climate change policy
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The climate bill in six acts
The last two years saw the protracted death of climate change legislation. Here, in an exclusive new comic, we tell the sordid tale.
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Upton argues Obama plans to destroy America in the name of global warming
Incoming energy chair Fred Upton has shifted to oppose not only cap-and-trade legislation but any form of limits on climate pollution whatsoever.
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A conversation with Bill McKibben
The paperback version of my book Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our last Chance to Save Humanity is now available. It includes, as an added section, a conversation between me and organizer Bill McKibben.
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The Climate Post: Cancun climate talks limp to a compromise at close of hottest year on record
It's official, at least according to NASA: worldwide, 2010 was the hottest year on record.
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Colorado is Poised to Actually Close Coal Plants
The holy grail of solving climate change, according to climate scientists like Jim Hansen, is shutting down coal plants. That’s easier said than done, of course, because each year we run these old, dirty civilization destroyers gives us anoother year of cheap power. But Colorado, showing world leadership, is actually working on closing plants. In fact […]
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Defining success for climate negotiations in Cancun
The key challenge of the Cancun climate talks is to continue the process of constructing a sound foundation for meaningful, long-term global action.
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The failed presidency of Barack Obama, post-election edition
Future generations will judge us with unimaginable harshness for our failure to address the coming global catastrophe, and justifiably so.
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Science proves it: Climate change legislation didn't hurt Democrats
Our analysis shows that House Democrats didn't suffer for voting for cap-and-trade more than they might have otherwise, even though some champions of the bill, such as Rich Boucher (Va.), were defeated Tuesday.
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Putting the midterm elections in the context of the latest climate science (and life as we know it)
The election results mean it is now virtually impossible to avoid exceeding the targets set forth by the U.N. for "safe" levels of climate change.