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'Cracking the Carbon Code' — Can the movie be far behind?
Here it comes -- a shameless self-promotion for my new book, Cracking the Carbon Code: The Key to Sustainable Profits in the New Economy.
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EPA vetoes massive mountaintop-removal mine — now buckle up for the backlash
In the wake of EPA's veto last week of the largest mountaintop-removal mine permit ever proposed in West Virginia, the grandstanding of West Virginia politicians and "sky is falling" rhetoric from the coal industry was not surprising. However, the immediate response of coal industry groups and West Virginia politicians to the news of EPA's action was a little different this time around.
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California green job growth outstrips tired old brown economy
Many of these new green jobs are in traditional occupations that have now taken on an emerald tinge as they're applied to sustainable endeavors.
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Federal solar tax credits rule out half of Americans
The difference between democratizing clean energy policies and the U.S. system can be illustrated with a look at the federal solar tax credit.
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Sen. Scott Brown: Stand up for clean air, not polluters
A lot of people in Massachusetts suffer from asthma, the disease that makes it hard to breathe, sends kids gasping for breath to the emergency room and can saddle families with huge medical bills. In fact, estimates from the American Lung Association are that over 130,000 kids and nearly 500,000 adults in Massachusetts suffer from asthma.* One […]
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We can't beat China at cleantech as long as GOP keeps kissing fossil-fuel ass
Can the U.S. compete with China on greentech? No, because most Republicans don't believe that boosting America's clean energy industries is a worthy goal.
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What is a 'normal' climate? Definitions are changing [VIDEO]
Climate Central's Heidi Cullen explains how "normals" for our climate during the past decade will very likely change soon.
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Windmade is the next Fair Trade, gets backers like LEGO
By December of this year, the next box of Legos you buy could be stamped "made with 100% Wind Power." Subsequently, countless other goods you buy could bear the Windmade stamp, which -- like Fair Trade, Organic, Recycled, etc. -- is competing to become one more differentiator for goods made with sustainability in mind.
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2010 hits top of temperature chart
Topping off the warmest decade in history, 2010 experienced a global average temperature of 58.3 degrees Fahrenheit, tying 2005 as the hottest year in 131 years of recordkeeping.
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Mark Ruffalo's position on fracking deserves a standing O
Photo: Christopher HarteWe got all excited when we heard Mark Ruffalo was getting involved in the debate over the destructive natural-gas extraction process called “fracking.” Turns out that’s because we thought he was Mark Wahlberg. Mark Ruffalo is a serious actor, who was never in any Funky Bunch! We have no jokes about that at […]
