Tag: climate change
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Help Free the Arctic 30 and Stand Up Against Fossil Fuel Extraction Everywhere
By Daryl Hannah and Phil Radford All around the globe, record numbers of people from all walks of life are being thrown into jails because they are standing up to protect the most basic of human needs—uncontaminated water, unpolluted lands and a liveable climate free from the ramifications of extreme fossil fuel extraction. If the greed-driven fossil fuel…
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Powering the Planet: How Do We Balance Energy, Water and Climate?
By David L. Chandler [caption id="attachment_312271" align="alignright" width="360"] Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] In deciding how best to meet the world’s growing needs for energy, the answers depend crucially on how the question is framed. Looking for the most cost-effective path provides one set of answers; including the need to curtail greenhouse-gas emissions gives a different…
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414 Cities Take Action Against Climate Change
It’s no secret that tackling the global climate change issue will take lots of dedication at the local level in nations all over the planet. It’s a long haul, but a November report discussed at the ongoing United Nations Warsaw 19th Conference of the Parties (COP 19) on climate shows that 414 cities made 4,000 actions to do…
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U.S. Senator Delivers 50 Speeches in 50 Weeks Calling for Action on Climate Change
By Frances Beinecke Nearly every week, Sen. Whitehouse (D-RI) rises on the Senate floor and delivers an impassioned speech about the need to confront climate change. Wednesday marked his fiftieth climate address, but he is not stopping there. He will continue beating the drum for climate action, because he knows this crisis cannot be ignored.…
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Red States Support Climate Legislation, Too
By Terry Nagel While politicians often assume that people in “red” and “blue” states have very different ideologies regarding climate change, an analysis of surveys measuring Americans’ opinions tells a different story. Jon Krosnick, a senior fellow with the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, presented the findings today in Washington to the congressional Bicameral…