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And, well, that includes America and Americans. World Public Opinion just released a poll (full report, pdf, here)  that show that large majorities around the world: Understand that “human activity IS a significant cause” of Climate Change Agree that is is “Necessary to take major steps very soon to Address Climate Change” Believe taht wealthy […]

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Last week, the White House sent out within the Adminstration talking points in advance of this week’s Climate Change discussions in the UN (which, as Meteor Blades reminds you, Bush won’t attend except for dinner tonight) and next week’s Climate Change Conference . These talking points, as you will see, seek to turn day into […]

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Last week, a six page advertising supplement ran in The Washington Post.  In it were good (to excellent) articles about Global Warming and water; ocean power; vertical farming in urban areas; UN Climate talks; making green by going Green; bios of some Global Warming activists; and others. A good set of articles … interesting, informative, […]

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This is something that we should hope to see spread globally, but it would be a tremendous step forward toward something like Architecture 2030 if California adopts its proposed building codes.  The proposal:  all new residential housing developments  energy self-sufficient by 2020 all new commercial buildings be “zero net energy” by 2030. Wow …

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The Heartland Institute is investing $1 million in advertisements that headline: Freedom, not Climate, is at Risk Global Warming is NOT A CRISIS These ads will be promoting Czech President Vaclav Klaus, who rivals Dick Cheney for his climate denialist attitudes. Klaus had a despicable OPED in Financial Times earlier this year, discussed by Jerome […]

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As we consider our energy future, figuring out a path through the stormy seas of Peak Oil, Peak Natural Gas, and, not least, Global Warming, there are ways to capture our challenges, to think about the problems ahead that are (at least to me) compelling. Richard E. Smalley’s The Terrawatt Challenge (pdf) is one of […]

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Well, it is getting reported, but seemingly not in the United States … According to The Independent, the International Panel on Climate Change‘s latest study lets us know, it is now too late. A rise of two degrees centigrade [3.6 degrees fahrenheit] in global temperatures – the point considered to be the threshold for catastrophic […]

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EcoGeek’s recent coverage of An Off-Grid Vertical Farm for Downtown Seattle garnered some attention and generated discussion. But we should recognize that it is far from the first or only really interesting concept for going vertical in growing food in urban areas. A Columbia University microbiologist, Dickson Despommier, advocates 30-story skyscrapers that would, each, be […]

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Joe Lieberman has become persona non-grata for many liberal, even his name might drive some to hypertension.  For many, it is a name all too often connected with mistaken paths, whether on Iraq or Iraq or Habeas Corpus or … Is this name about to take a shift and take a leading position in the US Senate on […]

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