Tag: climate change
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King Coal Gets a Kicking at Warsaw Climate Talks
By Paul Brown Coal has dominated the agenda in Warsaw, with demonstrations against the Polish Government’s decision to hold a coal summit during the climate talks. Scientists, UN officials and green groups said coal reserves must be left in the ground if the climate is not to overshoot the internationally agreed safe maximum temperature increase…
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Thousands Protest Outside UN Climate Talks in Warsaw Demanding Climate Action
By Hoda Baraka This morning in Warsaw, Poland, climate activists staged a public action in front of the Polish Ministry of Economy—the venue for the greenwashing Coal and Climate Summit—to voice their outrage and reiterate a simple reality: there is no such thing as clean coal. Organizations involved in the action included Polish Youth Climate…
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Philippe Cousteau and Andrew Revkin Discuss Media’s Lack of Climate Change Coverage
Philippe Cousteau and Andrew Revkin joined CNN’s Frank Sesno on Reliable Sources Sunday to discuss the media’s lack of coverage of global climate change. Cousteau, co-founder and president of EarthEcho International, shared his insights on the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report that shows researchers are more certain than ever that humans are causing climate change and that some of…
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Worldwide Green Energy Revolution Erupts to Reverse Perils of Climate Change
By Michael T. Klare [caption id="attachment_312401" align="alignright" width="400"] With an awareness of climate change growing and as intensifying floods, fires, droughts and storms become an inescapable feature of daily life across the planet, more people are joining environmental groups and engaging in increasingly bold protest actions. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] A week after the most powerful…
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Super Typhoon Haiyan: Realities of a Warmed World and Need for Immediate Climate Action
It is with a heavy heart and a respectful hand that I write this. Super Typhoon Haiyan has only just passed, and the devastation cannot yet even be fully understood. With that in mind, please consider a donation to the Philippine Red Cross. But that will only aid those impacted by this storm. Not the…