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Another Time, Another Displace
Environmental problems to displace millions, experts say |
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09 Oct 2008 |
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| Posted at 7:22 AM on 09 Oct 2008 By 2050, some 200 million people will be displaced by environmental problems, including climate change, experts warned at this week's Environment, Forced Migration, and Social Vulnerability conference in Germany. "All indicators show that we are dealing with a major emerging global problem," said Janos Bogardi of the Institute on the Environment and Human Security. ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, news (all these topics) |
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Let's talk about caps, baby
Enviros cheer debate talk about climate and energy, but want more details |
Kate Sheppard |
08 Oct 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Say what you may about last night's debate, but it was anything but boring for enviros. Even if the candidates largely recycled preexisting talking points on energy and climate, the mere fact that both issues got top billing in a presidential debate was an historic first. 'What strikes me as important is that energy has risen to the top of the list in terms of issues that people are concerned about right now. It's really energy, the economy, health care, and the w ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, climate, elections, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Bloc Party
E.U. Parliament votes on proposals to cut emissions 20 percent by 2020 |
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08 Oct 2008 |
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| Posted at 5:16 AM on 08 Oct 2008 On Tuesday, the European Parliament's environment committee voted on a range of proposals intended to help achieve the European Union's ambitious goal of cutting its greenhouse-gas emissions 20 percent by 2020. The committee voted to force E.U. utilities to buy all their pollution permits by 2013 and to enact strict carbon caps on power plants by 2015 that would essentially prohibi ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, European Union, international politics, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Commerce clause
The House Energy and Commerce Committee releases draft of potential climate legislation |
Kate Sheppard |
07 Oct 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Energy and Commerce Committee Chair John Dingell (D-Mich.) and ranking member Rick Boucher (D-Va.) released a 'discussion draft' of their long-awaited climate change legislation today. 'This draft is the culmination of nearly two years of intensive work on climate change by the Committee and marks an important step in our ongoing efforts to address this increasingly serious problem,' wrote Dingell and Boucher in a memo to fellow committee members [PDF] today. 'Poli ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Under the Weather
Climate change will further spread of wildlife-to-human diseases, says report |
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07 Oct 2008 |
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| Posted at 2:50 PM on 07 Oct 2008 Climate change is likely to further the spread of a "deadly dozen" diseases that are transmitted from animals to humans, says a new report from the Wildlife Conservation Society. The nasties: avian flu, babesiosis, cholera, Ebola, Lyme disease, parasites, plague, red tide, Rift Valley fever, sleeping sickness, tuberculosis, and yellow fever. Whee! "The ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, health, news, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Hawk the Vote
E.U. parliament to vote on climate proposals amid financial crisis |
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07 Oct 2008 |
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| Posted at 5:19 AM on 07 Oct 2008 Members of the European Parliament's environment committee on Tuesday will vote on key green initiatives proposed earlier this year, among them plans to alter the European Union's emissions-trading system, ramp up spending on carbon capture and storage technology, and eventually ban construction of new coal-fired power plants. The proposals are all part of the E.U.'s plan to cut gre ... |
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| Topics: climate, European Union, international politics, legislation, news, politics (all these topics) |
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On Your Markets, Get Set, Grow!
Carbon offsets still booming despite financial crisis |
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06 Oct 2008 |
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| Posted at 5:55 AM on 06 Oct 2008 The carbon-offset market in the United States is still booming despite the financial crisis, with offset sellers reporting continued gains even in the face of rising offset prices. Analysts say the carbon market's relative strength could mean consumers' green guilt knows no bounds or that the country's recent economic troubles have not hit most would-be offset buyers -- typical ... |
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| Topics: business, carbon offsets, climate, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Veep thoughts
Reflecting on (and fact-checking) the VP debate |
Kate Sheppard |
03 Oct 2008 |
Gristmill |
| With the lengthy discussion of energy and climate issues in last night's debate, it was easy to miss some important aspects as the vice presidential candidates sped through their respective talking points. For example, Joe Biden's repeated plugs for 'clean coal' irked enviros, particularly the folks at 1Sky. It was a 1Sky organizer who asked Biden about clean coal on a rope line recently, prompting him to badmouth it; that got the McCain and Obama campaigns bicker ... |
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| Topics: climate, elections, energy, Joe Biden, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08, Sarah Palin (all these topics) |
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The coal truth
Biden questioner says 'clean coal' doesn't exist |
Kate Sheppard |
03 Oct 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Last night, Democratic VP candidate Joe Biden said that his previous remarks on 'clean coal' were 'taken out of context,' and that he 'for 25 years has supported clean coal technology.' The remarks came after moderator Gwen Ifill asked him to clarify earlier, seemingly contradictory statements on clean coal. Clean coal leapt into the spotlight of campaign 2008 a few weeks back, when a woman asked Joe Biden the question that launched 1,000 shills. The questioner wa ... |
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| Topics: climate, coal, elections, Joe Biden, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics) |
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Bloomberg Where He's Planted
NYC eco-mayor will seek third term; mayors foresee green jobs |
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02 Oct 2008 |
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| Posted at 1:19 PM on 02 Oct 2008 New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is seeking to change term-limit rules and win reelection to a third term; if he succeeds, it will be to the benefit of his ambitious plans to address climate change. Bloomberg's PlaNYC aims to reduce municipal greenhouse-gas emissions 30 percent by 2030 through planting 1 million trees, converting taxis to hybrids, and making buildings ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, energy, green jobs, local politics, New York City, news, placemaking, politics (all these topics) |
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Veep stakes
What enviros would like to hear (but probably won't) in tonight's VP debate |
Kate Sheppard |
02 Oct 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Joe Biden. Tonight's vice presidential debate is by far the most anticipated debate of this election cycle. In the right corner, newcomer Sarah Palin. In the left, Joe Biden, a senator who's been in office since Palin was 'in, like, the second grade.' A series of klutzy and unflattering interviews with Palin on CBS this week has audiences primed for some colorful statements from her, while Biden's decades-long history of gaffes could also provide some fun ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, Joe Biden, Muckraker, news, politics, presidential race 08, Sarah Palin (all these topics) |
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Meat and Dairy, Quite Contrary
Cutting meat and milk consumption cuts CO2 emissions, study says |
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01 Oct 2008 |
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| Posted at 6:41 AM on 01 Oct 2008 Happy World Vegetarian Day! Just in time for the festivities, a new study from the Food Climate Research Network finds that cutting down on meat and milk consumption can help cut greenhouse-gas emissions. The four-year study focused mainly on the U.K., concluding that dramatically cutting the average Briton's weekly meat and milk intake could help reduce emissions sin ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, climate, food, green living, news, scientific research, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics) |
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The Govs Are Off
Schwarzenegger to host climate summit of governors, world leaders |
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29 Sep 2008 |
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| Posted at 9:03 AM on 29 Sep 2008 California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) has announced plans to host a climate-change summit in Los Angeles in November in an attempt to form an international climate alliance of local, regional, and world leaders ahead of United Nations climate talks in Poland in December. The summit invitees include governors from all 50 states, as well as officials from Australia, Canada, Chin ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, climate, news, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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The green evangelist
Denmark's prime minister travels to U.S. to sell climate treaty talks |
Kate Sheppard |
26 Sep 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Taking steps to combat global climate change can produce big economic benefits for countries, and it's time for the United States to reengage in international talks for setting specific goals for carbon emissions cuts. That's the message Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen brought to New York this week, part of his campaign to build momentum for negotiating a new climate treaty to replace the expiring Kyoto Protocol -- talks currently scheduled to take p ... |
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| Topics: IPCC, greenhouse-gas emissions, climate, Denmark, politics, news, Muckraker, interview, video (all these topics) |
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So Fresh and So Clean
More than $6 billion pledged to boost clean-tech in developing countries |
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26 Sep 2008 |
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| Posted at 4:01 PM on 26 Sep 2008 Industrialized countries have promised to put more than $6.1 billion in the World Bank's Climate Investment Funds, which aim to boost clean technologies and reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in developing countries. On Friday, the United States pledged $2 billion over three years; Britain will chip in $1.47 billion and Japan $1.2 billion, with contributions from Australi ... |
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| Topics: Australia, climate, climate change mitigation, France, Germany, investing, Japan, Netherlands, news, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland ... (all these topics) |
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Things Are Looking Upward
Last year's world CO2 emissions exceeded most dire IPCC predictions |
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26 Sep 2008 |
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| Posted at 6:33 AM on 26 Sep 2008 The world's carbon dioxide emissions in 2007 exceeded even some of the direst predictions of climate scientists, growing 3 percent from 2006 according to an annual report from the Global Carbon Project. The climb in overall emissions last year was especially surprising given the economic downturn that was expected to help curb emissions. For the first time, developing n ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, news, scientific research (all these topics) |
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Something's very cool in the state of Denmark
Danish P.M. urges United States to reengage in climate talks |
Kate Sheppard |
25 Sep 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen is in the United States this week to encourage engagement in the negotiations over a new global climate pact between now and the United Nations Climate Change Conference scheduled to take place in Copenhagen in late 2009. In a speech before a meeting of the Environmental Grant Makers Association on Wednesday, Rasmussen outlined his vision for a new global climate deal, setting the goal of converting the world to a low carbon ... |
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| Topics: climate, IPCC, Muckraker, news, politics, United Nations (all these topics) |
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Wood you, could you, prevent climate change?
Duke Energy announces investment in wood biomass on first day of the Clinton Global Initiative |
Kate Sheppard |
24 Sep 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The fourth annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative kicked off today, bringing together heads of state, business leaders, and representatives from non-governmental organizations in New York City to discuss major initiatives to address the world's challenges. 'Energy & Climate Change' are among the four commitment areas the conference is focused on this year, and former President Bill Clinton began the day by announcing several new commitments in that area. ... |
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| Topics: biomass, climate, energy, green jobs, international politics, Muckraker, news, politics, World Bank (all these topics) |
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'That assumption just went splat'
Al Gore on the climate and financial crises |
Kate Sheppard |
24 Sep 2008 |
Gristmill |
| In this morning's first panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative, former President Bill Clinton and his VP, Al Gore, talked about how the nation's financial situation might have played out differently if we'd dealt intelligently with energy issues years ago -- a theme Clinton has sounded several times this week. Gore said that the climate crisis and the financial meltdown are based on similar assumptions. 'The current economic crisis was triggered, of c ... |
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| Topics: coal, oil shale, Wall Street, economy, climate, energy, politics, news, Muckraker, Al Gore (all these topics) |
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West for the Weary
Western states announce proposal for cutting GHG emissions |
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23 Sep 2008 |
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| Posted at 3:07 PM on 23 Sep 2008 Participants in the Western Climate Initiative on Tuesday announced specific plans for cutting greenhouse-gas emissions 15 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. The seven states and four provinces will initiate a cap-and-trade program, establishing a carbon market that applies to industries and utilities by 2012 and transportation, heating, and other fuels by 2015. The proposed program is ... |
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| Topics: Arizona, business, California, Canada, carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, Montana, New Mexico, news, Oregon, Utah, Washington (all these topics) |
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Standard & Poor Form
U.S. biz waiting for regulation before cutting emissions, report shows |
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23 Sep 2008 |
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| Posted at 1:32 PM on 23 Sep 2008 Only about one-third of leading U.S. companies have set targets to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, compared to 74 percent of global corporations, says the sixth annual report from the Carbon Disclosure Project. CDP, an influential initiative backed by 385 institutional investors, received input from 64 percent of the Standard & Poor's 500 U.S. companies (a jump u ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, greening biz operations, greenish companies, investing, news, regulation (all these topics) |
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If Trees Fall in Deforest, Do They Make a Sound?
Al Gore, Wangari Maathai urge U.N. to tackle deforestation in next climate treaty |
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23 Sep 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:08 AM on 23 Sep 2008 Nobel Peace Prize winners Al Gore and Wangari Maathai urged United Nations countries on Monday to pay special attention to tropical deforestation in their next international climate treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol. Preserving forests, they said, will help local communities, fight poverty, and may substantially slow global warmin ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, deforestation, habitat protection, international treaties, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Beyond the Fail
Failing to address climate change could hurt industry, report finds |
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22 Sep 2008 |
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| Posted at 6:37 PM on 22 Sep 2008 Failing to address climate change could significantly hurt many industries in the world economy that are together worth around $7 trillion, according to a report by the United Kingdom's Carbon Trust. The report examined six different sectors of the world economy -- aluminum, automotive, building materials, consumer electronics, oil and gas, and, uh ... brewing -- and found that b ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, climate change mitigation, economy, news (all these topics) |
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Bright Lights, Big Specificity
Chicago unveils detailed climate plan |
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19 Sep 2008 |
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| Posted at 7:19 AM on 19 Sep 2008 Chicago unveiled an ambitious climate-change plan on Thursday aimed at cutting its greenhouse-gas emissions 25 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 as part of its commitment to meeting the goals of the Kyoto Protocol. Along with over 700 other cities and municipalities in the U.S., Chicago signed the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, committing it to reducing its climate impact. Chicago's ... |
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| Topics: Chicago, climate, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Update on House action
House passes minor environment-related bills and works a bit on climate |
Kate Sheppard |
18 Sep 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The House got down to some business on Thursday, working to cross a few things off its list before time runs out on the 110th Congress. It passed the Commodity Markets Transparency and Accountability Act, which would curb speculation in the energy-futures markets. The bill was approved by a vote of 283 to 133, and it now heads to the Senate. The House also passed the No Child Left Inside Act, a bill to improve and expand environmental education. Sponsored by ... |
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| Topics: legislation, carbon trading, carbon tax, Congress, climate, Muckraker, news, politics (all these topics) |
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