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Climate change
Climate change (sometimes "global warming") refers to the long-term change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns on Earth over time, as well as the environmental policy that seeks to address it.
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Does global warming science need a restart (or at least a new story)?
Climate Gate has left the average objective person, or the majority of people, in the cold as two opposing sides scream at each other over politics, leaked emails and whether science has been...
67 | December 8, 2009 5:05am |
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DC leads (green) nation in bikes, bags
If you're shopping in the nation's capitol, bring a reusable bag--or you'll pay.
7 | December 8, 2009 4:00am |
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BMW drives real progress on sustainability
BMW is aiming to prove that it is possible to be both an automotive AND a corporate sustainability leader.
1 | December 7, 2009 2:27pm |
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What we're reading: Bacterial packaging
U.N. climate change conference pollution; bacterial packaging; biofuel stimulus money; securing the smart grid; clean coal and human blood.
1 | December 7, 2009 1:23pm |
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The war against oil is finally engaged
More important is an EPA finding that carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases are in fact dangerous, which will enable it to issue rules limiting pollution. The finding has been in the...
17 | December 7, 2009 11:54am |
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U.S. E.P.A. concludes that greenhouse gases pose a health risk; sets stage for regulation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday said it will conclude that greenhouse gases definitively pose a danger to human health and the environment, paving the way for further regulation...
December 7, 2009 7:51am |
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Want your business to go green? Leverage data transparently to make smart decisions
Want your business to be green? First you need to know green you aren't. And then you've got to tell your employees. All of them.
3 | December 7, 2009 2:30am |
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The Sustainability Journey: Is it sustainable to fly to Copenhagen for the climate change conference?
How sustainable is it to fly by airplane to Copenhagen, Denmark for the United Nations conference on climate change?
6 | December 3, 2009 3:09pm |
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With Ecosia, save the rainforest using your web search engine
A new search engine named Ecosia promises to be the "world's greenest search engine" and protects rainforest with each click.
2 | December 3, 2009 2:07pm |
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How Al Gore got it wrong
The so-called Climate Bill is a jobs bill. By fighting it, global warming denialists, and carbon industry lobbyists, are keeping us out of markets that can grow like the Internet did in the 1990s,...
24 | December 3, 2009 11:53am |
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What if the planet has sustained our maximum potential for industrial growth?
The climate crisis is changing the way certain economists are thinking about economic growth.
18 | December 2, 2009 2:54pm |
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In wake of Climategate, British climate scientist steps down
The director of the prestigious British research center named in the "Climategate" controversy has stepped down pending an investigation.
3 | December 2, 2009 11:55am |
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Threatened by climate change, original 'Garden of Eden' could drown in as little as two decades
The Seychelles, a small cluster of islands off the coast of Africa, may be the canary in the coal mine when it comes to rising seas as a result of global climate change. According to new...
December 1, 2009 10:59am |
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WWF, Allianze estimate what it could cost NOT to take action on climate change
Remember billions and billions lost on the insurance bill for Hurricane Katrina? Those losses would be dwarved by the estimates reported in a new climate change loss report from World Wildlife...
58 | November 30, 2009 11:42am |
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Sustainability and the student body: U Penn pioneers resident advisor program
The University of Pennsylvania figures the best on-campus advocates of sustainability are its students.
November 27, 2009 7:28pm |
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The Lancet demands we change but will not do so itself
The Lancet medical journal argues that "cutting emissions to mitigate climate change will also make people healthier."
1 | November 25, 2009 9:05am |
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India, China will economically surpass U.S., U.K. in 2048
In a speech at TEDIndia, statistician Hans Rosling predicted the exact date that India and China's economies will catch up with the U.S. and the U.K.
12 | November 25, 2009 8:22am |
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Obama to travel to Copenhagen for United Nations climate change conference
U.S. president Barack Obama will travel to Copenhagen next month for the United Nations climate change conference to deliver a speech promising widespread emissions reductions.
November 25, 2009 7:59am |
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Which consumer products companies are doing what counts for the environment?
Just in time for holiday shopping, Climate Counts lets us know which consumer brand companies have been naughty and which have been nice.
November 24, 2009 7:53pm |
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World's oceans absorbing less carbon dioxide, report says
A massive carbon sink, the world's oceans are unable to absorb all of the carbon dioxide emitted from the burning of fossil fuels, according to a new study.
4 | November 24, 2009 2:01pm |
