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  • July 2008

    • The Democratic Party: Is Civil War Brewing?

      newser  |  American  |  Jul 24, 08 5:05 PM CDT

      The Democratic Party: Is Civil War Brewing?

      Democrats are undoubtedly ascendant in the US, Joel Kotkin writes in the American , but the demographic shift that made it so may undermine the party in the near future. That’s because the working-class party of FDR is now chock-full of elites—two constituencies with different values. The richer Dems don’t care deeply about economic justice, and those with less money don’t see eye-to-eye with the party’s well-educated professionals. More »

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      Barack Obama  • climate change  • Democrats  • carbon emissions  • Karl Rove  • Democratic Party

    • 'Clean Coal' Advocates Blowing Smoke

      newser  |  Yale Environment 360  |  Jul 17, 08 11:31 AM CDT

      'Clean Coal' Advocates Blowing Smoke

      “Clean coal” is the buzzword of the moment, with industry groups and presidential candidates swearing by a work-in-progress technique known as carbon capture and storage (CCS), which ultimately buries carbon dioxide emissions deep underground. But Jeff Goodell, writing in Yale Environment 360 , doesn’t buy it. “We don’t need to bury our problems,” Goodell writes. “We need to reinvent our world.” More »

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      climate change  • environment  • carbon emissions  • coal  • coal power

    • China, India Reject G8 Carbon Plan

      newser  |  Financial Times (UK)  |  Jul 9, 08 8:40 AM CDT

      China, India Reject G8 Carbon Plan

      Neither China nor India agreed to adopt the G8's targets for cutting carbon emissions by 2050 at their joint meeting today. Asia's two big developing economies, joined by Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa, said carbon reductions would endanger their growth and exacerbate poverty, and that rich nations should clean up the mess they had created. The emerging economies' holdout was only one of many signs that the G8 is losing clout, reports the Financial Times. More »

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      China  • climate change  • environment  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • carbon emissions  • G8 summit  • Yasuo Fukuda  • developing countries

    • Vague G8 Goals Deflate Green Hopes

      newser  |  Time  |  Jul 9, 08 2:08 AM CDT

      Vague G8 Goals Deflate Green Hopes

      G8 leaders are hailing an agreement to cut carbon emissions in half by 2050 as "major progress" in combating climate change—but their failure to come up with concrete shorter-term goals is a major letdown, Bryan Walsh writes in Time . The agreement, so vague it doesn't even say which year is to be used as a starting point, is unlikely to spur the immediate changes needed to avert possible catastrophe. More »

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      climate change  • carbon emissions  • G8 summit  • Group of Eight  • summit

  • June 2008

    • Warming Will Kill 66% of Calif. Plants Within Century

      newser  |  San Francisco Chronicle  |  Jun 25, 08 1:49 PM CDT

      Warming Will Kill 66% of Calif. Plants Within Century

      If California’s climate warms significantly in the next 100 years the consequences could be grave for the majority of the state’s native plants, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. A team of scientists from UC Berkeley and Duke found that up to 66% of the state’s plants wouldn’t have time to migrate to a higher, cooler elevation if carbon emissions continue at their current rate. More »

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      California  • global warming  • environment  • carbon emissions  • trees  • plants  • temperatures  • plant

    • GOP Senators Block Bill on Climate Change

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 6, 08 10:23 AM CDT

      GOP Senators Block Bill on Climate Change

      Republican senators blocked a landmark climate change bill today in a filibuster, making it likely that the carbon-capping legislation will be shelved until next year. After a debate over the economic costs of the bill—which would cut CO2 emissions by 71% by 2050—the Senate came up a dozen votes short of the number needed to end the filibuster, the AP reports. More »

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      climate change  • carbon emissions  • Mitch McConnell  • Barbara Boxer  • carbon caps

    • World Price Tag to Fix Energy Mess: $45T

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Jun 6, 08 9:50 AM CDT

      World Price Tag to Fix Energy Mess: $45T

      The world needs to pump $45 trillion into developing green technologies if it hopes to reach its goal of cutting emissions in half by 2050, the International Energy Agency said today. Otherwise, emissions will rise 130% over that period, and oil demand will climb 70%. The $45 trillion represents 1.1% of global GDP over the period, Bloomberg reports. More »

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      climate change  • oil  • carbon emissions  • greenhouse gases  • Group of Eight  • IEA

  • May 2008

    • CO2 Catcher Could Slow Climate Change

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  May 31, 08 1:30 PM CDT

      CO2 Catcher Could Slow Climate Change

      A team of American scientists says it's taken an important first step toward creating a so-called carbon scrubber that can rid greenhouse gases from the air, the Guardian reports. The scientists, led by a Columbia University physicist, have a prototype in the works that can suck a ton of carbon dioxide out of the air per day—and do so economically. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • carbon emissions  • greenhouse gases  • carbon dioxide  • CO2  • carbon sinks

    • Green Bands Can't Stop Fans From Polluting

      newser  |  Rolling Stone  |  May 30, 08 4:21 PM CDT

      Green Bands Can't Stop Fans From Polluting

      It's not easy being a green band. While touring musicians try to cut their carbon footprints with biodiesel buses and recycling, fans wreak environmental havoc, reports Rolling Stone . The venues arena rockers need sit miles outside of city centers, forcing concertgoers to gas up and hit the road. And the fuel in all those waving lighters can't help, either. More »

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      environment  • carbon emissions  • pollution  • Radiohead  • rock bands  • concert tour

    • Norwegian Electric Car Will Cruise US Streets

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 30, 08 1:00 PM CDT

      Norwegian Electric Car Will Cruise US Streets

      An electric car that can travel up to 110 miles when fully charged will hit select US cities next year, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Think City, from Norwegian automaker Think Global AS, is already on the road in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, and will set American consumers back less than $25,000. The company plans to produce as well as sell the mini car in the US, with backing from American venture capital investors. More »

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      gas prices  • auto industry  • carbon emissions  • Ford  • pollution  • Norway  • automaker  • electric cars

    • High Costs Put Clean Coal on Back Burner

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 30, 08 2:45 AM CDT

      High Costs Put Clean Coal on Back Burner

      Ambitious plans to combat global warming by pumping carbon dioxide from coal-burning power plants into the ground have been delayed or canned due to spiraling costs, the New York Times reports. Scientists now fear that the next generation of coal-burning plants will be built using old, emission-spewing technology, spelling disaster for the climate. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • carbon emissions  • carbon dioxide  • coal  • coal power  • power plant  • US department of Energy

    • Global Warming Deniers Plan 'Carbon Belch Day'

      newser  |  InformationWeek  |  May 29, 08 2:40 PM CDT

      Global Warming Deniers Plan 'Carbon Belch Day'

      Americans should waste all the energy they can on June 12, says conservative grassroots group Grassfire.org, in order to free themselves from “carbon footprint guilt.” Grassfire doesn’t believe humanity is to blame for global warming, and wants to strike back against “climate alarmists.” Organizers suggest having a barbecue, going for a drive, leaving the lights on, and/or smoking a cigar. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • carbon emissions

    • W. Coast Cities Boast Smallest Carbon Footprint

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 29, 08 11:02 AM CDT

      W. Coast Cities Boast Smallest Carbon Footprint

      West Coast metro areas boasted some of the lowest carbon emissions per capita in the country in 2005, according to a ranking of 100 urban areas by the Brookings Institution. Honolulu topped the list, followed by Los Angeles, the Portland-Vancouver area, and New York. Population density, mild climates, and aggressive energy-reduction policies got credit for the smaller footprints. More »

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      environment  • carbon emissions  • CO2

    • Billions Wasted in UN Carbon Program: Study

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  May 26, 08 3:38 AM CDT

      Billions Wasted in UN Carbon Program: Study

      Billions of dollars spent to encourage developing nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions are being wasted on projects that don't qualify, according to two new studies of the UN's carbon credit program. The Kyoto agreement arranges for wealthy countries unable to meet emission reductions to instead subsidize green energy projects in developing countries. But the fund is routinely abused by energy companies in developing countries improperly claiming emission reduction credits. More »

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      United Nations  • carbon emissions  • clean energy  • green energy  • Kyoto Protocol  • carbon trading  • Kyoto treaty

    • Make Dams and Food, Not War and Ethanol

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 22, 08 4:55 PM CDT

      Make Dams and Food, Not War and Ethanol

      Ethanol is among the "poor solutions to high-profile problems" researcher Bjorn Lomborg blasts in the Wall Street Journal . According to calculations by his Copenhagen Consensus, “carbon mitigation policies” return only 90 cents for every dollar spent; in contrast, he writes, $1 billion spent on tuberculosis would result in an “annual economic benefit” of $30 billion. More »

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      Iraq war  • carbon emissions  • Iraq war spending  • philanthropy  • civil war  • food shortage  • environmental impact  • international aid

    • EU Will Toughen Car Ads to Curb Gas Guzzlers

      newser  |  Der Spiegel  |  May 16, 08 2:22 PM CDT

      EU Will Toughen Car Ads to Curb Gas Guzzlers

      Car ads in Europe will soon have to highlight gas mileage and carbon dioxide emissions under regulations in the works from the European Union, Der Spiegel reports. EU commissioners hope regulating ads will motivate more Europeans to ditch gas-guzzling models, but manufacturers and media execs aren’t happy. The plan could push some automakers to drop their advertising altogether. More »

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      climate change  • European Union  • auto industry  • advertising  • carbon emissions  • carbon dioxide  • Volkswagen  • CO2

    • US Classifies Polar Bears as 'Threatened'

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 14, 08 2:39 PM CDT

      US Classifies Polar Bears as 'Threatened'

      After 15 months of deliberation, the Interior Department will declare polar bears “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act, officials told the AP today. The decision will reportedly cite internal scientific studies which project that melting Arctic ice could nearly wipe out the animals by 2050. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • carbon emissions  • endangered species  • pollution  • polar bear  • Endangered Species Act

    • On Litmus Tests, McCain Won't Always Turn Green

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  May 12, 08 2:29 PM CDT

      On Litmus Tests, McCain Won't Always Turn Green

      John McCain might trumpet his climate-change bona fides—and voters might be giving him credit—but the Republican candidate's true green colors are far more mixed, the Washington Post finds in a look at how he treats environmental issues. McCain wants a federal limit on greenhouse-gas emissions, but voted against higher fuel-efficiency standards and requiring public utilities to boost output from renewable sources. More »

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      John McCain  • climate change  • carbon emissions  • fuel efficiency  • Endangered Species Act

    • Airplanes Emit More CO2 Than Thought

      newser  |  Wired  |  May 8, 08 2:49 PM CDT

      Airplanes Emit More CO2 Than Thought

      Bad news on the climate-change front: Airplanes are emitting 20% more carbon dioxide than anyone thought. According to a newly disclosed report, they could release 1.5 billion tons a year by 2025—compared to 3.1 billion tons a year now released by all the citizens of the EU, reports Wired. The study also predicted growing airplane noise pollution. More »

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      climate change  • environment  • carbon emissions  • air travel  • airplane  • carbon dioxide

  • April 2008

    • NYT Columnist Pied at Brown

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 25, 08 5:30 PM CDT

      NYT Columnist Pied at Brown

      Two environmental activists threw cream pies at New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman at an Earth Day speech Tuesday at Brown University, the AP reports. Friedman’s speech was about the corporate world's ability to help the environment with schemes such as cap-and-trade for carbon emissions. One of the pie-chuckers, a Brown student, faces possible expulsion. More »

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      environmentalism  • carbon emissions  • Thomas Friedman  • cap and trade  • activists  • Brown University

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