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EPA Climate Change Regulations Increasing, Not As Strong As Action By Congress Would Be - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Yahoo! News — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will roll out more regulations on greenhouse gases and other pollution to help fight climate change, but they will not...

Heather Taylor-Miesle: Congressional Candidates' Views on Clean Energy, Climate Change: FL-02 - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Heather Taylor-Miesle — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Originally posted on The MarkUp. This is the ninth article in a continuing series by the NRDC Action Fund on the environmental stances of candidates...

Top Climate Skeptic Reverses Course, Now Urges Bold Action - Environmental News Network

RP Siegel — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Bjørn Lomborg may not be a household name around here, but that's through no fault of his. In November 2001, this Danish environmental author and economics professor was selected "Global Leader for Tomorrow" by the World Economic Forum. Controversy may as well have been his middle name, especially after his book The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World came out in 2001. However, Lomborg has a new book entitled Smart Solutions to Climate Change: Comparing Costs and Benefits in which he proposes an aggressive $100 billion annual fund specifically targeting global warming solutions...

'Fresh Air': Daniel Wu And Clean Air Network's Comerical For Avoiding Pollution With Canned Air (VIDEO) - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Travis Walter Donovan — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Hong Kong's Clean Air Network has decided to ditch the frighteningly serious approach to raising awareness about the health concerns of air pollution, and is...

Interview with Greens MP elect Adam Bandt: 'I'll give a voice to the movements' - Green Left Weekly issue #780

peter_b — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Fri, 03/09/2010 Adam Bandt, the MP elect for the seat of Melbourne (long considered a “safe Labor seat”), and the Greens' first House of Representatives member to be elected in a general election has been very busy since August 21. He says he left the triumphant Greens' election night party at 11pm thinking that he would have to do some media the next day so should get a good night's sleep. He woke up the next morning and after a couple of hours having coffee and reading the paper, the situation sunk in. read ...

Dr. Reese Halter: Stupendous Tropical Rainforests Offer Medicine and Fight Global Warming - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Dr. Reese Halter — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Tropical forests are felled at approximately 55,000 square miles a year. This is equivalent to the area of Switzerland and the Netherlands combined -- the size of a football field every second.

Hector E. Sanchez: The Latino Community's Stake in a Clean Energy Economy - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Hector E. Sanchez — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The risks of climate change due to excess carbon dioxide in our atmosphere are significant for everyone, and are an even greater concern for working Latino families.

America’s Choice: Leave a Legacy of Hell or Bequeath Clean Air - AlterNet

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

At the turn of the 20th Century, smoke meant jobs. When noxious fumes spewed from factory stacks, workers brought home paychecks. Industries hired. The future was bright as molten iron flowing from a blast furnace. In industrial Pittsburgh’s heyday, the smoke was so dense streetlights remained lit at noon. White collar workers changed soot-covered shirts mid-day. [...] ...

Climate change poses big risks to China’s crops and economy, study finds - Grist Magazine

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Agence France-Presse. PARIS—Climate change could reduce key harvests in China by a fifth if the gloomiest scenarios prove true, according to a study on Wednesday. Publishing in the journal Nature , a team of Chinese scientists say China’s climate “has clearly warmed” over the past half century, gaining 2.2 degrees F since 1960. The hotspots were northeastern China, with a warming trend of 0.65 degrees F per decade, and Inner Mongolia, with a warming of 0.7 degrees F per decade. Nationally, heat waves have become more common, the number of cold days has fallen sharply, and glaciers that are vital river feeders are in retreat, they say. The last century was the warmest period since 1600 and the ...

Leo W. Gerard: America's Choice: Leave a Legacy of Hell or Bequeath Clean Air - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Leo W. Gerard — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Labor unions are pressing for passage of policies like a Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) and comprehensive climate-change legislation that would promote transition to a clean-energy economy.

Passing Prop. 23 In California Would Send 'Terrible And False' Message To Rest Of Nation, Says EPA Official - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Laura Bassett — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:30:00 GMT

As right-wing think tanks continue to claim that California's clean energy legislation is hampering the state's economy, federal EPA Administrator Jared Blumenfeld has come forward...

Enchanted with cap and trade - From the Blogs

Bruce Frederick — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

New Mexico ponders a GHG market

Study: Horseshoe Crab Decline Connected to Climate Change - Sustainable Ecosystems and Community News - ENN

David A Gabel, ENN — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The horseshoe crab is one of the most ancient animals on the planet today. They have survived massive upheavals throughout the Earth's history and have remained intact and unchanged. Recently their numbers have been in decline, and this is thought to be due to coastal habitat destruction and over-harvesting; they are often used as bait, in fertilizer, or by pharmaceutical companies. However, new research from the US Geological Survey (USGS) indicates that their population size also parallels changes in the climate. With predicted climate change in the future, their numbers may continue to decline.

The Lomborg Deception: About Yesterday’s Front-Page Story in the Guardian - Commondreams.org Views

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

by Howard Friel

Howard Friel's most recent book is The Lomborg Deception: Setting the Record Straigh about Global Warming (Yale University Press, 2010) Yesterday, London's Guardian newspaper, an important paper with some of the West's best journalists, including Johann Hari, Suzanne Goldenberg, George Monbiot, and Chris McGreal, printed a front-page feature read more

A History of Destruction: 8 Great Hurricanes - Environmental News Network

OurAmazingPlanet Staff, LiveScience — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

From June 1 through Nov. 30 each year, the coastal United States comes under threat from the ferocious winds and floodwaters of the hurricanes that form in the Atlantic Ocean basin. While Katrina is the most remembered of these swirling storms — its name now infamous — it certainly isn't alone in causing significant death and destruction to areas of the United States. Following are eight of the most destructive storms in recorded U.S. history from 1900 until present day.

Kent Hayden, M.Div.: Connecting with the Sacred Through Fasting: Could It Solve the U.S. Food Crisis? - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Kent Hayden, M.Div. — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Fasting is a non-rational abstinence. It is not the abstinence of the lactose intolerant, who forgoes milk because it will make her ill; it is the abstinence of the Hindu, who forgoes milk because it will damage his soul.

Environmental Groups Support U.S. EPA in Texas Air Permit Case - ENS

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Environmental Groups Support U.S. EPA in Texas Air Permit Case

Mitchell Bard: Is the GOP Looking Out for You? - Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

Mitchell Bard — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Policy debates are a good thing. But what is not useful for democracy is for partisans to knowingly lie about the facts in play to make an argument that plays to their rigid ideological position.

Blog - How Coders Can Help Fight Climate Change - Technology Review Feed - Tech Review Top Stories

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Climate models are built by scientists, not software engineers.

Jim Garrison: From Climate Change to Climate Shock: The Result of a Perfect Eco-Political Storm - Politics on HuffingtonPost.com

Jim Garrison — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

In all likelihood, we as a nation and a global community will look back on the events over the past year and realize that our failure with Copenhagen, the US Climate Bill, and with BP was the point of no return.

U.N. Climate Change Panel Gets Tips to Boost Credibility - Energy & Climate | Greenbiz.com

Robert Kropp — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The InterAcademy Council recommends that IPCC improve review processes and transparency in wake of attacks on climate science.

EPA Unveils New Grading System for Fuel Efficient Vehicles - Energy & Climate | Greenbiz.com

Luke Tonachel — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Like a Good Neighbor, the Clean Air Act is There - TreeHugger

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Like a Good Neighbor, the Clean Air Act is There

Gene Karpinski: Remembering Katrina: Time to Redouble Efforts to Restore Gulf Coast, Pass a Climate Bill - Green on HuffingtonPost.com

Gene Karpinski — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

While no particular storm or weather event can be blamed on global warming, science has shown that global warming is indeed causing more frequent and more intense hurricanes.

Vintage Year for Archaeology Follows Hot, Dry Weather - TreeHugger

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Vintage Year for Archaeology Follows Hot, Dry Weather