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US draws line with China on climate technology 0
Posted 1 week, 5 days ago
Access to green technology is becoming a growing stumbling block in global efforts to fight climate change, with US lawmakers bristling at what they see as China's attempt to "steal" US know-how.
Dispatch from the Major Economies Forum

What will the U.S. and other major economies commit to? 0
Posted 1 week, 6 days ago
I am outside of Mexico City with delegates from the world's 17 biggest economies who are meeting this week ahead of the next G8 meeting to further negotiate international climate agreements. Issues on the table include funding for forest protection, mid-term and long-term emission reduction targets, and financing for adaption and mitigation. The outcomes from these talks remain in doubt and other questions fester, like to what will the U.S. commit to?
Icelandic whalers bring in season’s first big catches 0
Posted 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Icelandic whale hunters have brought in their first big catches of the season, two fin whales weighing around 35 tons each, an AFP photographer witnessed Friday.
Greenpeace hands out fake copies of International Herald Tribune 0
Posted 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Greenpeace supporters handed out mock copies of the International Herald Tribune in several countries Thursday to press world leaders to agree on ambitious efforts to tackle climate change.
Climate change hits China’s poor hardest, activist groups say 0
Posted 2 weeks, 4 days ago
Climate change hits China's poor the hardest and also forces some of those lifted out of hardship back into it, activist groups Greenpeace and Oxfam said Wednesday.
Green groups unveil ideal ‘Copenhagen Climate Treaty’ 0
Posted 3 weeks, 5 days ago
An alliance of green groups on Monday unveiled their ideal for a new climate treaty, calling on rich nations to slash their carbon pollution by more than 40 percent by 2020 and by 95 percent by 2050.
Perpetuating myths about the European carbon trading system

Greenpeace’s indefensible attack on the House clean energy bill 0
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
If Waxman-Markey fails to get out of committee or fails to make it through both houses of Congress over the next 12 months or so, don’t expect any US climate action for a long time — the political mavens will not take failure as a sign to pursue a stronger bill. And failure would mean the international negotiation process would be dead. Equally important, why would China agree to a target if we don’t?
Not-so-green light

Some enviro groups not happy with Waxman-Markey bill 11
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) released the much-anticipated full text (PDF) of their climate legislation on Friday, prompting several big-name green groups to take sides on whether or not the House Democrats' bill is strong enough.
'Too Big to Fail'

First day on the job! 3
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago
Phil Radford spent his first day on the job as Greenpeace USA's new executive director getting himself arrested by staging a bit of climate activism in the nation's capital.
Greenwash cycle

Earth Day gets no respect 5
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Grist hates Earth Day because it thinks every day should be Earth Day. I’ve got a different grievance, however. There’s no @#$&ing enforcement with Earth Day. Anyone can claim anything on Earth Day.
Endanger? I barely know her

EPA’s climate finding ticks off industry, energizes enviros and congressional leaders 0
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Business groups, environmental orgs, and politicians weigh in on EPA's determination that greenhouse gases endanger humans.
Tufts University talk on state of climate

We’re F*cked 0
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Roe is Me!

The Fishery That’s Too Big to Fail 0
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Kicking grass, taking names

Greenpeace’s new leader talks up need for a green grassroots 2
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Greenpeace USA's announcement on Tuesday that the group is elevating its grassroots director to serve as the next executive director sends a clear signal that the 38-year-old environmental organization is focused on growing its membership and playing a lead role in rallying public support for big changes in U.S. energy and climate policies.
New Greenpeace report details path to clean energy 0
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago
What Happens in Vegas...

Greenpeace grades gadgets unveiled at CES 1
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Outgoing Greenpeace leader talks about activism, economics, and his next steps 3
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
Survival of the Protest

Greenpeace to pitch protest camp at U.N. climate talks in Poznan 0
Posted 7 months ago
Tell a Phone

Nokia is greenest electronics company, says Greenpeace 1
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
The Coal Hard Facts

Reliance on coal ain’t cheap, study says 0
Posted 8 months, 1 week ago