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What to expect (or not) from the Cancun climate talks
This year's U.N. talks could be our last chance to slow climate change. So will world leaders finally get it right in Cancun?
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Countries aren't sitting on the sidelines waiting for a final international climate agreement
One of key outcomes of international global warming negotiations must be a focus on what actions key countries undertake to reduce their emissions. On that front, there are promising signs. Countries accounting for over 80% of the world’s emissions have now committed to specific actions that they will undertake at home to reduce their global […]
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Cancun Climate Negotiators No Match For New Energy Alliances
On November 29 representatives from 190 countries will be in Cancun, Mexico for the 16th Conference of the Parties under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Late last week, following a two-day Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate in Washington, the Obama administration’s chief climate negotiator told reporters not to expect too […]
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The Climate Post: Why solar can't go mainstream without Sarah Palin
A solar club claims millions of American households could save money with solar, if only folks like Oprah, Jim Cramer, and Sarah Palin get on board.
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India, China buying U.S. coal mines, shale gas fields
This ought to send a chill down the spine of anyone hoping for a thoughtful approach to climate change policy from the White House.
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Bicycle vendors can help bring dead urban spaces to life
In China, peddlers who pedal sometimes improve poorly planned streets.
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A cleantech revolution in four easy steps
Armond Cohen outlines the best ways to ease our transition into renewable power.
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China's top-down energy gigantism and a bottom-up American alternative
Instead of envying China for leading on coal plant research, why not focus on what the U.S. does well -- distributed, bottom-up, human-scale innovation?
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Organic-farming movement sprouts in China
Just as our own sustainable food revolution didn't take place until we had nearly driven all of our small farms into penury, China is evidently feeling the stirrings of a backlash against the industrialization of food.
