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The Weekly Mulch from the Media Consortium: Backpedaling Bill – Kerry, Graham, Lieberman Argue for "Energy Only" Legislation
By Alison Hamm, Media Consortium blogger (reposted with permission) Sens. John Kerry (D-MA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) met with industry groups Wednesday evening to discuss their much anticipated tripartisan climate legislation. Based on leaks from the meeting, it sounds like the climate bill will be incredibly i... Continue reading The Weekly Mulch from the Media Consortium: Backpedaling Bill – Kerry, Graham, Lieberman Argue for "Energy Only" Legislation
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Tweet This PostBusinesses Urge Congress to Lead: Cap, Efficiency, Renewables the Path Sustainable Future
Earlier this week leaders from 185 businesses and organizations, along with 77 individual activists, delivered to Congress a letter urging members that “greenhouse gas emissions can be cut swiftly and in an economically and environmentally sound way by means of a national emissions cap that is realized through a combination of aggressive e... Continue reading Businesses Urge Congress to Lead: Cap, Efficiency, Renewables the Path Sustainable Future
Emails Reveal Argument Among Scientists for Strong Response Against McCarthyesque Attacks on Climate Science
For many, it's time that climate scientists took off their white coats and stood up to the ongoing broadside against their work and the near-constant drumbeat from right-wing pundits and politicians that have added derision of global warming to their conservative litmus test, disavowing anyone who might dare take seriously the work of t... Continue reading Emails Reveal Argument Among Scientists for Strong Response Against McCarthyesque Attacks on Climate Science
EarthTalk: Will Hybrid Plug-ins Lead to Greater Reliance on Coal?
EarthTalk® is a weekly environmental column made available to our readers from the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: Isn’t the interest in electric cars and plug-in hybrids going to spur increased reliance on coal as a power source? And is that really any better than gasoline/oil in terms of environmental impac... Continue reading EarthTalk: Will Hybrid Plug-ins Lead to Greater Reliance on Coal?
Geoengineering: Will Attempts to "Play God" Lead to Ruin or Salvation?
The controversial new book SuperFreakonomics has stirred vociferous and vehement responses, with many accusing authors Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner of "getting it all wrong" in their chapter about global warming. In that chapter, Levitt and Dubner referenced the work of climatologist Ken Caldeira's work studying the imp... Continue reading Geoengineering: Will Attempts to "Play God" Lead to Ruin or Salvation?
