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Climate Spurs Direct Action
(www.yesmagazine.org)
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
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Warning Warming
(www.grist.org)
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
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Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut
(www.grist.org)
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
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The Transition Initiative World Tour: Coming to a Continent Near You
(www.chelseagreen.com)
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
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A Slow-Down Dirty Shame
(www.grist.org)
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
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Recessions and Global Warming
(www.prospect.org)
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
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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.
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Diet for a Warm Planet
(www.motherjones.com)
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
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Wanted: A Climate Bailout
(www.thenation.com)
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
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Q&A: Roger A. Pielke Sr.
(www.motherjones.com)
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
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