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You've Got a Visible Party Line
GOP platform acknowledges human-caused climate change, leaves out ANWR drilling |
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28 Aug 2008 |
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| Posted at 4:59 AM on 28 Aug 2008 The Republican platform for 2008, hammered out by the Republican National Committee ahead of the party's convention next week, is mildly greener than in 2004, making it "the greenest platform we've ever had," according to a member of the committee. The draft platform acknowledges humans' role in climate change but still takes digs at the issu ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, news, politics, presidential race 08, United States (all these topics) |
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NOAA's Arctic
U.S. scouts out territory in Arctic; ice-cover loss could be worst ever |
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12 Aug 2008 |
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| Posted at 1:09 PM on 12 Aug 2008 U.S. scientists will head to the Arctic this week on a quest to map the ocean floor, and will collaborate with Canada on a surveying trip in September. The two nations -- and their Arctic-bordering compatriots Russia, Denmark, and Norway -- are scrambling to measure their respective continental shelves, with an eye to claiming as much as they can of the estimated 90 billion bar ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, Canada, climate, climate change impacts, news, oil and gas drilling, scientific research, United States (all these topics) |
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Green Groups Doing a 'Face Plant'
Two coal plants given go-ahead by green groups after concessions negotiated |
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07 Aug 2008 |
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| Posted at 7:00 AM on 07 Aug 2008 Environmental groups dropped their opposition to two different coal-fired power plant expansion projects in Wisconsin and Texas this week after the utilities agreed to a range of concessions designed to limit the environmental impacts of the plants. In Texas, power company NRG reached an agreement with Texas Clean Air Cities Coalition and the Environment ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, business, climate, coal, Environmental Defense Fund, news, Sierra Club, United States (all these topics) |
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The Gore-y Details
Al Gore details plan for exclusively carbon-free electricity in U.S. by 2018 |
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17 Jul 2008 |
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| Posted at 8:34 AM on 17 Jul 2008 In a speech in Washington, D.C., today, climate activist Al Gore called for the United States to move toward using electricity that comes exclusively from carbon-free sources within 10 years in order to stave off catastrophic climate change. "I ask you to join with me to call on every candidate, at every level, to accept this challenge," he said. "It's ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, energy, news, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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Is It Graduation Yet?
Bush admin gets senior-itis, says it won't decide on emissions before term ends |
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11 Jul 2008 |
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| Posted at 7:32 AM on 11 Jul 2008 EPA head Stephen Johnson. Photo: epa.gov Instead of deciding whether greenhouse-gas emissions endanger human health and welfare and formulating standards to reduce them -- as the Supreme Court ordered -- the EPA will run out the clock for the next few months soliciting more public comment. The Supreme Court ordered the EPA last year to decide on the GHG-endanger ... |
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| Topics: climate, news, politics, United States, US EPA (all these topics) |
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Dally Affirmation
Appeals court won't force EPA to speed up CO2 decision |
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27 Jun 2008 |
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| Posted at 7:08 AM on 27 Jun 2008 A federal appeals court has decided not to force the Bush administration to speed up its decision on whether carbon dioxide emissions endanger public health or welfare. The administration's decision on CO2 is a necessary step in the process of regulating U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions from vehicles and industrial sources. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that carbon dioxide is a pollu ... |
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| Topics: climate, litigation, news, politics, United States, US EPA (all these topics) |
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The Weather Aboveground
U.S. federal report details climate change's impact on weather extremes |
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20 Jun 2008 |
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| Posted at 6:41 AM on 20 Jun 2008 North America will continue to experience more heat waves, intense rains, increased drought, and stronger hurricanes due to the worsening effects of climate change, says a new report from the U.S. federal government. The report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program is being billed as the first comprehensive federal review of climate change's effects on weather ex ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate science, news, scientific research, United States (all these topics) |
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Pump Up the Volume
China's carbon emissions highest in the world last year, study says |
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16 Jun 2008 |
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| Posted at 6:35 AM on 16 Jun 2008 China's carbon emissions were the highest in the world in 2007, exceeding those of its closest rival, the United States, by 14 percent, according to a new study from the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. The NEAA also found in a study last year that China was the world's top polluter in 2006, a finding some other energy agencies disputed. However, the emissions incr ... |
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| Topics: China, climate, energy, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Deep Space Excoriation
NASA internal investigation finds press-office climate distortion |
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03 Jun 2008 |
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| Posted at 6:21 AM on 03 Jun 2008 An investigation by NASA's inspector general has found that the agency's press office repeatedly distorted climate-change research findings and limited its scientists' access to the media between 2004 and 2006. NASA scientist James Hansen first spoke out about the press-office distortion to major news outlets two years ago, leading the agency to eventually alter its press po ... |
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| Topics: climate, James Hansen, news, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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Y2.1K
Ignoring climate change will cost U.S. big bucks, says group |
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23 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 11:34 AM on 23 May 2008 Doing nothing in the face of climate change would cost the U.S. $1.9 trillion a year (in today's dollars) by the turn of the next century, says a new report from green group NRDC. That includes big spending on severe-weather damage, real-estate losses, and energy and water costs. The NRDC report is aimed to counter claims that the Lieberman-Warner bill, set to hit the Senate floor in June, will s ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, economy, news, NRDC, United States (all these topics) |
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Weather or Not
U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions rising |
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20 May 2008 |
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| Posted at 2:00 PM on 20 May 2008 U.S. carbon-dioxide emissions increased 1.6 percent in 2007, according to the Energy Information Administration. Factors at fault, according to the EIA: wacky weather that increased the need for heating and cooling, and "a higher carbon intensity of electricity supply." (Our electricity supply is carbon-intensive? Who knew?) The agency was quick to point out that GDP grew 2.7 percent in 2007, so " ... |
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| Topics: climate, economy, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, severe weather, United States (all these topics) |
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It Was the West of Times ...
U.S. West warming faster than the rest of the planet, says analysis |
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28 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:42 AM on 28 Mar 2008 The U.S. West is warming faster than the rest of the country, and faster than the planet as a whole, according to an analysis of 50 scientific studies done by the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization. From 2003 to 2007, the globe was 1 degree Fahrenheit warmer than its average 20th century temperature; during the same period, 11 Western states averaged 1.7 degrees war ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, news, scientific research, United States (all these topics) |
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Unclear and Present Danger
Climate change may cloud Lake Tahoe's waters, study says |
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25 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 12:45 PM on 25 Mar 2008 Climate change will likely cloud Lake Tahoe's famously clear waters within a decade, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California at Davis. Warmer temperatures are likely to alter and eventually shut down the lake's deep-water circulation, eventually turning the waters a murky green, researchers said. "A permanently stratified Lake Tahoe becomes ju ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Only You Can Prevent Climate Change
Gore group will launch climate marketing campaign |
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24 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:42 AM on 24 Mar 2008 Photo: World Resources Institute Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection plans to spend more than $300 million over the next three years on a marketing campaign aimed at getting Americans to address climate change. With ads developed by the Martin Agency (the folks behind the Geico cavemen and chatty gecko) and partnerships with grassroots groups, the campaign focus will be o ... |
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| Topics: advertising, Al Gore, business, climate, climate change mitigation, grassroots activism, green products, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Science Unfair!
Climate skeptics hold conference in New York City |
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04 Mar 2008 |
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| Posted at 8:34 AM on 04 Mar 2008 A conference of climate-change skeptics gathered in New York City this week to congratulate each other for daring to challenge the accepted science of global warming. A range of high-profile deniers painted themselves as put-upon independent thinkers branded as heretics by the church of climate-change dogma. Films were shown. Speeches were made. Al Gore jokes abounded. But actual climate science w ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Mark(et)ed for Death
Three Wall Street banks announce funding restrictions for new coal power plants |
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04 Feb 2008 |
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| Posted at 6:24 AM on 04 Feb 2008 Photo: iStockphoto Three major investment banks, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley, will announce new environmental standards today that are expected to make it more difficult for large coal-fired power plants in the United States to get funding. The standards anticipate some form of cap-and-trade program becoming law in the U.S. in coming years an ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, coal, news, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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Snow Woe
Climate change leading to water shortages in U.S. West, says study |
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01 Feb 2008 |
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| Posted at 11:58 AM on 01 Feb 2008 Remember water? We're not quite at the point of calling it a thing of the past -- but it sure looks to become scarce in the U.S. West, says a new study in the journal Science. It's not natural weather variability or volcanic activity, say researchers, but quite clearly climate change that is leading to swiftly declining snowpack in Western mountains, which leads to rivers running dry, wh ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, news, scientific research, United States, water crisis (all these topics) |
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As I Lei Dying
Hawaii climate conference ends, scant progress made |
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01 Feb 2008 |
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| Posted at 6:50 AM on 01 Feb 2008 The U.S.-led climate talks in Honolulu, Hawaii, ended yesterday without much fanfare and without much progress achieved. By most accounts, it was a closed-door, bureaucratic nothing-fest wherein delegates from the 17 biggest-polluting countries spoke about the need to act, but no one actually did. The United States finally agreed to take part in forming climate-change plans with the rest of the ... |
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| Topics: climate, international politics, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Back to the FutureGen
FutureGen |
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18 Dec 2007 |
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| "clean coal" demonstration plant slated for Illinois Posted at 8:26 AM on 18 Dec 2007 FutureGen, the U.S. Department of Energy's massive "clean coal" demonstration plant, will be sited in Mattoon, Ill., officials announced this morning. Three other potential locations for the plant each lobbied heavily for the roughly $1.8 billion project to be built on their turf -- one other site in Illinois and two others in Texas. The FutureGen project, wh ... |
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| Topics: climate, coal, cogeneration, Department of Energy, news, United States (all these topics) |
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All That Glitters Is Not Goal
U.S. blocking agreement on emissions goal at Bali conference |
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12 Dec 2007 |
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| Posted at 6:42 AM on 12 Dec 2007 Defying all predictions, the United States delegation at the United Nations climate conference in Bali, Indonesia, appears to have successfully blocked agreement on specific emissions-reduction targets so far. Europe and many developing nations have called for cuts of 25 percent to 40 percent by 2020 to avoid the effects of catastrophic warming, but in the face of U.S. opp ... |
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| Topics: Bali 07, climate, news, United States (all these topics) |
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They've Got It Down to a Science
House report condemns |
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11 Dec 2007 |
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| "systematic" Bush admin climate-science manipulation Posted at 7:28 AM on 11 Dec 2007 "The Bush administration has engaged in a systematic effort to manipulate climate change science and mislead policymakers and the public about the dangers of global warming," concludes a report from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The report, written by the Democratic majority, is the product of a 16-month investiga ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate science, Congress, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Don't Say We Didn't Warner You
Senate Environment Committee approves Lieberman-Warner climate bill |
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06 Dec 2007 |
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| Posted at 7:10 AM on 06 Dec 2007 A climate bill with a mandatory cap on U.S. CO2 emissions cleared a significant hurdle yesterday. America's Climate Security Act, cosponsored by Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and John Warner (R-Va.), was voted through by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee after an endurance-testing nine and a half hour hearing. It will now go to the floor of the Sena ... |
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| Topics: climate, legislation, news, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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The Consent of the Governors
Midwestern governors sign greenhouse-gas reduction pact |
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15 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 6:51 AM on 15 Nov 2007 The governors of six Midwestern states and the premier of Manitoba signed on to the Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord yesterday, the first such multistate program in the U.S. Midwest. For those of you keeping track at home, along with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in the Northeast and an agreement among West Coast governors, about 48 percent of the U.S. populat ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, news, United States (all these topics) |
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And It Came to Pass
America's Climate Security Act passes first legislative hurdle |
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02 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 6:28 AM on 02 Nov 2007 A climate bill that would require mandatory cuts to U.S. carbon emissions has passed its first legislative hurdle, successfully enduring a hearing of a congressional subcommittee. America's Climate Security Act made it through the Subcommittee on Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection (or, as we say around the office, SubPSCSGWWP) on a 4-3 ... |
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| Topics: climate, legislation, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Watch Our Step
Step It Up climate rallies to be held around the country on Saturday |
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02 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 4:51 AM on 02 Nov 2007 Sixty-nine members of Congress and seven presidential candidates have committed to attend Step It Up rallies on Saturday and talk about their plans to fight climate change. Will you be there to hear what they have to say? Events are planned for dozens of communities all around the U.S. -- come on out and make your voice heard. find an event: Step It Up 2007 < Previous | Next ... |
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| Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, news, United States (all these topics) |
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