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Isolated green buildings won't save the planet, TEDsters argue

Everyone in the green-buildings world already understands this -- if they're halfway informed and halfway honest. Who exactly are the writers refuting? Real-estate marketers.

Is the U.S. the most overpopulated country on the planet? [VIDEO]

Does it really make a difference to global sustainability if Americans have fewer kids? Damn straight, says William Ryerson of Population Institute.

Population contrarian Fred Pearce on 'The Daily Show' [VIDEO]

Environmental journalist Fred Pearce has pissed off many by arguing that we don?t need to worry about population. Watch him chat with Jon Stewart.

Me, in the movie 'Carbon Nation'

For those of you who missed my big screen debut last night in Millennium Park, it's safe to say you missed the opportunity of a lifetime.

Stephanie Mills on choosing whether or not to have children [VIDEO]

Activist Stephanie Mills answers this question: "What advice do you give people who feel conflict about having children and living sustainably?"

The arrival of the stork isn't always a happy occasion [VIDEO]

An irreverent little video about population pressures -- "The Stork" by Nina Paley. Watch it here.

The state of the climate [VIDEO]

2009 tied for fifth-warmest year since the 1880s, and 2000-2009 was the warmest decade on record, according to NOAA. Watch a Climate Central video.

What would the world look like without people? [VIDEO]

In honor of the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, here are two videos showing what would happen if we humans suddenly up and disappeared.

New W.Va. senator won’t help climate bill — and maybe nothing else will either

West Virginia’s new senator, Carte Goodwin (D)Senate Democrats get a little of their groove back today when a replacement for the late Sen. Robert Byrd (W. Va.) is sworn in. But don’t expect him to bail them out on climate change. I’m a coal man: Carte Goodwin, a 36-year-old attorney, is being seen as a […]