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This guest post from Barath lays out a perspective on the interactions of climate change and peak oil — interactions in terms of people as well as substance.  My perspective from a few years ago might be of interest:  THE Progressive Crises: Global Warming and Peak Oil.   I’ve been wondering for the past year about […]

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Sadly, this isn’t about Breaking Bubbles and my inability to get a good (let alone great) score while procrastinating. While that might merit counting as some form of distressing situation (in perhaps the saddest form of self absorption), the Breaking is about distressing news from Russian scientists. In the backdrop of our lives, the atmospheric […]

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No, not a nuclear meltdown but a different form of nuclear option. For many, one of the painful elements of European cap and trade along with other arenas enabling and funding carbon offsets is how it creates opportunity for gamemanship that exaggerate positive impacts and wastes resources. One arena where this has seemed to be […]

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At this time, the Climate Reality program is on a 24-hour long world-wide tour. Organized by (Vice) President Gore, this program moves time-zone by time-zone around the world, laying out the truth of climate science, things that are occurring to help turn the tide on Global Warming’s rising seas, realities of the time zone or […]

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This guest post comes from the eloquent and thoughtful Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse. After DC failed to enact comprehensive climate change legislation, it was good to see states take the lead on regional cap-and-trade programs. We now have 3 regional initiatives to address greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) involving more than 30 states. That so many […]

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Sunday, Brendan Smith and Jeremy Brecher asked Are Progressives in Denial About Climate Change? If you listen to right wing commentators, you might think American progressives are leading the charge to protect our planet from climate change. Would that it were so! Smith and Brecher lay out a series of challenges and issues that coalesce […]

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As you are so well aware from the massive media coverage (note the sarcasm?), 10,000 youth climate activists gathered in Washington, DC, last month, in Powershift 2011.  Powershift representatives met with the President (for a first-person account, see What I Said at The White House). They shared their stories — successes and failures. They engaged with key leaders and […]

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First, let me express my sympathy for all those caught in the devastating path of tornadoes. To be caught in such devastating power of nature, recourse totally beyond one’s ability for action, is beyond my emotional imagination. I can only begin to imagine the pain for the families of the dead and for those whose […]

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The cup runneth over in the Washington, DC, area when it comes to meaningful events for discussing the military and energy/climate issues. In addition to three events discussed earlier this week in TCO, energy, climate, and the military — a brief framing discussion, next Wednesday and Thursday the Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO) will […]

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