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  • Newt Gingrich will never be president; I will never stop loving this video

    Remember Al Gore’s “We” campaign on climate change? Boy that was a game-changer, wasn’t it? Sigh. However, it did leave us with at least one delightful cultural curio, namely this commercial with Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich sitting on a couch, talking nice about climate change: I never get tired of it! Newt Gingrich will […]

    David Roberts Science

  • Obama proposes new emissions standards on eve of U.N. meeting

    Obama's proposed rules to reduce CO2 pollution should be applauded, given the hostile, anti-science political environment they're coming from.

    Daniel J. Weiss Health

  • Renewables trump fossil fuels for first time ever

    Last year investors poured $187 billion into electricity from renewable sources (wind, sun, biomass, etc.), versus $157 billion for fossil fuels, calculates Bloomberg New Energy Finance. “The progress of renewables has been nothing short of remarkable,” United Nations Environment Program Executive Secretary Achim Steiner said in an interview. “You have record investment in the midst of […]

    Christopher Mims Technology

  • Study: Climate skepticism leads directly to climate inaction

    If you were wondering why industry heavies and their media housepets traffic in climate change skepticism, here’s why: It works. A study just published in the journal Nature Climate Change confirms that if you sow skepticism, you reap inaction. When Americans believe that there is widespread disagreement among climate scientists that climate change is real, […]

    Christopher Mims Politics

  • New use for green roof: grazing reindeer

    "Santa Claus" (real name: Dave Kavanaugh, entomologist) has brought his reindeer to the green roof of the California Academy of Sciences. Between now and January 16, they'll be grazing its gentle slopes and fertilizing them with bon bons, because everyone knows that reindeer shit delicious Christmas treats.

    Christopher Mims Buildings

  • What can we expect from the Durban climate talks?

    Cross-posted from Climate Progress. Next week, Climate Progress will be heading to the COP 17 climate conference in Durban, South Africa, to report on any developments coming out of the meeting. Hopes are not high for any major progress. But Andrew Light, coordinator of international climate policy at the Center for American Progress (CAP), warns against […]

    Stephen Lacey Politics

  • Food Studies: Old-world innovation

    Le Biancane geothermal park.Photo: Yvone De Zeeuw Food Studies features the voices of volunteer student bloggers from a variety of different food- and agriculture-related programs at universities around the world. You can explore the full series here. Pipelines carry steam directly to consumers from the power plant.Vapor escapes through mountains of white rocks. Steam billows […]

    Kathryn Tomajan Food and Agriculture

  • Renewables in the U.S.: Growing fast, but not fast enough

    Last month, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) released the “2010 Renewable Energy Data Book” [PDF], which is a cornucopia of charts, facts, and figures on energy use in the U.S. The top-line conclusion for climate hawks is familiar: Renewable energy is growing rapidly, but not rapidly enough; it remains a small fraction of overall […]

    David Roberts Technology

  • Eco-shocking the airwaves

    For his podcast, Radio Ecoshock, Alex Smith interviews mostly off-the-radar authors, scientists, and activists about the climate crisis.

    Erik Hoffner Science

  • London fights air pollution with glue

    If your house were infested with mosquitos, you might put up flypaper strips to trap them. London mayor Boris Johnson is taking roughly the same approach to air pollution — he's having street sweepers spray a calcium-based adhesive onto the ground to trap particulate air pollution. It sounds like a stupid idea, and maybe it […]

    Jess Zimmerman Health