legislation.
Obama antes up

Carbon poker 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago I had a dream about watching one of those high stakes poker games that you see on TV. Barack Obama and Hu Jintao were at the table, each with so many chips before them that you could barely see their cowboy shirts. But the purpose in their deadly stares could not be obscured, even by the dark Ray Bans that shaded their eyes.
Suckers UK Guardian into printing utter BS

New York Times spins the greatest nonstory ever told 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
It's the Little Things

Global warming negotiations with 21 (or so) negotiation days left 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago You know the saying: "it's the little things that matter." Well you can't really take that saying too literally when discussing global warming pollution as it is the big things that ultimately matter, such as: pollution reduction cuts, assistance for developing countries in cutting emissions further, and support for the most vulnerable countries to adapt to the impacts of global warming.
Today and Always

Gandhi today 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago On Oct. 2, 140 years ago, Mohandus Gandhi was born in Gujarat province in India. I didn’t learn this from the New York Times, CNN, or any other mainstream media source. I didn’t learn about it from progressive media outlets, although it is very possible that one or more of them publicized it and I missed it.
Ahnold promises ‘action’ at California climate summit 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago Governor Schwarzenegger's Global Climate Summit in Los Angeles was a meeting of the “sub-nationals,” the global group of cities, states and provinces that have been taking concrete steps to curb greenhouse gas emissions and promote energy efficiency.
A Walk Through the Week's Climate News

The Climate Post: Gentlemen, start your lawsuits 0
Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago First Things First: The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a regulation that if approved would force the largest industrial emitters, including utilities, energy-intensive manufacturing, and refineries, to invest in the cleanest available technology for new projects or major renovations.
Obama is going to Copenhagen to push Chicago’s Olympic bid this week 0
Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago