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Climate Spurs Direct Action (www.yesmagazine.org) TMC

As warnings about the potentially disastrous effects of climate change become even more severe, direct action tactics and civil disobedience have received acknowledgment and legitimacy from some... More

Tags: climate crisis,direct action,tmc,global warming

Submitted about 3 hours ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Warning Warming (www.grist.org) TMC

War, hunger, poverty and sickness will stalk humanity if the world fails to tackle climate change, a 12-day U.N. conference on global warming heard on Monday. A volley of grim warnings sounded out... More

Tags: global warming,warning,environment,global crisis,tmc,climate change

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Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut (www.grist.org) TMC

Green groups upped the pressure at U.N. climate talks in Poland on Monday with wacky stunts aimed at prodding delegates from around the world to get moving on a new deal to tackle global... More

Tags: greens,un,climate talks,climate crisis,global warming,tmc

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The Transition Initiative World Tour: Coming to a Continent Near You (www.chelseagreen.com) TMC

Transition Totnes…Transition Newcastle…Transition North Howe…Kildare…El Manzano…Fujino…Montpelier… They’re popping up everywhere, thanks to folks like Sophy Banks and Naresh... More

Tags: tmc,chelsea green,the transition initiative,climate change,global warming,environment,sustainability

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A Slow-Down Dirty Shame (www.grist.org) TMC

On the eve of the next round of United Nations climate-treaty talks in Poznan, Poland, U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer warned the world's nations against a "cheap and dirty" fix for the economy that... More

Tags: tmc,grist,united nations,climate change,global warming,dirty energy

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Recessions and Global Warming (www.prospect.org) TMC

It's hard to say how a global recession will play out on climate change. On the one hand, it's making countries much more nervous about any measures that could have a short-term economic cost. Poland,... More

Tags: recession,global warming,tmc,climate change,fossil fuels

Submitted 7 days ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Address Climate Change With These Tips : Green Building Elements (greenbuildingelements.com)

Building Design and Construction recently published a white paper addressing climate change and green buildings. It offers several tips that designers can use to reduce the impact of their buildings.

Tags: climate change,global warming,building design,energy efficiency

Submitted 7 days ago by treehuggerconsulting | 0 Comments |

Diet for a Warm Planet (www.motherjones.com) TMC

In 1985 i interviewed James Hansen at his nasa office in New York City about a problem called the greenhouse effect that few outside of science had heard of and fewer would take seriously for another... More

Tags: tmc,greenhouse effect,co2 concentration,fossil fuels,sustainable,global warming

Submitted 20 days ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Wanted: A Climate Bailout (www.thenation.com) TMC

What a difference an emergency makes. Scare people enough and $700 billion can materialize almost overnight. The White House can repudiate its core economic philosophy--government should leave markets... More

Tags: climate bailout,700 billion,tmc,climate crisis,climate system,global warming

Submitted about 1 month ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

Q&A: Roger A. Pielke Sr. (www.motherjones.com) TMC

Mother Jones: You've said that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change didn't quite get it. Roger A. Pielke Sr.: I think the IPCC was basically a very narrowly focused document. In fact it... More

Tags: roger a pielke,tmc,climate change,ipcc,landscape change,global warming,climate system

Submitted about 1 month ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |

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