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Nov 12, 2010, 6:31 pm
The Weekly Mulch from the Media Consortium
by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger
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A year ago, it seemed possible—likely, even—that President Barack Obama would sweep into the international negotiations on climate change at Copenhagen and make serious progress on... Comment - Like
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Nov 11, 2010, 5:05 pm
Two research scientists from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies have recently concluded a study showing that climate change could likely become the principal driver for future wildfires if current CO2 levels continue to rise unabated.
Since the start of the industrial revolution, human ac... Comment - Like
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Nov 10, 2010, 6:14 pm
Over the past decade the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) has built the largest database in the world of primary corporate greenhouse gas emissions information reported by 3000 organizations from 60 countries. The information is gathered on behalf of 534 institutional investors managing a total of mo... Comment - Like
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Nov 9, 2010, 1:22 pm
Back in the earlier days of this blog, when Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth was up for an Academy Award, I wrote a piece called Al Gore Invented Global Warming. The title was a play on the common notion that Al Gore claimed to have invented the internet. In the article, I poked a little fun at both ... Comment - Like
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Nov 8, 2010, 10:16 am
GlobalWarmingisReal contributor Anders Hellum-Alexander wraps-up the climate and environmental news headlines for the past week:
These are two of the most important environmental victories of 2010 (in my opinion):
California just adopted a new Green Building Code that applies to the construction of... Comment - Like
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Nov 5, 2010, 3:31 pm
The Weekly Mulch from the Media Consortium
by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger (reposted with permission)
Climate Deniers Set to Freeze Progress in Congress
A chill is coming to Washington. A wave of climate change deniers were elected to office this week, and come January, we can expect a... Comment - Like
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Nov 3, 2010, 10:15 am
What do the Republican gains in Congress mean for the nations energy and environment policy? The fate of US environmental policy is tied to the fate of President Obama.
If the next two years are anything like the past two years, Republicans will resist the President’s agenda on energy and the env... Comment - Like
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Nov 2, 2010, 9:12 am
GlobalWarmingisReal contributor Anders Hellum-Alexander wraps-up the climate and environmental news headlines for the past week:
After helping to defeat the campaign for national Climate Change policy in the US, the Coal Industry is fighting the US government over regulating old, dirty coal fired p... Comment - Like
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Nov 1, 2010, 1:39 pm
Two new research studies quantify greenhouse gas contribution and amplifying effect of CO2
It has long been understood that the natural greenhouse effect, the blanket of heat-trapping “greenhouse” gases, clouds, and water vapor keep Earth from being a frozen, ice-covered ball.
One prin... Comment - Like
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Oct 29, 2010, 2:41 pm
The Weekly Mulch from the Media Consortium
by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger
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Since national energy reform is on the rocks, ethanol subsidies for the Midwest and ballot propositions to roll back progressive energy legislation in California are the most important... Comment - Like
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Oct 28, 2010, 3:37 pm
The COP10 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Summit wraps up tomorrow in Nagoya, Japan, where participating nations have gathered to attempt to work out a treaty to deal with biodiversity loss. As with last year’s COP15 climate change summit in Copenhagen, what began with soaring rhetori... Comment - Like
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Oct 27, 2010, 6:25 pm
Just don’t call it global warming
Despite the best efforts of those involved in the disinformation campaign against climate science, finding common ground on issues relating to energy and climate is possible. When the agenda moves from sowing confusion and doubt to finding solutions, even t... Comment - Like
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Oct 27, 2010, 3:24 pm
A recently published study from the University of Alaska has found that the majority of Alaska’s ecosystems and habitat will be significantly altered from climate change in the coming decades – particularly along the coastal region of the state.
The study shows that more than half of Al... Comment - Like
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Oct 25, 2010, 10:46 am
GlobalWarmingisReal contributor Anders Hellum-Alexander wraps-up the climate and environmental news headlines for the past week:
While gleaning stories from National Geographic (NG) I ran into advertisements for Shell Oil Company, like at the Scientific American site discussed last week. The stor... Comment - Like
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Oct 22, 2010, 5:42 pm
The Weekly Mulch from the Media Consortium
by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger
Last week, environmentalists and food advocates warily welcomed the news that Walmart plans to expand its local, sustainable food program. The company announced it would double its sales of locally grown food by 2... Comment - Like
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Oct 21, 2010, 10:06 pm
Of course, that is denial of global warming and climate science that is an article of faith for Republicans, and most especially for their Tea Party masters.
Despite the irony of many climate change denialists characterizing climate science as a “religion,” it is the unflinching rejecti... Comment - Like
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Oct 20, 2010, 1:52 pm
New media is helping environmental activists to combat the powerful propaganda and immense resources of the old energy economy. Although environmental groups cannot outspend or outmaneuver entrenched economic interests, the adoption of new media levels the playing field and democratizes the debate... Comment - Like
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Oct 18, 2010, 1:45 pm
GlobalWarmingisReal contributor Anders Hellum-Alexander wraps-up the climate and environmental news headlines for the past week:
A mountain in West Virginia has a target on its head by Arch Coal and Massey Energy. The EPA is revisiting a permit granted to blow the top off a mountain using dynamite.... Comment - Like
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Oct 15, 2010, 9:50 am
Coalition of the Willing is an animated film from Knife Party productions, written by Tim Rayner, and created through the collaborative effort of 24 artists from around the world.
The project addresses one of the main problems of our time: how to galvanize and enlist the general populace to underst... Comment - Like
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Oct 13, 2010, 1:16 pm
The last round of international global warming negotiations before countries meet in Cancun, is wrapping up. The meeting in Cancun needs to begin the process of implementing key elements of the international response to global warming. Cancun isn’t expected to agree to a “new treaty”, esta... Comment - Like
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Oct 12, 2010, 1:33 pm
Guest post by Kriss Bergethon
Solar Leasing: An Exciting New Way to Get Solar Panels
There are many ways to go about getting solar panels on your home. Most of them involve hiring a good contractor to design and install a system on your roof. And, unfortunately, it often involves spending a l... Comment - Like
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Oct 12, 2010, 10:50 am
EarthTalk® is a weekly environmental column made available to our readers from the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine
Dear EarthTalk: Is there any way to harness volcanic energy to meet our electricity and other power needs? – Antonio Lopez, Chino, CA
The short answer is yes: Heat gene... Comment - Like
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Oct 11, 2010, 1:57 pm
GlobalWarmingisReal contributor Anders Hellum-Alexander wraps-up the climate and environmental news headlines for the past week:
The New York Times wonders if the United Nations’s climate change negotiations are a lost cause. They certainly aren’t accomplishing anything, so why not look for alt... Comment - Like
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Oct 8, 2010, 4:04 pm
By Rosie Powers, Media Consortium blogger
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The Obama administration finally agreed to assemble solar panels on the roof of the White House. It’s encouraging news, considering that Congress was unable to pass climate change legislation this year.
While Congress may not... Comment - Like
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Oct 8, 2010, 5:29 am
Countries meeting here in Tianjin, China are trying to make final progress before the world comes together in Cancun. As I outlined there are some essential elements that need to be agreed in Cancun to prove to the world that this process can deliver real action, to begin to implement key elements... Comment - Like
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Oct 7, 2010, 2:16 pm
In this post Richard Matthews finishes his review of the just-released CleanTech Job Trends report from Clean Edge, LLC. See yesterday’s post for part one.
Clean-Tech Manufacturing Issues
Clean-tech manufacturing is creating jobs and, led by China, Asia is booming. China, South Korea, Japan... Comment - Like
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Oct 7, 2010, 12:10 pm
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Dear EarthTalk: A friend of mine working on the Gulf Coast oil cleanup says that at least 50 percent of the loose oil is laying on the sea floor. What’s the long-term progno... Comment - Like
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Oct 6, 2010, 2:18 pm
In its second annual look at the state of clean-tech jobs in the U.S. and globally, Clean Edge Inc., the world’s first research and advisory firm devoted to the clean-tech sector, released its Clean Tech Job Trends 2010 today. The report provides key insights and analysis of the most important... Comment - Like
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Oct 5, 2010, 10:58 am
sAs the overly subsidized fossil energy lobby continues to hobble progress for sound energy policy in Washington, many who understand the stakes for such failure of leadership look desperately for ways to transform an unsustainable energy economy.
In an effort to raise awareness about the need to r... Comment - Like
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Oct 4, 2010, 10:27 pm
What do IBM, Whole Foods, Walmart, Patagonia, and Pepsi have in common? According to Stephen Jannise, writing in SoftwareAdvice.com, they are all teaching important lessons on how businesses can become “greener” and more sustainable.
Walmart, you ask? You might be surprised. Find out th... Comment - Like
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Oct 4, 2010, 5:13 pm
With less than two month before the start of the COP16 climate negotiations in Cancún, Mexico, the latest round of preparatory climate talks began today in Tianjin, China.
Following is the opening press statement from UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres:
Press release from the UNFCCC
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Oct 1, 2010, 3:15 pm
By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger
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Congress couldn’t get it together to vote even on the smallest of possible energy bills—the renewable energy standard—before the October recess. That doesn’t change the reality that our energy dependent society n... Comment - Like
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Sep 30, 2010, 4:50 pm
Earlier this month, after a four-month long internal investigation, BP released its findings as to the cause of the worst oil spill in US history, with the conclusion that:
The team did not identify any single action or inaction that caused this accident. Rather, a complex and interlinked series of... Comment - Like
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Sep 29, 2010, 6:00 pm
Since the release of a report by the InterAcademy Council (IAC) recommending fundamental reforms for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the call for IPCC chairman Rajendra Pachauri to resign have gained momentum of late, especially in the UK according to recent reports.
Dr. Pach... Comment - Like
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Sep 28, 2010, 5:22 pm
Working to focus on solutions and a vision for a sustainable future, the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), Climate Week NYC, and a meeting of the United Nations to discuss Millennium Development Goals all converged last week on New York City.
At CGI, thought leaders, concerned citizens, policy e... Comment - Like
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Sep 27, 2010, 9:50 am
GlobalWarmingisReal contributor Anders Hellum-Alexander wraps-up the climate and environmental news headlines for the past week:
With electric cars coming to the market manufacturers will need to figure out how to recycle the expensive batteries that accompany them. GM and Nissan are making their p... Comment - Like
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Sep 24, 2010, 2:22 pm
By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger
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There won’t be any national or international movement on climate policy for the rest of this year, at the very least. And while Washington waits to act on climate change, at least one group is benefiting. The natural gas ... Comment - Like
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Sep 23, 2010, 5:26 pm
A global coral bleaching event is underway that many scientists fear will surpass 1998, the last global coral die-off that bleached and killed 16 percent of the world’s coral. Already, rising sea surface temperatures have devastated coral off the coast of Indonesia after ocean temperatures in ... Comment - Like
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Sep 22, 2010, 2:06 pm
The lack of progress on a comprehensive international climate change treaty has led some to question the viability of an agreement and look to the private sector for global warming solutions.
This December, the world will convene in Cancun, Mexico for COP16 to continue international climate cha... Comment - Like
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Sep 21, 2010, 3:13 pm
A record breaking hurricane season
The 2010 Hurricane season is still relatively young, but already one for the record books:
Last week, for only the second time since record-keeping began, two Category 4 storms were active simultaneously (Karl and Julia)
Julia grew into a Cat-4 hurricane by 5am l... Comment - Like
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Sep 20, 2010, 10:10 am
GlobalWarmingisReal contributor Anders Hellum-Alexander wraps-up the climate and environmental news headlines for the past week:
Fracking is a term used to describe a process that aids in the extraction of natural gas. The chemicals used for this process are under scrutiny now with the US Environme... Comment - Like
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Sep 17, 2010, 3:30 pm
By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger
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Maybe it’s time for environmentalists prioritize do-it-yourself climate fixes instead of looking to politicians. There are all sorts of options, including, for those dedicated enough, switching to an insect-based diet, as ... Comment - Like
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Sep 16, 2010, 6:02 pm
We first reported in 2007 of Walrus pushed off Arctic sea ice due to unusually an unusually low Arctic sea ice extent in the eastern Chukchi Sea, where they normally spend their summers breeding and feeding in the shallow waters of the continental shelf. For the third time in the past four years Wal... Comment - Like
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Sep 15, 2010, 5:55 pm
Mountain pine bark beetle infestation has brought devastation throughout the forests of the American west in recent years. In the face of a changing climate, especially in the high mountain forests of the Sierra, Rocky, and Cascade mountain ranges, the pine beetle has killed large swaths of Whitebar... Comment - Like
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Sep 14, 2010, 9:42 am
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Congress comes back into se... Comment - Like
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Sep 8, 2010, 10:49 am
With the celebration of Labor Day earlier this week, and widespread concerns about unemployment, it is fitting that we take a look at green jobs. Polls indicate that unemployment could severely hurt Democrats in the midterm elections and if Republican subterfuge succeeds in November, it will ma... Comment - Like
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