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In Tianjin, New Urgency Stirs Fresh Hope For Climate Progress
TIANJIN, China – In a gesture that signaled more urgent engagement to cool the planet, the United Nation’s chief climate negotiator today opened this nation’s first international climate conference by sealing a symbolic Great Climate Wall of China with an ancient proverb. Christiana Figueres, a Costa Rican diplomat and climate expert, who in May was […]
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A locavore in China, Pt. 1: Black-market melons, un-free birds, and masquerading mangosteens
Living in the capital of China's rich and fertile Zhejiang Province, I thought I was eating local. Wrong. With reusable water bottle in hand and organic cotton socks strapped tight, I set off to see where my food really comes from.
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A small venture that could generate big results
Imagine a program that turns a relatively small initial investment into billions of dollars of U.S. economic growth, thousands of new Americans jobs, and groundbreaking technologies that change the way we use energy in this country and around the world. It's called the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy and it is about to be given the bureaucratic equivalent of a death sentence.
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The Climate Post: 2011 could see truly epic legislative battles over climate, energy
Read more on the fate of the renewable energy standard, nice Canadians and their not-so-nice tar sands, electric cars, and more.
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A price on carbon is a must, says Delaware senator
Why haven't past efforts been successful in revolutionizing our energy system? Because they didn't go far enough, argues Delaware Senator Ted Kaufman.
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Oil companies and special interests spend millions to oppose climate legislation
As the case for climate action grows more urgent, Big Oil and Dirty Coal have redoubled their efforts to block global warming pollution reductions.
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Friedman misses what's really holding America back on clean energy
Obama isn't trying to raise the gasoline tax because conservatives have made it next to impossible to talk about raising taxes of any sort. Even phasing out tax breaks for millionaires might prove beyond the ability of Congress this fall -- forget taking on something as pocketbook-sensitive as gas taxes.
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The Climate Post: Castro's secret meeting with scientists proves climate change is a communist plot
Read about the renewable energy standard's 11th-hour comeback, the Cancun climate summit, the White House's "sinister plot," and more.
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GE plugs into Better Place, Sharp buys California solar developer
General Electric and Sharp just hooked up with two green tech startups: Better Place and Recurrent Energy.
