climate change mitigation
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Yes, the U.S. can go carbon neutral by 2050, says new Princeton study
Net-zero carbon is possible in the United States, but requires significant and immediate investment from the government.
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Would banning frequent flyer programs help the planet?
One U.K. researcher made headlines this month by proposing a provocative solution to the climate crisis
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Bernie Sanders tells Bill Maher: Climate change is young people’s issue, and mine, too
Progressive presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says he's going to reach out to young voters by emphasizing his calls for climate action.
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These magic CO2-dissolving capsules want to save the world
Scientists think they've found a new technology for pulling carbon from the air, and it looks like weird fish roe.
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Markets and climate change: A case of cognitive dissonance
Earlier this month, Nicholas Stern — respected U.K. economist and author of the famed Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change — cast a spotlight on what he calls a “profound contradiction at the heart of climate change policy.” On one side, the world’s governments have pledged to hold temperature rise to 2 degrees […]
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The doctor and the life coach: A question for Andy Revkin
I’m working on one last follow-up to my brutal-logic posts, but lemme just take a time-out to ask a question of my friend, NYT journo-blogger Andy Revkin, who seems to have thrown his lot in with Bjorn Lomborg and decided that talking about greenhouse-gas emissions is a drag. First, to frame things, a thought experiment: […]
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The brutal logic of climate change mitigation
In my last post, I discussed a new peer-reviewed paper by climate scientists Kevin Anderson and Alice Bows. It paints a grim picture: The commonly accepted threshold of climate “safety,” 2 degrees C [3.6 degrees F] temperature rise over pre-industrial levels, is now properly considered extremely dangerous; even 2 degrees C is drifting out of […]
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The brutal logic of climate change
The consensus in American politics today is that there’s nothing to be gained from talking about climate change. It’s divisive, the electorate has more pressing concerns, and very little can be accomplished anyway. In response to this evolving consensus, lots of folks in the climate hawk coalition (broadly speaking) have counseled a new approach that […]
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Durban dispatch: Climate deniers rip Tutu
Canadian climate deniers gave Archbishop Desmond Tutu flack for speaking out against Canada’s oil sands.Photo: Greater Tacoma Community FoundationCross-posted from ThinkProgress Green. Activists used hundreds of LED emergency lights to spell “climate fail” across the Canadian Parliament lawn in huge, illuminated letters to send Prime Minister Stephen Harper the message that he must listen to […]