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Obama’s departed climate chief pushed him toward action
During her time at the White House, Heather Zichal helped put in place new fuel-economy standards, funding for renewables, and the president's big climate plan.
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Could Carl Sagan have defeated climate denial?
Celebrating the great science communicator ... while being realistic about how much things have changed since the days of the Cosmos series.
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Look who’s eating your plastic now: A whole unprecedented ecosystem
We already had the biosphere and the atmosphere, but now we get the plastisphere, too.
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Country’s Largest Public Power Provider Takes Next Major Step to Move Beyond Coal
Today the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) announced it will retire coal boilers at three of its coal plants in Alabama and Kentucky. Retiring these coal boilers means less pollution in the air and water in the southeast U.S. According to the Clean Air Task Force, the Colbert coal plant in Alabama alone contributed to 940 […]
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Overwhelming Support for Climate Action at EPA Listening Sessions
Last week, I rode a bus from Indianapolis to Chicago for one of eleven listening sessions on the carbon pollution standards being proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency. When we arrived in Chicago, I took to the stage to help rally the 500-person crowd (video here), calling on the EPA to put forward strong, just […]
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6 ways Bill de Blasio can make New York’s streets more people-friendly
Creating more pedestrian plazas, enforcing traffic laws, getting trucks off city streets -- there's lots the new mayor could do to make New York City safer for walkers and cyclists.
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Fasting for the Philippines
The Climate Action Network International (http://www.climatenetwork.org/press-release/civil-society-announce-they-will-fast-solidarity-philippines-yeb-sano) has organized an international fast in solidarity with Yeb Sano, the lead climate negotiator for the Philippines at the 19th United Nations Climate Conference in Warsaw, Poland. He said in a speech there Monday, on the first day of the conference, that: “In solidarity with my countrymen who are […]
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The resurrection of Crist: Could he help save Florida from climate change?
Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist wants his old job back, and if he gets it he's likely to be more of a climate champion than ever.
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No, global warming isn’t caused by solar flares or cosmic rays
There's now even more peer-reviewed research from actual scientists to debunk a favorite climate-denier theory.
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Look what’s slowing down global warming
It's us! Turns out temperatures would be higher if not for a 1987 pact to slash CFCs.
