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Senator Barbara Boxer — Her Reelection — Our New Climate Movement

Last night was the first (and perhaps the only) debate between Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California) and her Republican challenger Carly Fiorina.I’m not a guru of politics. I’m not a pundit of policy debates. I’m not a Beltway lobbyist. My knowledge of … Continue reading

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Senator Barbara Boxer — Her Reelection — Our New Climate Movement

Last night was the first (and perhaps the only) debate between Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California) and her Republican challenger Carly Fiorina.I’m not a guru of politics. I’m not a pundit of policy debates. I’m not a Beltway lobbyist. My knowledge of … Continue reading

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Congressional Candidates’ Views on Clean Energy, Climate Change: FL-02

Originally posted on The MarkUp.This is the ninth article in a continuing series by the NRDC Action Fund on the environmental stances of candidates in key races around the country.More… Continue reading

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Climate Change and Australia’s Living Pinosaur

On Sept. 10, 1994, a New South Wales naturalist named David Noble abseiled into one of the more than 500 canyons in Wollemi National Park — some 60 miles east of the megalopolis of Sydney — and discovered a stand of prehistoric coniferous Wollemi pin… Continue reading

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Californian Leader Slams Proposal to Scrap Climate Legislation

“We are not going to sit idly by and watch you dismantle our environmental achievements…which are also economic achievements,” says Carl Guardino, CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, which represents over 300 of the valley’s major companies (… Continue reading

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Congressional Candidates’ Views on Clean Energy, Climate Change: MI-07

This is the fourth article in a continuing series by the NRDC Action Fund looking at candidates’ environmental stances in key races nationwide.Michigan’s 7th Congressional District takes in five counties in southern Michigan plus parts of two others. T… Continue reading

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Fires, Flooding, and Climate Finance: Is there enough fast-start funding?

The World Resources Institute recently released updated estimates of the “fast-start” climate mitigation and adaption commitments rich nations made to poor countries after the Copenhagen summit. The headline figures are pretty impressive: Developed nat… Continue reading

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Global Warming ‘Alarmist’ Heidi Cullen ‘Refrightens’ Stephen Colbert

Heidi Cullen, Senior Research Scientist at Climate Central, appeared on Colbert’s show last night to promote her new book, “The Weather Of The Future: Heat Waves, Extreme Storms, and Other Scenes from a Climate-Changed Planet.”Colbert asked Cullen to “… Continue reading

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3 Pillars of a Food Revolution

3 Pillars of a Food RevolutionAs marketers learn to fake climate-friendly food, how do we spot the real thing? It’s a question of values.More… Continue reading

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The Singularity Summit 2010

Yes, the recession is now almost a memory, global climate warming is only somewhat impacting Russia and the price of crude oil is stabilized at $76/barrel. Why then are there regular reports of doomsday around the corner? The Venus Syndrome (novel in… Continue reading

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