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Can One Young Voice Get the Future of Climate Policy Back on Track?
A young American challenges the UN climate assembly, and shows the world that there is a concerned climate constituency here in the U.S.
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Forward from Copenhagen
The following is an excerpt from a piece by Tom Athanasiou from the Earth Island Journal's Spring 2010 issue. I will say this: Almost two...
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THE GREEN MARKET's Top 25 Environmental Stories of 2009
The deepest recession since the Great Depression may have stolen headlines, however 2009 produced some riveting environmental news, From COP15...
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The U.N. Climate Process: Dead or Alive?
Did Obama kill the UNFCCC with the Copenhagen Accord? Is that a good thing? Flopenhagen...worse than useless...an elaborate sham...a suicide...
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Eleventh Hour in Copenhagen: Live Blogs and Tweets (Updated)
UPDATE 11:10 Copenhagen time: Obama reached a pretty worthless (my take) "political agreement" with China, India, South Africa, and Brazil. Pretty...
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Alright, Obama. Can You Save The Climate Talks?
After all the talks about whether or not Obama would go to Denmark, and then the discussion about when he would go to Denmark, he is now showing...
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COP15 Video: "The Fate of My Country Rests in Your Hands"
Ninety-five percent of the time, the plenaries and contact groups and informal meetings in the UNFCCC process are mind numbingly boring. But...
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Tiny Tuvalu Makes Waves at COP15
The tiny island nation of Tuvalu, so vulnerable to the threats of climate change, has flexed some new-found muscles here in Copenhagen, and is...
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What Would You Say to a World Leader at COP15?
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Current Trajectory from COP15: Chicago Turns into Texas
So far, our paltry COP15 emissions targets would lock in a much warmer world, and a much-changed United States. It's finally here. "The most...
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World Leaders Send Apologies for Climate Change ... from the Future
These incredible posters are hanging in and around the Copenhagen airport, offering a pointed (and poignant) welcome message to the international...
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Obama Shifts Schedule, Coming to Copenhagen When It Matters
This sudden, surprise announcement by the Obama administration-to delay his trip to Copenhagen from December 9th to the 18th-is a much bigger deal...
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Harder, Wetter, Faster, Stronger: Bad News in Climate Science
So everything we thought we knew from the IPCC's (Nobel Prize winning!) Fourth Assessment Report of climate science? Well, it's all worse. This...
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Waste Not, Watt Not
It's been a bummer of a week for climate news. The Senate bill continues to languish behind health care and there have been some disconcerting...
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The GOOD Guide to COP15: Now What?
Even if you flew to Copenhagen, they probably wouldn't let you in to the conference. But don't despair: You don't have to be a delegate to...
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The GOOD Guide to COP15: The Fire this Time: Copenhagen and the War for the Future
That which is unsustainable cannot go on. Unsustainable things that are propped up too long snap and collapse suddenly. Our way of life is...
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The GOOD Guide to COP15: Dispatches from the Future, Today
The conference is still a few months away, but we asked several activists to predict what they will be talking about after the conference...
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COP15: The Issues
What's on the table at Copenhagen? End Goal The long-term goals of preserving a habitable planet will effectively be boiled down to a...
