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Congress gets walled in

German leader likens the struggle against global warming to the Berlin Wall 1
Posted 4 days, 12 hours ago German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday urged the U.S. Congress to take action on climate change.
Berlin brothel goes green to beat the crisis 0
Posted 3 weeks, 2 days ago Stung by the economic crisis, a brothel in Berlin has leapt on the "green" bandwagon and is offering discounts to clients who can prove they arrived by public transport or bicycle -- with some success.
Why solar won’t topple in Germany 1
Posted 3 weeks, 4 days ago Since the new center-right coalition won the elections a few weeks ago in Germany, onlookers from the U.S. have been expecting the country to drastically cut its support for solar. But Craig Morris explains why solar there to stay.
Merkel and Sarkozy want carbon tax on imports 1
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
The leaders of Germany and France called Friday for the United Nations to support a carbon tax on imports from countries who fail to back international efforts to fight global warming.
Save the world? Yes or No?

Citizens want their leaders to make climate a higher priority, new poll finds 1
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
Americans showed the least interest of 19 countries in asking their government to make climate change a higher priority. But there's encouraging news too!
CCS "shocker"

The Germans’ heralded carbon capture plan? Pumping it directly into the atmosphere. 2
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
The Guardian reported today that the German carbon capture plan has ended with CO2 being pumped directly into the atmosphere, following local opposition at it being stored underground.
Angela in America

Germany’s Merkel praises U.S. House climate bill as a ‘sea change’ 0
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
The climate bill being debated today in the U.S. House represents a "sea change" and "points to the fact that the United States [is] very serious on climate," said German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a visit to the White House this morning. "I wish you every success. ... I would not have thought [it] possible a year ago," she continued.
Radiant Cities: Driving It Home

One man’s plan to re-create suburbia, sans cars 1
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago
If Sherman Lewis has his way, he and 950 other homeowners will soon be living in a car-free California paradise. But can he shift his vision into high gear, or will it stall out?
It Could Be Verse

Climate-news poem: plagiarism edition! 0
Posted 5 months ago
In which our doggerelist, forsaking rhyme and short on time, repurposes someone else's hot climate prose.
While we obsess about ‘clean’ coal and bail out the mortgage industry, Germans build passively 12
Posted 10 months, 1 week ago
Give a Hoot, Don't Dilute

Germany’s chancellor stands up for EU goals 0
Posted 11 months, 2 weeks ago
The bailout, the war, and renewable energy 2
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago
So Fresh and So Clean

More than $6 billion pledged to boost clean-tech in developing countries 2
Posted 1 year, 1 month ago
Pumpe It Up

Germany opens world’s first carbon-capturing ‘clean coal’ demo plant 8
Posted 1 year, 2 months ago
Dem presidential candidate calls on world to unite to fight climate change 11
Posted 1 year, 3 months ago
Hamburg Helper

E.U. has trash problem; Hamburg has trash solution 2
Posted 1 year, 5 months ago
It's Only Biological

Ocean seeding banned at U.N. biodiversity conference 4
Posted 1 year, 5 months ago
Interview with solar champion Hermann Scheer 1
Posted 1 year, 5 months ago
The enemy of the human race is set to wipe out Europe’s meager emissions gains 23
Posted 1 year, 5 months ago
Wind energy ad wins Cannes award 9
Posted 1 year, 5 months ago