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On AlterNet: climate change

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

How Schwarzenegger Is Trying to Finagle More Big Dam Construction

How Schwarzenegger Is Trying to Finagle More Big Dam Construction

Felice Pace, CounterPunch. May 14, 2008.
California Governor Schwarzenegger is using global warming as an excuse for more massive dam construction.

The Triple Threat: Our Food, Water and Climate Challenges

The Triple Threat: Our Food, Water and Climate Challenges

Shiney Varghese, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. May 14, 2008.
Why are food and water shortages are feeding the climate crisis.

It Isn't Morning in America Anymore -- It's Dusk on Planet Earth

It Isn't Morning in America Anymore -- It's Dusk on Planet Earth

Bill McKibben, Tomdispatch.com. May 12, 2008.
If we want to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed, we've got to cut CO2 emissions.

Sinking Without Trace: Australia's Unknown Climate Change Victims

Sinking Without Trace: Australia's Unknown Climate Change Victims

Independent UKMay 7, 2008.
The islands of the Torres Strait are slowly being submerged and the plight of their inhabitants is being overlooked.

Drought Is Spurring Resource Wars

Drought Is Spurring Resource Wars

Ernest Waititu, Indypendent. April 29, 2008.
In Ethiopia, violence breaks out as water turns to sand and climate change takes hold. It may be a warning to the rest of the world.

We Must Imagine a Life Without Oil

We Must Imagine a Life Without Oil

Mark Hertsgaard, The Nation. April 29, 2008.
The era of cheap, abundant petroleum is just about over. How ready are we to change our habits?

Real Solutions to the Climate Crisis

Real Solutions to the Climate Crisis

Guy Dauncey, YES! Magazine. April 28, 2008.
A look at climate-friendly options for buildings, electricity production, transportation, and food and forestry.

Fishermen Hit Hard by Closure of West Coast Salmon Fishing

Fishermen Hit Hard by Closure of West Coast Salmon Fishing

Brad Knickerbocker, Christian Science Monitor. April 22, 2008.
Drastic federal action to try to save chinook salmon is latest move in an ongoing battle.

How Many Earth Days Do We Have Left?

How Many Earth Days Do We Have Left?

Terrence McNally, AlterNet. April 22, 2008.
Lester Brown, author of Plan B 3.0, shows us how we can change in enough time to save life on earth, as we know it.

Face It, We All Aren't Going to Become Vegetarians

Face It, We All Aren't Going to Become Vegetarians

George Monbiot, Monbiot.com. April 18, 2008.
It's better for the planet to avoid eating meat, but the reality is we have to make it more sustainable for people who don't want to be vegetarians.

The Great Carbon Con: Can Offsetting Really Help Save the Planet?

The Great Carbon Con: Can Offsetting Really Help Save the Planet?

Sophie Morris, The Independent UK. April 14, 2008.
Celebrities and politicians are falling over each other to advocate plant-a-tree conservationism as a salve to global warming.

As Climate Changes Threatens U.S. Gulf States, Federal Agencies Twiddle Thumbs

As Climate Changes Threatens U.S. Gulf States, Federal Agencies Twiddle Thumbs

Chris Mooney, Science Progress. April 13, 2008.
We ought to be outraged at how poor a job our government is doing when it comes to processing information about global warming.

Peak Oil Is a Problem We Can Solve Now

Peak Oil Is a Problem We Can Solve Now

Joseph Romm, Climate Progress. April 10, 2008.
The peak oil problem will not "destroy suburbia" or the American way of life. Only unrestrained emissions of greenhouse gases can do that.

Diminshing Latin American Glaciers Threaten Water Supply

Diminshing Latin American Glaciers Threaten Water Supply

Sara Miller Llana, Christian Science Monitor. April 10, 2008.
Rivers fed by melting glaciers across Latin America may soon dry up, forcing changes on the people who depend upon them.

Tempting Fate: Why We Insist on Living in Floodplains

Tempting Fate: Why We Insist on Living in Floodplains

Emily Gertz, Grist.org. April 5, 2008.
Fifteen years after the Great Flood of 1993, floodplain development is booming. Will nature get the last laugh?

Glenn Beck Rants Against Endangered Polar Bears:

Glenn Beck Rants Against Endangered Polar Bears: "They Eat People! They’re Big, Angry Bears!"

Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: MediaCulture. April 4, 2008.
Beck teams up with Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) to rant about "all the liberals" running the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Shrinking Glaciers and Rising Seas Affect Food and Security

Shrinking Glaciers and Rising Seas Affect Food and Security

Brad Knickerbocker, Christian Science Monitor. April 2, 2008.
It's becoming clear now that climate change may be altering the way people and governments think about water.

The World Bank's Climate Profiteering

The World Bank's Climate Profiteering

Daphne Wysham, Shakuntala Makhijani, Foreign Policy in Focus. April 2, 2008.
The bank is turning dirty carbon credits into gold -- bad news for those seeking a real solution to the climate crisis.

Al Gore on '08 Democratic Race:

Al Gore on '08 Democratic Race: "I'm Not Applying for the Job of Broker" [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. April 1, 2008.
On "60 Minutes", Gore talks about his new multi-million dollar climate change campaign and reflects on both the 2000 and 2008 elections.

How Conservatives Have Duped Us in the Global Warming Fight

How Conservatives Have Duped Us in the Global Warming Fight

Joe Brewer, The Rockridge Institute. April 1, 2008.
We've let them decide how we talk about climate change and what's important.

Oil Giant BP's Role in 'Biggest Environmental Crisis'

Oil Giant BP's Role in 'Biggest Environmental Crisis'

Michael Moreci, In These Times. March 31, 2008.
A recent change in corporate policy threatens BP's new green-friendly image.

Climate Change Is a Wake-Up Call to Radically Reform Our Economy

Climate Change Is a Wake-Up Call to Radically Reform Our Economy

Preeti Mangala Shekar, Tram Nguyen, ColorLines. March 31, 2008.
The people most affected by the injustices of the polluting economy are already helping to lead the way.

Will We Have a 100-mpg Car Soon?

Will We Have a 100-mpg Car Soon?

Ron Scherer , Alexandra Marks, Christian Science Monitor. March 28, 2008.
A $10 million contest may get us there quicker then you think.

China's Fuel Efficiency Kicks America's Butt

China's Fuel Efficiency Kicks America's Butt

Dr. Joseph Romm, Climate Progress AlterNet: PEEK. March 25, 2008.
Not a single U.S.-made car meets China's fuel standards.

Our Suicide Mission with Coal

Our Suicide Mission with Coal

Kelpie Wilson, TruthOut.org. March 25, 2008.
Coal produces more carbon emissions than other energy sources, yet we burn more of it each year.