On AlterNet: global warming
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Peter N. Spotts, Christian Science Monitor. July 9, 2009.
In the post-Bush era, the major industrial nations meeting this week face pressure to set firm temperature and emission-reduction goals.
Teryn Norris, AlterNet. July 8, 2009.
If we don't act now to strengthen the bill, it could create a "super lobby" that will diminish the possibility of achieving future reforms.
Tara Lohan, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. July 6, 2009.
Thanks to the Alliance for Climate Education, high school students are getting engaged in the issue. Check out the video.
Scott Thill, AlterNet. July 3, 2009.
Too much CO2 in the air and not enough oxygen in the oceans may release a toxic dose of hydrogen sulfide -- an unheralded executioner.
Faiz Shakir, The Progress Report. June 29, 2009.
The focus is now on trying to make sure the bill clears the Senate and is not weakened by special interests.
Beau Friedlander, Air America Media AlterNet: PEEK. June 26, 2009.
While the bill is weak medicine for a very sick planet, it’s a whole lot better than taking the poor orb behind the Milky Way and shooting it.
Dara Colwell, AlterNet. June 24, 2009.
Let's take a look at why Waxman-Markey has the support of big polluters such as Shell Oil and Duke Energy, and not many environmental groups.
Judy Lowe, Christian Science Monitor. June 16, 2009.
Here's what the new US climate report sees as already happening in various parts of the country and predicts will occur unless changes are made.
Josh Dorner, Sierra Club AlterNet: Environment. June 15, 2009.
The leadership of the increasingly embattled GOP minority in Congress continues to circle the wagons around the failed policies of the past.
David W. Orr, Yale Environment 360. June 10, 2009.
Our best course is to reduce the scale and scope of the problem with a sense of wartime urgency.
Kathy Freston, AlterNet. June 8, 2009.
The world will be a much better place in 100 years if we rethink the way we eat.
Scott Thill, AlterNet. June 6, 2009.
Nearly a third of the country's food supply comes from California, but drought there may be a catastrophe for farmers -- and the rest of us.
Peter N. Spotts, Christian Science Monitor. June 2, 2009.
This week, negotiators from 182 countries meet in Bonn, Germany to lay the groundwork for a post-Kyoto climate regime.
Vicki Santillano, Divine Caroline. May 28, 2009.
Reptilian humanoids control us? The Government carried out 9/11? Here are the 10 wackiest -- and most durable -- conspiracy theories.
Steve Connor, Independent UK. May 27, 2009.
When it comes to carbon emissions, changing the color of roofs and roads would be like taking all the world's cars off the road for 11 years.
Joseph Romm, Climate Progress. May 22, 2009.
Now the next challenge: how to stop this bill from being weakened as it winds itself through the House and the Senate.
George Lakoff, AlterNet. May 20, 2009.
The American public's understanding of the environment is crucial -- the future of our earth and every living being depends on it.
Tara Lohan, AlterNet. May 19, 2009.
The Waxman-Markey bill, our best effort to fend off climate catastrophe, is in the hands of Congress, and prospects aren't good.
Yale Environment 360May 19, 2009.
As the U.S. Congress debates the issue, eight experts discuss the merits of a cap-and-trade system versus a carbon tax.
Daphne Wysham, AlterNet. May 19, 2009.
Sparing the many odiferous details, here are three particularly bad aspects that have to be addressed.
Bruce Nilles, Sierra Club AlterNet: Environment. May 18, 2009.
You now have the chance to counter the fear mongering by demonstrating that Americans want strong action on global warming.
Joseph Romm, Climate Progress. May 18, 2009.
It looks like the Waxman-Markey bill is not the alpha and the omega of energy policy -- this is big news, too.
Bill Becker, Climate Progress. May 18, 2009.
Delaying the transition to a sustainable energy economy or to launching an aggressive response to global climate change is a national security threat.
Kathy Freston, AlterNet. May 16, 2009.
Cutting your meat-eating habits is one of the most impactful ways you can prevent drastic changes to our climate.
Fred Branfman, AlterNet. May 15, 2009.
Despite the endless human capacity for denial and self-destruction, the Earth can still be saved. But we must act now.
