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Faiz Shakir, The Progress Report. December 10, 2009.
There is plenty of reporting to be done in Copenhagen, but instead the media is playing into deniers' conspiracy theories.

Transforming the Rust-Belt into a Green Belt

Blog for Our Future. December 10, 2009.
How do you rebuild Allentown for the 21st Century?

12 Crazy Futuristic Water Buildings That May Help Humans Survive Climate Change Catastrophe

* Staff, WebEcoist. December 10, 2009.
Twelve prototype habitats are making a convincing argument for mankind's offshore living.

Copenhagen Won't Be Enough -- Only a 'Human Movement' Can Save Civilization from the Climate Crisis

Fred Branfman, Sacramento News & Review. December 9, 2009.
A strange cloud envelops human civilization as its leaders fail to take the measures to protect it in Copenhagen that they themselves endorsed just five months ago.

How Hyper-Capitalism May Hobble the Copenhagen Summit

Walden Bello, Foreign Policy in Focus. December 8, 2009.
Unless we re-think the export-oriented capitalism that's causing all of our climate problems, the Copenhagen conference will be nothing more than a Band-Aid.

Burn a Tree to Save the Planet? The Crazy Logic Behind Biomass

Joshua Frank, AlterNet. December 8, 2009.
It might seem crazy that anyone would think the incineration of wood and its byproducts are a green substitute for toxic fuels such as coal. Think again.

Meet Stewart Resnick, Corporate Farming Billionaire and One-Man Environmental Wrecking Crew

Lance Williams, Center for Investigative Reporting. December 8, 2009.
Thanks to his generous relationship with Dianne Feinstein, a corporate farmer is successfully crusading against environmental preservation in California.

The Choice at Copenhagen: Heroism or Collective Suicide

Johann Hari, Independent UK. December 7, 2009.
We can make history -- or we can commit suicide. The choice really is that stark.

Historic Climate Conference Opens to Dire Warnings

AFP. December 7, 2009.
"For the next two weeks, Copenhagen will be Hopenhagen. By the end, we must be able to deliver back to the world what was granted us here today: hope for a better future."

Melting Himalayan Glaciers Threaten 1.3 Billion Asians

AFP. December 7, 2009.
Glaciers in the Himalayas provide headwaters for Asia's nine largest rivers, lifelines for the 1.3 billion people who live downstream.

Why Copenhagen May Be a Disaster

Bill McKibben, Tomdispatch.com. December 7, 2009.
Treating climate change as just another political problem may mean the end of civilization.

Good Cod Almighty, We've Got a Global Fishing Crisis

Keith Farnish, Chelsea Green Publishing. December 5, 2009.
Cos is providing the most evidence for the unsustainable manner in which civilized humans are pillaging the oceans in search of cheap and plentiful protein.

Copenhagen Climate Talks Set to Begin: What's Likely to Happen and What's at Stake

Bill McKibben, Yale Environment 360. December 5, 2009.
The planet's climate scientists, bureaucrats, activists, skeptics and journalists will descend on Copenhagen for a fortnight of meeting, marching, denying and most of all spinning.

Author Jonathan Safran Foer on Hunting, PETA, and Disagreeing with Michael Pollan

Kiera Butler, Mother Jones. December 5, 2009.
Foer's new book, Eating Animals, uncovers some ugly truths about America's meat production system, but he also weaves in stories from his own family history.

The American Worker Has Become an Endangered Species, But We Can Turn That Around

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, AlterNet. December 4, 2009.
We must build new economic sectors and nothing offers as much promise as do those of green manufacturing and renewable energy.

What Happened to a Binding Treaty in Copenhagen? Uncovering Efforts to Undermine Action

Brian Tokar, AlterNet. December 4, 2009.
For much of this fall, most public statements by both US and UN officials have been pointedly aimed at lowering expectations. How did we get to this point?

No Future Act of 2010: Oil Industry Comes Up With Their Version of a Federal Energy Bill

Riki Ott, Chelsea Green Publishing. December 4, 2009.
Not surprisingly, the industry's bill requires expedited oil drilling everywhere -- Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain, fish-rich Bristol Bay, and on the Florida Gulf Coast and Panhandle.

Righteous Porkchop: Vegetarian Rancher Explains How to Raise Animals the Right Way and the Ills of Factory Farms

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. December 4, 2009.
Nicolette Hahn Niman's new book offers a much-needed addition to the debate about whether we should be eating meat.

What's Cap and Trade? A New Video Breaks it Down and Reveals the Plan as a Scam

Janet Redman, MinuteMan Media. December 3, 2009.
It's a scheme that tries to sell business-as-usual as a solution to global warming. Here's how it works.

Senate Climate Bill Progress Report: "Definite Republican Votes," Dems Have New Demands

Brian Merchant, TreeHugger. December 3, 2009.
The status of the Senate clean energy reform bill may have fallen a bit out of focus as of late. But it's still very much alive -- and doing rather well, actually.

25 Years Since the Bhopal Disaster, We've All Become Victims of the Chemical Industry

Gary Cohen, AlterNet. December 3, 2009.
The Centers for Disease Control has documented that the average American carries more than 100 toxic chemicals in his or her body.

Cabot Oil and Gas Faces Lawsuit in Marcellus Drilling

Adam Federman, Earth Island Journal. December 2, 2009.
The company, which had to pay $120,000 in pollution fines earlier this year, has denied charges that it's poisoning Pennsylvania's water.

Why Direct Action Is the Only Realistic Path to Climate Reform

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. December 2, 2009.
The U.S. government won't shut down coal plants -- the nation's biggest global warming contributor. It's up to citizens to fix the damage that's been done.

Copenhagen, U.S.A.: Don't Miss the Dec. 7 Showdown Over Climate Change Here in America

Jeff Biggers, AlterNet. December 2, 2009.
The same day that world leaders are set to meet in Denmark, many Americans will converge on the U.S.'s biggest environmental ground zero: the Appalachian coalfields.

The Most Urgent Threat to World Peace Is … Canada

George Monbiot, Monbiot.com. December 2, 2009.
The harm this country could do in the next two weeks will outweigh all the good it has done in a century.

With the Copenhagen Summit Approaching, a Global Climate Movement Emerges

Bryan Farrell, Indypendent. December 1, 2009.
From Britain to Australia, members of an enormous, diverse climate movement are getting organized.

Bill Moyers & Jane Goodall: What Chimps Reveal About Human Brutality, Violence, Compassion and Hope

Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal. December 1, 2009.
A fascinating and wide-ranging discussion with Jane Goodall on what chimps tell us about human beings and what we must do to save these animals from extinction.

Activists Protest Natural Resources Defense Council for Collaborating With Polluters

Joseph Huff-Hannon, Huffington Post. December 1, 2009.
The protestors say that the environmental advocacy group has aligned itself with corporate interests whose goals for reducing emissions are far too limited.

Are You Brave Enough to Say No to a High-Stress Holiday?

Bill McKibben, Grist.org. November 30, 2009.
The problem with Christmas is that no one much likes it anymore.

10 Signs Vegetarianism Is Catching On

Kathy Freston, AlterNet. November 30, 2009.
Martha Stewart promotes a vegetarian Thanksgiving? Recently, much attention has been lavished on the horrors of factory farming and the advantages of a meatless diet.

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