Tag: climate change
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New NRDC Site Encourages Americans to Say No to Dirty Energy and Yes to Renewables
In a new video Natural Resources Defense Council Trustee Robert Redford outlines the hazards of this filthy fuel and explains that while strip mining for tar sands is great for oil companies, it’s terrible for the rest of us …
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Renowned Scientists Declare Human Activity the Root of Global Warming
With the International Panel on Climate Change report not yet published, there is already heated debate about what it will say, and about the implications of its findings for human development …
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Draw the Line on Keystone XL Sept. 21
On Sept. 21, people will participate in hundreds of community actions throughout the U.S. as part of 350.org’s Draw the Line on Keystone XL campaign, calling on President Obama to keep his promise …
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Top 10 States Receiving Federal Disaster Aid Elected Climate Deniers to Congress
The U.S. suffered from numerous extreme weather events in 2011 and 2012. In fact, there were 25 severe storms, floods, droughts, heat waves and wildfires that each caused more than $1 billion …
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10 Percent of World’s Largest Companies Produce 73 Percent of Greenhouse Gases
Growing pollution at 50 of the world’s biggest-emitting companies threatens to undermine efforts to prevent catastrophic levels of global warming, according to a new report …