Today OnEarth
February 21, 2012:
Not awful, just really bad: "Game over for climate change" is how NASA climate scientist James Hansen has described plans to unearth Alberta's vast tar sands reserves. Two respected Canadian scientists crunched the numbers... read more >
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February 17, 2012:
Easier targets: With the world unable to agree on carbon emission reductions, several nations -- including the U.S. -- are seeking to reduce other forms of global warming pollution instead, including soot (a.k.a. black... read more >
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February 16, 2012:
Containment efforts: As more than 100 leaked documents threaten to further discredit the industry-funded climate-denial machine, the Heartland Institute has threatened to sue journalists and bloggers for publishing the right... read more >
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February 14, 2012:
Barack's budget: With his propsed budget for fiscal year 2013, President Obama renewed his support for clean energy investment and called (again) for an end to $40 billion in fossil fuel tax breaks, but he also proposed cuts... read more >
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February 13, 2012:
Big budget day: President Obama will send his 2013 fiscal budget to Congress today. It's expected to contain funding for clean energy and environmental programs, which will almost certainly face adversity from Congressional... read more >
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February 10, 2012:
Safety slowdown: In 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency sent the White House a list of widely used chemicals it wanted to flag as “chemicals of concern” because they may cause human health risks. (Industry, of course,... read more >
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February 9, 2012:
Two new nukes: Later today, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is expected to approve the nation's first new nuclear reactors since 1978. The decision will open the door to construction of two new reactors in Georgia and... read more >
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February 8, 2012:
Not backing down: The first major attempt to mitigate the global warming effects of air travel is encountering turbulence. The European Union wants airlines using EU airports pay for the greenhouse gas emissions generated by... read more >
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February 7, 2012:
Running out: A special report published today looks at the inevitable resource crunch as the rapidly growing global middle class starts demanding Western levels of consumption. Call it "Peak Everything" as supplies of goods... read more >
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February 6, 2012:
False start: The NFL bought 15,000 megawatt-hours of renewable energy certificates to offset the Super Bowl’s massive electricity usage and tout it as the "greenest yet." Unfortunately, skeptics note: "They are not helping... read more >
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February 3, 2012:
Pulling up stakes: Last year’s historic drought forced some of the last remaining Texas cattle ranchers to abandon their home on the range and drive their herds north to greener pastures -- and in some cases, even south of... read more >
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February 2, 2012:
Snowboarder Shaun White, aka the "Flying Tomato," soars over Colorado "fractivists." Camera shy: Josh Fox, director of the award-winning documentary Gasland, was arrested by Capitol Police yesterday while trying to film a... read more >
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February 1, 2012:
Hope for Rio: Is true progress toward international agreements on environmental issues really possible at the Rio+20 conference in Brazil this summer? U.N. officials think that by moving the conversation away from climate... read more >
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January 31, 2012:
Tariff battle: The U.S. Commerce Department is threatening tariffs on Chinese solar panels, sparking a potential solar trade war. American companies have split opinions -- some say Chinese practices are unfair, while others... read more >
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January 30, 2012:
Tar sands tactic: What do you do when President Obama rejects your pipeline proposal? Attach the Keystone XL project to an upcoming highway bill. Business GreenReaping and sewing: A new study finds that warmer temperatures... read more >
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January 27, 2012:
Clean tech kerfuffle: Wired’s in-depth look at the challenges facing clean-tech investment in both the public and private sectors (by the Washington Post’s Juliet Eilperin) gets the Joe Romm treatment as he savages both the... read more >
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January 26, 2012:
Blue Marble II: NASA has released a sequel to the famous "Blue Marble" photo, taken aboard Apollo 17 in 1972. The space agency describes the new picture, which is a composite of images captured on January 4, 2012, as "the ... read more >
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January 25, 2012:
State of the Union: In his hour-plus-long speech, President Obama called for an "all-of-the-above" energy strategy. But he mentioned "climate change" once! Think Progress "By Obama’s own high standards, it wasn’t a great... read more >
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January 24, 2012:
State of the Union: President Obama is going to put energy front and center in his big speech tonight, setting the tone for an election year when energy issues are expected to be critical. Anyone want to bet on whether the... read more >
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January 23, 2012:
Who, who, who knows? Snowy owls are showing up in the strangest places, like tropical Hawaii. Could climate change, lemming shortages, or a boom in owlets be to blame? It’s a mystery, one that makes birdwatchers happy and... read more >
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January 20, 2012:
Pipeline pittance: How much will ExxonMobil, the world’s most profitable company, be penalized for a 63,000-million gallon oil spill that polluted Montana’s Yellowstone River last summer? Try $1.6 million. Yes, with an “m.” ... read more >
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