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California will start selling carbon allowances tomorrow
They make great stocking stuffers, unlike coal.
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2012: Hot, costly, and ready for action (on climate change)
And it won't happen, because we're all about to get screwed.
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Canadian oil-sands driller aims to make nice with a stupid video game
Canadian oil-sands miner Syncrude has a little PR problem. So they made a video game where a buffalo tells everyone what a cool company they are.
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Anti-tax activist Grover Norquist thinks a carbon tax might make sense — with some caveats [UPDATED]
Grover Norquist's half-hearted endorsement of a carbon tax makes it slightly more likely to happen, but it probably still won't.
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99 red balloons can power 4,500 homes
This wins for most charming solar concept based on a one-hit wonder from the ‘80s, and maybe most charming solar concept ever.
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You be the pessimist! Here’s why the election gives me hope
What if grassroots activists joined with green D.C. insiders, got the president to kill the Keystone pipeline, and put a price on carbon? Bill McKibben explains why the election should make us all optimists.
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Climate change threatens to wipe out your coffee
Arabica coffee beans could be extinct in the wild by 2080.
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Superstorm Sandy hit Superfund sites, spread toxic pollution
Superstorm Sandy took a toll on East Coast Superfund sites, waterways and more. Cleanup is underway but the full impact is not yet known.
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Climate should be Obama’s No. 1 priority, say lots of people who aren’t tree-hugging enviros
The New Yorker calls on Obama to put climate action at the top of his agenda. So does Republican Christine Todd Whitman and other non-hippies.
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The moral logic of climate communication
Climate communicators have two moral obligations: (1) be accurate and (2) ensure that audiences understand and care. Too many people fixate on No. 1 and ignore No. 2.