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Poseidon Lost

We thought the sea was infinite and inexhaustible. It is not. Calling for a new vision to save our oceans.
Guardian Environmental Network

Department: the edge

February 15, 2012: Fox News and a small-island dictator get on the same page about climate change -- and the message is not at all what you might think. (0) Comments
January 27, 2012: Whether you focus on slowing global warming or improving public health in the world's poorest countries, eliminating black carbon is a climate solution that makes even skeptics smile. (14) Comments
December 28, 2011: Praise for the environmental journalism that shed the brightest light this year on monumental questions facing our civilization. (1) Comments
December 15, 2011: Getting clean energy from the sun is sexy. But for more than 700 million people in South Asia, burning rice husks and cow dung may be the more important, and realistic, power source. (2) Comments
December 13, 2011: Our columnist traveled to India’s Silicon Valley in search of Tom Friedman's famed new energy economy. What he found requires a radical shift in thinking. (2) Comments
November 18, 2011: In one of the poorest parts of India, where farmers live and die by the weather, there’s little dispute that the summers are getting hotter and drier, the winters are getting colder, and climate change is to blame. A major new report from the IPCC confirms that these weather extremes are a worldwide phenomenon – and they’re only getting worse. (1) Comments
November 17, 2011: Our columnist sits down with Dr. Rajendra Pachauri to talk about past attacks on the panel’s credibility and its disturbing new report that says floods, droughts, and heat waves are only going to get worse. (0) Comments
November 3, 2011: Remember the cynical "coal carolers" from a few years back? Big Coal's been singing that tune since at least the 1970s -- but the reality is a much starker picture. (2) Comments
October 12, 2011: The Lone Star State is a shining example of American exceptionalism -- unfortunately by getting it all wrong on climate change. (3) Comments
September 29, 2011: Deep in the heart of Texas, the scientific consensus is alive and kicking -- no matter what the local politicians say. (3) Comments