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Another coal plant bites the dust 4
Posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago Minnesota and South Dakota residents stopped a coal-fired power plant project and prevented about 4.7 million tons of CO2, or the equivalent of the pollution from roughly 670,000 cars, from entering the atmosphere every year.
Barcelona outcome: White House strategy is plea for more time 7
Posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago The Barcelona climate talks wrapped up on Friday with the U.S. making a bid for additional time to get a climate plan in place.
Activists launch climate hunger strike 4
Posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago Climate activists from around the world will launch a hunger strike on Friday, describing their protest as a "moral reaction to an immoral situation" in the face of environmental catastrophe.
More clunker debunkers

Cash for Clunkers brought us ... more clunkers! 29
Posted 2 weeks, 6 days ago So how did Cash for Clunkers work out from an environmental standpoint? Don't ask. The most common deals swapped old pickup trucks for new pickup trucks that got only marginally better gas mileage.
Senate Democrats push climate bill through committee 1
Posted 2 weeks, 6 days ago Senate Democrats on Thursday pushed through a sweeping climate change bill, maneuvering an end-run around opposition Republicans who continued their boycott of deliberations.
EU ewww

Europe places outcome of Copenhagen squarely on Obama 2
Posted 2 weeks, 6 days ago Europe now predicts that a legally binding treaty is impossible to expect in Copenhagen, and that it could take up to a full year beyond the global summit this December in order to reach a binding deal.
Barcelona Balogna

Why developing countries cannot afford failure in Copenhagen 9
Posted 2 weeks, 6 days ago After the third day of climate talks in Barcelona, it's clear that much work remains to be done -- and 99 percent of the burden rests on the E.U. and U.S. The anger from Africa and the rest of the developing world will continue to grow, as will the carbon emissions responsible for climate change.
Chinabsession

U.S. puts onus on China for climate deal 2
Posted 2 weeks, 6 days ago The United States will not agree to targets cutting greenhouse-gas emissions unless developing countries, particularly China, make similar moves, U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern warned Wednesday.
Letter From Europe

Copenhagen reality check: Gov’ts concede new climate treaty unlikely until 2010 3
Posted 3 weeks ago Now it's out in the open. Key government leaders and U.N. officials are finally, publicly admitting what they have long privately believed: there is no chance of concluding a new climate treaty in Copenhagen next month.
pressure cooker

Obama urges climate action as Europe ups pressure on U.S. 3
Posted 3 weeks ago President Obama on Tuesday said it was "imperative to redouble our efforts" to combat global warming, as European leaders pressed Washington to take action on climate change ahead of next month's summit in Copenhagen.
climate bill forecast: cloudy, with a chance of lobbying

Flurry of lobbying cash obscures U.S. climate debate 2
Posted 3 weeks, 1 day ago When it comes to the debate in the United States over what to do about climate change, cash has clouded the issue.
Congress gets walled in

German leader likens the struggle against global warming to the Berlin Wall 1
Posted 3 weeks, 1 day ago German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday urged the U.S. Congress to take action on climate change.
common but differentiated despondencies

Rich countries halt Barcelona climate talks with inaction; Africa walks out 4
Posted 3 weeks, 1 day ago African negotiators at the U.N. climate talks in Barcelona refused to continue formal discussions about all other issues until wealthy countries live up to their legal and moral responsibility to commit to deep emissions reductions.
all about al

Reactions to Al Gore’s book o’ solutions, “Our Choice” 10
Posted 3 weeks, 1 day ago Tracking the best reviews, analyses, screeds, and tirades on the new book.
religious power

Religion gets behind fight against climate change 1
Posted 3 weeks, 2 days ago Leaders from nine major faiths meet at Windsor Castle on Tuesday in an exceptional initiative that supporters predict will harness the power of religion in the fight against climate change.
It's getting caliente in here

Negotiators take aim at U.S. on day one of Barcelona climate talks 1
Posted 3 weeks, 2 days ago The final round of negotiations prior to the Copenhagen Climate Summit kicked off Monday in Barcelona, Spain. Climate activists set the scene with 1,000 ringing alarm clocks that served as a literal “wake-up call” to the climate negotiators.
Putin says climate deal must take Russian forests into account 2
Posted 3 weeks, 2 days ago A global warming pact to be agreed next month in Copenhagen must take into account the carbon dioxide absorption potential of Russia's sprawling forests, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday.
E.U. agrees on helping poor nations fight climate change 1
Posted 3 weeks, 5 days ago E.U. leaders reached a compromise deal on how to help developing nations tackle climate change, but without putting a figure to Europe's contribution, officials said.
well suited for the job

Grass people invade Congress as Senate hearings wrap up 3
Posted 3 weeks, 6 days ago The three-days of hearings on the Kerry-Boxer climate bill are now over. Sen. Barbara Boxer wants to commence voting in committee next Tuesday. Republicans are threatening to boycott the proceedings. And an astroturf circus in the House!
Polluting and young minds

Sen. Kerry to youth on climate bill: We’re gonna need your help 2
Posted 4 weeks 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.