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Civil Unrest Has a Role in Stopping Climate Change, Says Gore

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:12:17 +0000

by Oliver Burkeman in Los Angeles Al Gore has sought to inject fresh momentum into the Copenhagen build-up, saying he is certain Barack Obama will attend and predicting a rise in civil disobedience against fossil-fuel polluters unless drastic action is taken over global warming. read more

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Civil unrest has a role in stopping climate change, says Gore

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:08:34 +0000

Ahead of Copenhagen summit, former US vice-president says 'non-violent lawbreaking' is legitimate in persuading governments to cut emissions Al Gore has sought to inject fresh momentum into the Copenhagen build-up, saying he is certain Barack Obama will attend and predicting a rise in civil ...

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Brendan DeMelle: Europe Places Copenhagen Outcome Squarely On Obama

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:09:00 +0000

The chief negotiator for the European Commission announced this afternoon in Barcelona that the failure of the U.S. Congress to pass legislation before December has doomed the chances for success in Copenhagen . Europe now predicts that a legally binding treaty is impossible to expect in Copenhagen, and that it could take up to a full year beyond the global summit this December in order to reach a binding deal. Artur Runge-Metzger, the chief negotiator for the European Commission, told ...

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APEC seeks sweeping world emission cuts by 2050

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:53:50 +0000

Agence France-Presse: Asia-Pacific leaders plan to call for sweeping cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 at a summit here next week, according to a draft communique obtained by AFP Friday. "We believe that global emissions will need to peak over the next few years, and be ...

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Groups Push U.S. and China on Carbon Capture and Storage Technology

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:59:38 +0000

Three prominent American research organizations that are pushing for greater cooperation between the U.S. and China on developing carbon capture technology and the creation of a market for carbon.

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Odd Concordance

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 01:39:00 +0000

When Peggy Noonan http://is.gd/4Lb4z and James H Kunstler http://is.g/4Lb6x share an iconoclastic point of view it's worthy of note. It's not surprising that neither is happy with Obama, but it's surprising how similarly they express it. The most sophisticated Americans, experienced in how the ...

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Arianna Huffington: Obama One Year Later: The Audacity of Winning vs. The Timidity of Governing

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 22:41:12 +0000

I had arranged to meet David Plouffe on Saturday afternoon at a Starbucks on Wisconsin Avenue in Washington. The night before, a copy of his new book, The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory , was waiting for me when I checked into my hotel at ...

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One year after his election, Obama on verge of audaciously fulfilling his promise as the green FDR

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 19:43:23 +0000

Arianna Huffington posted “ Obama One Year Later: The Audacity of Winning vs. The Timidity of Governing . HuffPost asked for replies. Mine is here and below. I welcome your thoughts. My bottom line: On climate and clean energy policy, he has been anything but timid! Future ...

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US puts climate debate on hold for five weeks despite plea by Merkel

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:14:35 +0000

• Senate delay means no bill likely before Copenhagen • German leader makes historic Congress address International negotiators lost one of the key elements to a successful deal on global warming today after Democratic leaders in the US Congress ruled out passing a climate change law before ...

TreeHugger found this 2 days ago on guardian.co.uk

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Daily Briefing: Mon.

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:17:58 +0000

NUCLEAR OPTION: Things are looking bleak for the Senate's climate bill, the Washington Post reports today, despite renewed efforts from the Obama administration and Senate Democrats in recent weeks to solidify support. Democrats are still deeply divided on the economic costs of cutting the country's greenhouse gas emissions, leaving the bill's supporters to cast around for Republican backup. Sens.

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President Obama announces $3.4 billion investment to spur transition to smart energy grid

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 08:49:00 +0000

by Grist As the Senate debated the Kerry-Boxer climate bill in Washington, President Obama travelled to Arcadia, Florida to announce a $3.4 billion investment in to modernize the U.S. energy grid. Have a look at this official White House press release on the president’s new smart grid ...

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What do the Olympics mean for Rio's environment?

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 18:50:04 +0000

Naturally we in the Cidade Maravilhosa are delighted to have beaten out the Windy City and snatched the 2016 Olympics from under the nose of the not-quite-glamorous-enough first couple of the United States: even Obama can’t compete with Copacabana when it comes to wowing Olympic committees.

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Buffer Rule for Mining Will Remain Until 2011

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 18:33:33 +0000

The Interior Department will leave in place George W. Bush-era changes to a rule designed to protect streams from mountaintop-removal coal mining until 2011, according to court documents filed by the Obama administration Friday. A new "stream-buffer zone" rule could "optimistically" be finished ...

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Congressmen Urge President Obama to Lead on 350 Climate Goal In Copenhagen

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:18:42 +0000

Two Democratic House members are drumming up support among their colleagues to urge President Obama to go to Copenhagen to seek agreement with other global leaders on the need to reduce the level of carbon-dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere to the key level of 350 parts per million (ppm).

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Obama awards $3.4 billion in ’smart grid’ grants

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:53:46 +0000

Obama awards $3.4 billion in ’smart grid’ grants

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Jon Stewart to Lou Dobbs:

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:23:54 +0000

Well you just knew this was coming! Jon Stewart devoted a Daily Show segment to the Birther movement and its enablers in the media last night, a segment he used to eviscerate them thoroughly and hilariously. Now, regarding the Birthers one of the treats of our day yesterday was reading ...

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'Daily Show' Destroys CNN For Fact-Checking 'SNL' Instead Of Their Guests (VIDEO)

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:23:54 +0000

Jon Stewart began his show last night by skewering CNN for fact-checking a "Saturday Night Live" skit in which Fred Armisen (playing Barack Obama) claimed to have done "nothing" since taking office. In this hard-hitting report, CNN found that while many of the president's initiatives have not ...

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Obama to give $3.4 billion in grants for smart grid

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:37:55 +0000

Tom Doggett WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday will announce $3.4 billion in government grants to help build a "smart" electric grid that will save consumers money on their utility bills, reduce blackouts and carry power supplies generated by solar and wind energy, the ...

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Barack Obama in new global warming fight

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:42:36 +0000

Observer: Barack Obama's efforts to forge a new American consensus around the need for action on climate change has run into a brick wall of Republican opposition, with senators threatening a boycott of a proposed law to cut carbon emissions. The Senate opens a three-day blockbuster of hearings ...

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Chart: How the ‘Darpa for Energy’ Is Slicing Its $150-Million Pie

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:40:51 +0000

The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency announced its first grant awards Monday morning, handing out more than $150 million for what the agency describes as “bold, transformational” energy projects. The fledgling “Darpa for energy” bet between ...

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