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EPA: Greenhouse gases threaten public health and the environment
After a thorough examination of the scientific evidence and careful consideration of public comments, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that greenhouse gases (GHGs) threaten the public health and welfare of the American people. EPA also finds that GHG emissions from on-road vehicles contribute to that threat. GHGs are the primary driver of […]
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Copenhagen deal “would save the planet at a price we can easily afford
Still, should we be starting a project like this when the economy is depressed? Yes, we should — in fact, this is an especially good time to act, because the prospect of climate-change legislation could spur more investment spending. Consider, for example, the case of investment in office buildings. Right now, with vacancy rates soaring […]
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Anti-science idealogues spin the NY Times public editor
UPDATE: With his latest story, one-time NYT science reporter Andrew Revkin embarks on a new career as drama critic — while utterly mocking Hoyt’s analysis. I’ll discuss it at the end. If you think the NY Times public editor, Clark Hoyt, doesn’t have the whole story, doesn’t simply get a free pass from writing a […]
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The end of deforestation in the Brazilian rainforest — for only $7 to $18 Billion?
In October, Brazil’s President announced, “I foresee that by 2020 we will be able to reduce deforestation by 80 percent; in other words, we will emit some 4.8 billion fewer tons of carbon dioxide gas.” Now, a new article in the December 4 issue of Science, “The End of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon,” (subs. […]
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British PM attacks “anti-science, flat-earth climate sceptics”
“With only days to go before Copenhagen we mustn’t be distracted by the behind-the-times, anti-science, flat-earth climate sceptics,” Brown told the Guardian. “We know the science. We know what we must do. We must now act….” So the British PM joins the leaders of Australia and this country in condemning the anti-science disinformers (see Obama […]
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Pre-Copenhagen Climate Progress updates plus top ten players in green energy
First, the number of daily posts is going to jump 50% to 100% for the next two weeks. I want to give full coverage to Copenhagen with lots of interviews, while still reporting on the other major issues, including hackergate and the bipartisan climate and clean energy bill. I’ll be in Copenhagen myself the final […]
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Obama’s double Copenhagen stunner
Again, anyone who thinks there’s not going to be a bipartisan climate bill in the spring or an international deal coming out of Copenhagen isn’t paying attention: Citing progress on many issues, the White House said Friday that President Obama had shifted the date he would appear at the United Nations climate change conference in […]
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“Climate Science: Setting the Record Straight”
Memo to Climate Science community: When illegal email hackers give you lemons, make some lemonade. In a Physics World article, “Publicize or perish,” I pointed out “The scientific community is failing miserably in communicating the potential catastrophe of climate change.“ Of course, that isn’t entirely the scientific community’s fault. The media — especially senior editors […]
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Live at Coal River Mountain rally with Bob Kincaid
As Google Earth takes world leaders at the Copenhagen Climate Summit on a virtual flyover of Coal River Mountain today, besieged residents and citizens groups from Coal River Mountain and across West Virginia and the Appalachian coalfields, along with their national allies, will hold a 2 pm EST rally at the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection in Charleston, W.Va., calling for an immediate halt to the reckless mountaintop removal blasting on Coal River Mountain.
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The physics of Copenhagen: Why politics-as-usual may mean the end of civilization
Cross-posted from TomDispatch. Most political arguments don’t really have a right and a wrong, no matter how passionately they’re argued. They’re about human preferences — for more health care or lower taxes, for a war to secure some particular end or a peace that leaves some danger intact. On occasion, there are clear-cut moral issues: […]
