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Cancun climate breakthrough: It's not perfect, but it's a deal

The Cancun climate conference came to an end with standing ovations for the host country and concurrence among countries to approve an agreement.

Bolivia, the Saudi Arabia of obstruction

Bolivia and a small bloc of ultra-leftist allies are obstructing progress on a climate agreement in Cancun, objecting to a market-based forest program.

Court gives green light to EPA carbon pollution standards

Big news: The Supreme Court just gave the green light to implementing the EPA's first carbon pollution standards.

Friday music blogging: Trampled by Turtles

Trampled by Turtles has been around since 2003, apparently, but they didn't get on my radar until this year, with the release of their fifth original LP, Palomino. It's fantastic.

World Bank President Zoellick on the need for REDD: "We don’t want silent forests"

Robert Zoellick has been pushing hard on a REDD agreement, primarily as a vehicle to fund impoverished programs to preserve biodiversity.

Failure to ban BPA leading to impotence in U.S. congressmen (probably)

The cafe where nearly 200 members of Congress could get their daily joe is spewing receipts lousy with toxic chemical BPA.

The FDA finally reveals how many antibiotics factory farms use — and it's a shitload

After years of avoiding the issue, the FDA has finally disclosed exactly how many tons of drugs industrial livestock operations routinely dose their animals with each year.

Sorry, Glenn, Sarah, and Rush: Food is not a partisan issue — or one just about culture

Tea Party BFFs have all gone on the attack over food, but obesity, diabetes, and heart disease are not partisan issues -- and at least one conservative has stood up and said so. And while everyone likes to blame "culture," we've changed our unhealthy habits before, and we can do it again.

Helping Chinese consumers buy sustainable cars

A new website, GreenCarChina.org, rates cars on efficiency and sustainability -- info that's never before been readily available in China.

States and cities are already preparing for climate change

Many states aren’t waiting for the federal government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions — they’re taking matters into their own hands. And according to the speakers at a COP16 side event I attended on Wednesday, the same is true for climate-change adaptation efforts. The event — “Moving Forward with Climate Change Adaptation in the United […]