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Climate Groups Look to Avoid Health Care Repeat

But administration reluctant to push climate legislation this year

Sep 21, 09 8:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Environmental groups are struggling to convince Democrats that the fight for cap-and-trade legislation won’t be as damaging as the one over health care, and to keep them from punting on the issue, Politico reports. Climate supporters say they have a grass-roots network in place that health care reformers didn’... More »

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climate change • health care • environment • cap and trade • environmentalists

ANALYSIS

Obama at the UN: 
Eloquence Is Not Enough

The president may face tough questions on N. Korea, Iran, and climate change

Sep 18, 09 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will get a respite from America’s rancorous political scene when he appears at the United Nations next week, but he may find international squabbles just as heated, Economist writes. An enthusiastic multilateralist, Obama is loved by leaders around the world. But topics like North Korea, Iran, and... More »

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climate change • Iran • Barack Obama • Congress • United Nations • global warming

 Save the Planet:  
 Use a Condom 

Studies point to environmental toll of each kid

Sep 15, 09 1:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - You’ve got your hybrid, your low-watt bulbs, and your solar panels: what’s the next step to saving the planet? Try a pack of condoms. New studies point to the hefty environmental toll of each child, particularly in America, the Washington Post reports. Every kid born in the US... More »

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climate change • environment • parenting • study • children • birth control • research • population control • carbon emissions

 Melting Ice Opens Arctic 
 to Trade, But US Lags 

Climate change opens north to shipping, tourism, resource development

Sep 6, 09 5:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Climate change is melting away the main barrier to business in the Arctic—ice—but the US lags behind other countries seeking to exploit the region, the Anchorage Daily News reports. As receding ice opens the area to shipping, resource exploitation, and tourism, it's Russia and Canada who have established... More »

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climate change • Russia • Alaska • global warming • tourism • Canada • Arctic • Coast Guard • resources • shipping • Bering Strait • transport

OPINION

 
 Florida's a Dying 
 Ponzi Scheme, 
 But I Love It  

Tax base erodes as tourists, snowbirds dwindle

Sep 6, 09 3:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Florida resident Diane Roberts isn’t surprised—or even upset—that her state is collapsing. The Sunshine State's population is dwindling for the first time since World War II as tourists and snowbirds pull out, eroding the tax base that funded just about everything. "Our whole economy is more... More »

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climate change • Florida • recession • population • collapse • Ponzi scheme

 French Wines Wither 
 Under Climate Change 

Industry pushes President Sarkozy for carbon emission cut

Sep 6, 09 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - A warming world has French winemakers sweating more than a little, experts tell the Financial Times. “Current research suggests that by the end of the 21st century, one summer out of two will be at least as hot as 2003,” the year of a record-breaking heat wave that... More »

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climate change • environment • alcohol • global warming • France • wine • drink • temperature • grapes • wine industry

 Climate Change Reverses 
 8 Millennia of Arctic Cooling 

Temps, up 2.2 F Since 1900, Would Be 2.5 Degrees Cooler Without Greenhouse Gases

Sep 3, 09 4:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Summer temperatures in the Arctic have climbed 2.2°F since 1900 despite an 8,000-year cooling trend, the Guardian reports. For the past few thousand years, the orbit of the Earth and the changing tilt of its axis has put the Arctic 630,000 miles further from the... More »

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climate change • environment • greenhouse gases • global warming • Arctic • temperature • Sun • orbit • scientific study • Arctic sea ice • cooling

 Euro Bulb Ban 
 Begins, But Many 
 Take Dim View of CFLs 

Consumers stockpile aesthetically pleasing old-school bulbs

Aug 31, 09 6:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though proponents plug the financial savings and good climate karma of compact fluorescent light bulbs, not everyone thinks the European ban on most incandescent bulbs that kicks in tomorrow is such a bright idea, the New York Times reports. Consumers across the continent are hoarding old-school bulbs, worried over the... More »

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climate change • greenhouse gases • European Union • compact fluorescent bulbs • epilepsy • ban • CFL • savings • incandescent bulbs

Industry Ponies Up for Climate Change Fight

Environmentalists appear ill-prepared as issue heads to Senate

Aug 31, 09 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - When the oil and coal lobbies came to Athens, Ohio, they held rallies full of screaming supporters, sponsored free lunches and free concerts, and gave away T-shirts praising coal power. When the environmentalists came to Athens, they held a sedate panel discussion and handed out stickers. Environmentalists seem ill-equipped for... More »

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climate change • cap and trade • lobbyists • lobbying blitz • energy bill

(Newser) - Almost 25 years after Live Aid aimed to eradicate famine in Ethiopia, the country is facing new threats of malnutrition and mass starvation, the Independent reports. Ethiopia's erratic rains are the main culprit, failing to fall or coming too little too late, while recession-minded donors in wealthy nations are also... More »

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climate change • global warming • Ethiopia • famine • Live Aid • food aid • World Food Program

glossies

 Charcoal Is Hot Again
 —and May Save the Planet 

'Biochar' could curb global warming: scientists

Aug 30, 09 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mass-production of charcoal is so 18th century—but call it "biochar" and it may help save the planet, the Economist reports. Farmers could burn millions of plants into charcoal each year before the plants die and release stored carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, scientists say. Then, with the Earth's... More »

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climate change • carbon dioxide • global warming • charcoal trade

 Hollywood's New  
 Green Crusaders 

Orlando Bloom, Miley Cyrus do Earth proud

Aug 29, 09 5:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Celebs may not be known for living simply, but a new generation of eco-friendly stars is taking a stand for the planet. Grist rounds them up:
  • Orlando Bloom owns a solar-powered house, drives a hybrid, and is a founder of Global Cool, which campaigns against climate change.
  • Rachel
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climate change • environment • Hollywood • global warming • celebrity • Miley Cyrus • Rachel McAdams • Orlando Bloom • Emma Watson • Hayden Panettiere

(Newser) - Facing broad new US regulations on emissions, big business wants to put the science behind global warming before a judge, the Los Angeles Times reports. “It would be evolution versus creationism,” says an executive for the US Chamber of Commerce, which is pushing the idea of a public... More »

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climate change • evolution • global warming • science • creationism • Environmental Protection Agency • emissions standards • big business • carbon emissions • Scopes monkey trial • US Chamber of Commerce

OPINION

 Chill Out, 
 Liberals: 
 Remember 
 Last August? 

Left feared disaster then—but they won in November

Aug 21, 09 5:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Angry opponents are spewing spittle at the Obama administration over health care and climate change, but progressives should chill out: After all, this has happened before, Ed Kilgore writes in the New Republic. Last August, liberals withered in despair when John McCain tied President Obama at the polls. Just... More »

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climate change • John McCain • Democrats • health care reform • liberal • Election 2008 • progressive • Obama administration • President Obama

Clinton Urges Progressives
to Solidify Power

But president, Congress need help cementing it

Aug 14, 09 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Political winds have shifted in America, says Bill Clinton: The country has “entered a new era of progressive politics which, if we do it right, could last 30 or 40 years,” the former president told liberal Internet activists at a convention in Pittsburgh. But first, he told Netroots... More »

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climate change • Congress • Bill Clinton • health care reform • Democratic Party • online activism • climate change legislation • progressive • Obama administration • Netroots Nation • President Obama

(Newser) - Snorkelers and scuba divers aren’t the worst threat to the embattled coral reefs of the world—climate change, commercial fishing, and pollution take top honors—but the casual tourist can lessen, and even mitigate, the damage he or she causes, Slate reports. Of course, snorkelers shouldn’t purposefully snap... More »

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climate change • environment • pollution • global warming • tourism • ocean • coral reef • diving • snorkeling

Congressmen Studied Climate Change—on $500K Trip

Lawmakers snorkeled, visited South Pole

Aug 8, 09 8:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Snorkeling, scuba diving, and penguin-watching were on the agenda when 10 members of Congress went on an 11-day trip to study climate change in early 2008, a Wall Street Journal investigation finds. Lawmakers from both parties, along with six spouses, visited New Zealand, Antarctica, and Australia's Great Barrier Reef on... More »

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climate change • Congress • travel • global warming • Antarctica • Great Barrier Reef

 US Glaciers Shrinking Fast  


Aug 7, 09 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three major glaciers in Alaska and Washington state have rapidly shrunk over the last 50 years due to global warming—and the melting is accelerating as the climate changes, notes a government study released yesterday. The glaciers, chosen as "benchmarks" because their conditions closely parallel those of thousands of... More »

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climate change • Alaska • global warming • Washington state • glacier • ice melt • United States Geological Survey

(Newser) - Global warming is changing the face of the planet, and a key panel estimates that a quarter of the world's species will die out—but a few organisms are already evolving to survive in a hotter world. In the past few years Scottish sheep have become smaller, while species of... More »

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climate change • evolution • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • Charles Darwin • squirrel • biology • natural selection

 Jellyfish Journeys 
 May Affect Climate 

Creatures' movements may carry carbon dioxide to ocean depths

Jul 30, 09 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jellyfish may be secretly affecting the climate of the oceans: Their movements appear to help change the balance of carbon in the atmosphere, NPR reports. Many jellyfish hide from predators deep underwater during the day and head to the surface at night for a snack, says an oceanographer. When they... More »

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climate change • environment • carbon dioxide • global warming • water • study • ocean • research • carbon • jellyfish

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