Tag: climate change
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New Research Maps Countries’ Contributions to Global Warming
A new study aims to offer unique insights into countries’ historical responsibility for global warming, by translating their carbon emissions into a proportion of observed temperature rise. How responsible different countries’ are for climate change to date has long been a contentious issue. Contributing differently to the build-up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, some countries…
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Importance of Old Growth Forests: Carbon Capture Potential Grows With Age
By Dr. Janet Cotter We know that forests are biodiversity-rich, and we know they provide us with essential ecosystem services, such as regulating water flows and influencing weather patterns. One ecosystem service often discussed these days is the role of forests in helping regulate the amount of the greenhouse gas—carbon dioxide (CO2)—in the atmosphere. A new analysis…
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Leaders Urge President Obama: Consider Climate in Decisions on Keystone XL, Fracking and Drilling in the Arctic
As reported in an exclusive to the Washington Post today, eighteen environmental, environmental justice and public health advocacy groups sent a letter to President Obama, calling on his administration to embrace clean energy and climate action over an “all of the above” energy plan. The groups applauded the President’s actions to reduce carbon pollution and his commitment…
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How Companies Hide Behind Trade Organizations to Influence Climate Policy
Trade and business associations are major actors in both business and public policy in the U.S. These associations provide many benefits to their member companies, and one of the most important is the leverage they provide for influencing policy through political activities such as campaign contributions, lobbying of elected officials and issue advertising. Since climate…
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Showtime Breaks Ground With First-Ever Climate Change Series
By Joe Romm This April, Showtime will start airing its groundbreaking TV series on the experiences and personal stories of people whose lives have been touched by climate change. Years Of Living Dangerously is an eight-part series produced by the legendary storytellers and film-makers James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Weintraub—together with three former 60 Minutes producers…