On AlterNet: climate change
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "climate change"
Sarah Anderson, John Cavanagh, Foreign Policy in Focus. November 25, 2008.
Neglecting aid to the developing world, and fixating on the financial mess, will negatively affect Western nations.
Eoin O'Carroll, Christian Science Monitor. November 21, 2008.
Obama made big promises to the international community, despite turning down an invite to attend the next meeting in Poland.
Moises Velasquez-Manoff, Christian Science Monitor. November 20, 2008.
Scientists now suspect that the earth's greatest mass extinction wasn't caused by an asteroid strike or any other single cataclysmic event.
Lisa Bennett, Greater Good. November 14, 2008.
Climate scientists wonder why people don't do more about global warming. Social scientists have some troubling answers.
Joseph Romm, Climate Progress. November 13, 2008.
Unfortunately it is a classic case of "climate feedback" as desal plants cause more emissions and ocean acidification.
Douglas Fischer, Daily Climate. November 12, 2008.
Our CO2 habit has caused the oceans to acidify and entire ecosystems are threatening to literally crumble away.
Joseph Romm, Climate Progress. November 12, 2008.
Detroit has been lobbying against the future of all Americans who want to end our oil addiction.
Amanda Paulson, Christian Science Monitor. November 12, 2008.
Last ditch efforts by Bush to undermine environmental policy will affect water, climate change, endangered species and public lands.
Bruce Nilles, Sierra Club AlterNet: Environment. November 10, 2008.
When the votes were counted, McCain lost critical coal-producing states he hoped to win over with his last-minute coal blitz.
Gillian Caldwell, Huffington Post. November 5, 2008.
How we can hold him accountable to his campaign promises and a vision for a new energy future.
Bill McKibben, Yale Environment 360. November 5, 2008.
The bills are coming due. And not just from a failed Bush presidency, but from 200 years of burning fossil fuel.
Dara Colwell, AlterNet. October 30, 2008.
With new solar-powered movie theaters and factories, the solar industry is exploding. But how far can it take us toward a clean energy future?
Michael Northrop, David Sassoon, Yale Environment 360. October 28, 2008.
Instead of waiting for Congress, the next president should use an existing tool to control greenhouse gas emissions: the Clean Air Act.
AlterNetOctober 17, 2008.
From climate change to energy independence, a look at where the candidates stand on this year's top 10 environmental issues.
AlterNetOctober 17, 2008.
See how Obama and McCain compare on eight water issues from privatization to pollution.
Jason Mark, Earth Island Journal. October 16, 2008.
The abundant water and cheap energy that have fueled the Southwest's transformation are starting to dry up.
Kerry Trueman, AlterNet. October 10, 2008.
We are in danger of passing an extremely dangerous tipping point, with the frightening discovery of massive deposits of sub-sea methane in the Arctic.
Bruce Nilles, Sierra Club AlterNet: Environment. October 9, 2008.
Coal. It is time to kick the habit, starting with Michigan.
Jill Richardson, AlterNet. October 7, 2008.
A bunch of multinationals have figured out how to make their pollution-based businesses seem like the solution to the climate crisis.
Environment News ServiceOctober 6, 2008.
How do we deal with rising seas, threatened infrastructure, increasing storms, and less drinking water?
Dr. Joseph Romm, Climate Progress AlterNet: Environment. October 3, 2008.
The debate showed she still can't get her talking points right on this issue.
Thomas Kostigen, Huffington Post. October 3, 2008.
We are facing crises of freshwater, food, deforestation, and ocean health. We need leadership in the protection of all our natural resources.
Tara Lohan, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. October 1, 2008.
No wonder her science is a little fuzzy.
Josh Dorner, Sierra Club AlterNet: Environment. September 19, 2008.
McCain unveiled his most ridiculous economic plan yet.
Michael Brune, Sierra Club Books. September 19, 2008.
Plug-ins are cleaner and cheaper. But a new coalition is not waiting for Detroit to take notice; they've got their own plan.
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