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OPINION

 The Climate Change 
 Bill Is Awful—Now Pass It 




'Pathetic' Waxman-Markey at least puts a price on carbon: Friedman

Jul 1, 09 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Waxman-Markey is a "pathetic" and "appalling" bill that totally fails to respond to the urgency of climate change—and it should be passed by the Senate and signed into law straight away, writes Thomas Friedman. For the New York Times columnist, the flawed legislation has one great... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • Congress • environment • global warming • cap and trade • carbon trading • carbon • Thomas Friedman • House Republicans • Waxman-Markey

(Newser) - The Mediterranean Sea is in crisis because of global warming, according to Greenpeace. The group says its latest research documents the catastrophic effect climate change is having on the environmentally crucial body of water, which it dubs a “sea of hell.” Rising temperatures have sent foreign species like... More »

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climate change • environment • pollution • global warming • Mediterranean Sea • overfishing • puffer fish

OPINION

Opposing Climate Bill Is Treason Against Planet

Climate deniers worse than conspiracy theorists: Krugman

Jun 29, 09 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Passing the climate change bill was a major accomplishment for the House, even in its watered-down form—but as Paul Krugman listened to the 212 members of Congress who voted no, "I couldn’t help thinking that I was watching a form of treason—treason against the planet."... More »

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climate change • environment • global warming • House of Representatives • House Republicans • Paul Broun • Waxman-Markey

China Won't Allow Hummer Sale: Report

Country KOs GM deal with manufacturer over environmental worries

Jun 26, 09 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Beijing will halt GM’s sale of the Hummer brand to a Chinese machinery firm over pollution concerns, according to Chinese state radio. The purchase would run counter to the government’s goal of reducing pollution caused by manufacturing, the BBC reports. The Chinese firm shrugged off the report. “... More »

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China • environment • pollution • General Motors • automaker • Big Three • US automakers • sale • industrial pollution • Hummer • Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Company

OPINION


 Greedy Farmers 
 Battle Climate Bill 
 That Benefits Them 

Demand government cash to take action

Jun 26, 09 7:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Farmers are among those facing the highest risk from global warming—storms, droughts and swarms of insect pests are coming their way—yet “true to form,” they’re not interested in backing a bill to fight it without reaping even more government cash, sputters Steven Pearlstein in the... More »

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climate change • environment • global warming • cap and trade • farmer • farm • climate change legislation • regulations

Calif. Program Trains 'Green Collar' Workers 

Pioneering initiative's grads tackle both pollution and poverty

Jun 23, 09 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - The first waves of graduates from California's pioneering "green collar" training program are ready to put their new skills to work reducing the state's carbon footprint, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The trainees, including ex-cons and low-income residents, have finished an extensive course in construction skills to equip them... More »

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environment • California • construction • green jobs • job training

(Newser) - As the movement toward greener, more natural burials gains steam, a Swedish biologist who specializes in soil production thinks she's got the best method, reports the Walrus magazine. It's called promession, and it's a doozy: Corpses are frozen with liquid nitrogen, then shattered into tiny pieces on a vibrating table.... More »

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environment • death • Sweden • green • burial • compost • decomposition • promession

Climate Change Report: We Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

Mainland US could be 7-11 degrees warmer by 2090

Jun 17, 09 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Climate change has already brought warmer winters to the Midwest and rising sea levels—and barring quick intervention, the mainland US could heat up 7 to 11.5 degrees by 2090, says a new report to Congress by federal agencies and universities. The report holds no new research, Time notes,... More »

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climate change • Congress • environment • global warming • report

 Forecast: 
 'Astonishing' 
 New Cloud Type 

If recognized, new variety would be first since 1951

Jun 15, 09 3:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - A photo taken by an Iowa paralegal may help secure the recognition of a new cloud type, USA Today reports. Meteorologists are analyzing the cloud's characteristics to determine whether it's an example of an unrecognized type. If the move to recognize the cloud type succeeds, undulus asperatus, whose Latin name... More »

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weather • environment • science • clouds • climate

glossies

 Electric Bikes 
 Take Off 
 in China 


Jun 14, 09 7:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese drivers are seeing a new vehicle zip by on the nation's congested, smog-choked freeways: electric bicycles, Austin Ramzy writes in Time. Promoted by the government as affordable solutions to cars, so-called e-bikes are growing in popularity, offering a green solution to the country's automobile boom. About 21 million e-bikes... More »

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China • environment • smog • green • automobile • electric bicycle

China Plans Massive Push for Green Power

Country could be world's leader in clean energy by 2020

Jun 10, 09 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - China is on course to obtain 20% of its energy from wind and solar sources by 2020—a transformation that would make the country the world leader in renewables. Beijing is ramping up its targets for clean energy, helped by the $590 billion stimulus package passed last year, a senior... More »

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China • climate change • energy • environment • global warming • green energy • Chinese economy • renewable energy • solar power • wind power • carbon emissions • Copenhagen climate change conference

 Dairy Teams 
 Seek Greener 
 Cow Burps 

Methane production drops after farms adopt new feed

Jun 5, 09 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cow belches have been called a bigger environmental threat than cars and trucks—and now dairy groups are taking steps to keep dangerous burps to a minimum, the New York Times reports. One Vermont farmer has seen his cows’ methane emissions drop 18% after boosting the alfalfa and flaxseed in... More »

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climate change • environment • farming • global warming • France • Vermont • cows • methane • farm • feeding • Stonyfield Farms

OPINION

 Michael Moore: 
 9 Ways to Rise 
 From GM's Ashes 

Let's use their facilities to overhaul America's transit

Jun 1, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - The end of General Motors is an opportunity for an America that now owns 60% of the company, writes Michael Moore. Let’s take advantage of the death of a firm that built poor cars, battled environmental rules, and shipped jobs away by using its facilities to implement a new... More »

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energy • environment • alternative energy • bankruptcy • General Motors • Michael Moore • public transportation • electric cars • hybrid car

(Newser) - The Exxon Valdez oil spill is still wreaking havoc on Prince William Sound 20 years later, and an increased push for drilling in Alaska has conservationists and fisherman girding for a repeat, Yale Environment 360 reports. The decimation of the sound’s herring population has affected everything from seabirds to... More »

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environment • Alaska • oil spill • fossil fuel • Exxon Valdez • Prince William Sound • fish population

Warming Earth Down to Its 'Last Chance': Charles

Prince warns of catastrophe if world continues to balk at taking action

May 28, 09 9:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Prince Charles warned yesterday that the world's unwillingness to take action on climate change means disaster is looming, the Daily Telegraph reports. The prince, addressing the Nobel Laureates Symposium, said that although a "mercifully small—if vociferous—number" of people still reject the science of climate change, a far... More »

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climate change • environment • global warming • Prince Charles • rainforest • deforestation

 Bizarre Dust Stains 
 Snow-Capped Rockies 

Dust could leave crops dehydrated by late summer

May 24, 09 3:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - A veil of dust coating the snowcapped Colorado Rockies is accelerating river runoff and has farmers scrambling to avoid an arid crop season, the Los Angeles Times reports. An unusually high number of dust storms and unseasonably warm temperatures have caused rivers to swell near flood stage. “It creates... More »

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environment • water • Colorado Rockies • crops • Colorado • mountain

Obama Overrules the Overruling of State Laws

Bush policy protected business interests in the states

May 22, 09 8:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is rewriting another set of rules inherited from his predecessor. This time, the Washington Post reports, it’s President Bush’s policy of overriding state laws with federal regulations, known as “preemption.” Says an activist, “It's environmental law, it's drug law, it's mortgage law, it's... More »

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Bush administration • environment • health • regulations • Obama administration • state law

GOP: Dems Buddying Up to Big Business

Irony-proof party employs new strategy to battle climate bill

May 20, 09 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Senate Republicans are turning the tables on Democrats as the GOP battles a bill to fight climate change, Politico reports. A strategy memo says Republicans should paint the opposition as the party of big business, suggesting Dems are cozying up to “Wall Street traders,” “polluters,” and... More »

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climate change • environment • Democrats • Senate Democrats • Senate Republicans • corporate America • big business • Republicans

ANALYSIS

 Lefties: Obama's 
 Becoming Dubya 

Left feeling spurned by new president's policies

May 17, 09 9:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sorry, ladies: Hell has no fury like a political base scorned, and tensions are simmering among liberals, who feel spurned by President Obama, Josh Gerstein writes for Politico. With his reversals on military tribunals and releasing photos of abused detainees, and reluctance to tackle gay rights and immigration reform, some... More »

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Barack Obama • environment • gay rights • torture • military tribunal • immigration reform • liberals • health care reform • US Supreme Court • conservatives • Obama administration


 Eco-Kosher 
 Jews Aim for 
 Sustainable 
 Sabbath 

Culinary consciousness 'gives taste to the text we study': advocate

May 9, 09 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new wave of “eco-kosher” Jews treats environmentalism as law, the Los Angeles Times reports. To strengthen their ties to their faith, culinarily conscious believers are hosting sustainable Sabbath dinners using homemade, locally grown foods. “Jewish tradition should heighten our awareness of the choices we’re making,”... More »

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environment • sustainable living • Jews • kosher • eco-friendly • seder

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