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On AlterNet: climate

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

Exposed: How Businesses Are Undermining Efforts on U.S. Climate Committments

Exposed: How Businesses Are Undermining Efforts on U.S. Climate Committments

Marianne Lavelle, The Center for Public Integrity. November 16, 2009.
Obama's negotiators have worked to lower expectations for what the world can expect from a nation where coal-fired, energy-gobbling industries dominate the political scene.

New York City Is Getting Ready for Rising Sea Levels and Hotter Temperatures

New York City Is Getting Ready for Rising Sea Levels and Hotter Temperatures

Bruce Stutz, Yale Environment 360. September 23, 2009.
In 90 years, New York's climate could resemble that of Raleigh, NC. Preparing for such a radical change is costly but worth it, experts say.

New McCarthyism: Fear of Science and the War on Rationality

New McCarthyism: Fear of Science and the War on Rationality

Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. September 10, 2009.
Parts of America are slipping back toward the Dark Ages, when fear of knowledge and science led to an impoverishment of civilization.

Blame Game Leads to Climate Deadlock in Bonn

Blame Game Leads to Climate Deadlock in Bonn

Janet Redman, AlterNet. June 12, 2009.
What's at stake is perhaps the largest transfer of resources from the global south to the north in history.

The California Supreme Court Upheld Prop. 8, So Now What Do We Do?

The California Supreme Court Upheld Prop. 8, So Now What Do We Do?

Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet. May 27, 2009.
Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling was a big disappointment, but there's no time to mourn: We must turn this anger into momentum.

Coal Action Heats Up Capitol Hill

Coal Action Heats Up Capitol Hill

Harry Hanbury, American News Project. February 27, 2009.
This weekend thousands of students will come to D.C. to rally, lobby, and get arrested for a clean energy economy.

The Seven Deadly Deficits: What the Bush Years Really Cost Us

The Seven Deadly Deficits: What the Bush Years Really Cost Us

Joseph Stiglitz, Mother Jones. December 22, 2008.
And how President Obama can get the economy back on track.

What Americans Really Want: 10 Policies We Can All Agree On

What Americans Really Want: 10 Policies We Can All Agree On

Sarah van Gelder, YES! Magazine. December 13, 2008.
Here is an agenda that the majority of Americans support, whether they vote red, blue, green or something else.

Britain's Dirty Cities More Dangerous Than an A-bomb

Britain's Dirty Cities More Dangerous Than an A-bomb

Thair Shaikh, The Independent. April 7, 2007.
Air pollution in major cities is potentially more damaging to health than being exposed to the radioactive fallout of an atomic bomb, according to a new scientific report.