Tag: climate change
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The Politics of Climate Change
The study, in the journal Climatic Change, is one of the first to examine the influence of political orientation on perceived scientific agreement and support for government action to reduce emissions.
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Plants Moderate Climate Warming
As temperatures warm, plants release gases that help form clouds and cool the atmosphere, according to research from International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the University of Helsinki.
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Climate Activist on Day 29 of Hunger Strike
OIL CHANGE INTERNATIONAL — “I am on hunger strike because I can think of no action which could adequately express the urgency of humanity’s present situation. There are more than a few trends which, left unchecked, are likely to …
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Integral Fast Reactors: Nuclear’s Forgotten Clean Energy Solution
I wrote a post for CleanTechnica on December 6, 2011 about something I’d never before heard about, integral fast reactors — you guessed right, nuclear reactors. Titled, “Our Nuclear Trash Heap Needs IFRs,” I wrote about a 2008 book by environmentalist, Tom Blees, “Prescription for the Planet.”
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Why It’s Worth Going to Jail to Stop Keystone XL
CONOR KENNEDY — Ever since Feb. 13, when I chained myself to the White House fence with 47 other protestors urging President Obama to kill the Keystone pipeline, people have asked me …