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On AlterNet: climate change

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "climate change"

The Award for Nonexcellance in Climate Journalism Goes To ...

The Award for Nonexcellance in Climate Journalism Goes To ...

Dr. Joseph Romm, Climate Progress AlterNet: PEEK. December 23, 2009.
Unfortunately, the list is pretty long.

Copenhagen: Historic Failure That Will Live in Infamy

Copenhagen: Historic Failure That Will Live in Infamy

Joss Garman, Independent UK. December 21, 2009.
There is nothing in this deal that would persuade an energy utility that the era of dirty coal is over. And the implications for humanity of that simple fact are profound.

Conservatives Continue Their Assault on Climate Science ... And Reason

Conservatives Continue Their Assault on Climate Science ... And Reason

Brad Johnson, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. December 21, 2009.
Conservatives are claiming intense winter storms belie climate science. They are very wrong.

Copenhagen Talks End With Agreement, But No Binding Deal: So, How Screwed Are We?

Copenhagen Talks End With Agreement, But No Binding Deal: So, How Screwed Are We?

AlterNetDecember 19, 2009.
'The governments which moved so swiftly to save the banks have bickered and filibustered while the biosphere burns.'

Deal Reached in Copenhagen ... And it Looks Like Crap

Deal Reached in Copenhagen ... And it Looks Like Crap

Tara Lohan, AlterNet AlterNet: Environment. December 18, 2009.
Even when you are expecting this, it still sucks.

Obama Addresses Copenhagen: 'There Is No Time to Waste'

Obama Addresses Copenhagen: 'There Is No Time to Waste'

Barack Obama, AlterNet. December 18, 2009.
"America has made our choice. We have charted our course, we have made our commitments, and we will do what we say."

8 Things We Love That Climate Change Will Force Us to Kiss Good-Bye

8 Things We Love That Climate Change Will Force Us to Kiss Good-Bye

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. December 18, 2009.
We face losing everything from 50,000 species a year to the world's best wines. How to put it all in perspective?

Peaceful Protests Turn Violent in Copenhagen

Peaceful Protests Turn Violent in Copenhagen

Allison Hamm, The Media Consortium AlterNet: Environment. December 16, 2009.
The chaos outside reflects the increasing pressure inside as delegates turn to the U.S. and China for leadership in the final days of the summit.

Naomi Klein: US Lowering the Bar in Copenhagen, Doing More Harm Than Good

Naomi Klein: US Lowering the Bar in Copenhagen, Doing More Harm Than Good

Tara Lohan, AlterNet AlterNet: Environment. December 16, 2009.
"The US has lowered the bar and set goals so low, it's been destructive."

Copenhagen Is Not Just About Climate Change -- It's About the What Kind of People We Want to Be

Copenhagen Is Not Just About Climate Change -- It's About the What Kind of People We Want to Be

George Monbiot, Monbiot.com. December 15, 2009.
Here, in the plastic corridors and crowded stalls, among impenetrable texts and withering procedures, humankind decides what it is and what it will become.

Flip Flop Alert: Sarah Palin Just Recently Decided to Join the Idiot Ranks of Climate Deniers

Flip Flop Alert: Sarah Palin Just Recently Decided to Join the Idiot Ranks of Climate Deniers

Tara Lohan, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. December 15, 2009.
There was a time, not so very long ago, that Palin actually saw the merits of science.

The Latest From Copenhagen: U.S. Undermining Effort to Curb Deforestation

The Latest From Copenhagen: U.S. Undermining Effort to Curb Deforestation

Robert S. Eshelman, The Nation. December 15, 2009.
"Basically the trees that Barack Obama is talking about planting are meant to fuel U.S. cars."

To Fight Global Warming and Prevent Hunger, We Need to Change How We Grow Our Food

To Fight Global Warming and Prevent Hunger, We Need to Change How We Grow Our Food

Yifat Susskind, MADRE. December 15, 2009.
Unless we control global climate change, caused in part by industrial farming, agricultural output across the world is likely to plummet.

Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed Is an Eco-Rock Star, Brings Down the House in Copenhagen

Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed Is an Eco-Rock Star, Brings Down the House in Copenhagen

Matthew McDermott, TreeHugger. December 14, 2009.
"I am here to tell you that we refuse to give up hope. We refuse to be quiet. We refuse to believe that a better world isn't possible."

Al Gore: A Billion People's Water at Risk From Melting Ice

Al Gore: A Billion People's Water at Risk From Melting Ice

AFPDecember 14, 2009.
At UN climate talks Monday, he warned that record melting of Polar and Himalayan ice could deprive deprive more than a billion people of access to clean water.

God Promises 30 Percent Increase In Global Warming By 2012 While at Copenhagen

God Promises 30 Percent Increase In Global Warming By 2012 While at Copenhagen

Lee Camp, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. December 14, 2009.
Do people give a sh*t about climate change?

U.S. Business Interests Suspected in 'Fabricated' Climate Scandal

U.S. Business Interests Suspected in 'Fabricated' Climate Scandal

Staff, Agence France Presse. December 14, 2009.
The emails that have right-wingers frothing aren't scandalous. The issue is who hacked the scientists' computers, and what they had to gain from undermining their research.

Social Action in Copenhagen Rivals Seattle Protest

Social Action in Copenhagen Rivals Seattle Protest

Bill McKibben, Mother Jones AlterNet: PEEK. December 13, 2009.
It's got the same kind of joyful spontaneity that marked the first hours of the WTO protests.

Big News from Copenhagen: Radical Cuts Urged, Deal In Jeopardy

Big News from Copenhagen: Radical Cuts Urged, Deal In Jeopardy

Mark Hertsgaard, TheNation.com. December 12, 2009.
The divide between big emitters and at-risk nations deepened, threatening the prospects of reaching a climate deal.

Glenn Beck's Climate Czar Called for Quarantining AIDS Patients

Glenn Beck's Climate Czar Called for Quarantining AIDS Patients "For Life"

Jeremy Schulman, Media Matters for America AlterNet: Environment. December 11, 2009.
Christopher Monckton advocated for requiring the entire population to undergo monthly HIV tests and forcibly quarantining "for life" those who test positive.

Report from Copenhagen: Negotiations Heat Up, Tuvalu Fights for Survival

Report from Copenhagen: Negotiations Heat Up, Tuvalu Fights for Survival

Karen Orenstein, Open Left AlterNet: Environment. December 11, 2009.
Tuvalu has a plan it hopes may keep the country above water.

Sarah Palin Doesn't Want to Debate Al Gore on Climate Change

Sarah Palin Doesn't Want to Debate Al Gore on Climate Change

Matt Corley, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. December 10, 2009.
Surprise.

Why Is Mainstream Media Faking a Climate Scandal When There's Real Reporting to Be Done?

Why Is Mainstream Media Faking a Climate Scandal When There's Real Reporting to Be Done?

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.

Right-Wing Junior Sleuth Discovers Climate Science Skulduggery!

Right-Wing Junior Sleuth Discovers Climate Science Skulduggery!

Tintin, Sadly, No! AlterNet: PEEK. December 10, 2009.
Or maybe not so much.

Chuck Norris: Climate Scientists Totally Suck Ass at Climate Science!

Chuck Norris: Climate Scientists Totally Suck Ass at Climate Science!

Thers, Whiskey Fire AlterNet: Environment. December 9, 2009.
Chuck Norris has an expert opinion on the opinions of climate experts.