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Obama Signals Keystone XL "No" on Colbert Report As Enbridge "KXL Clone" He...
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlogIn his December 8 "Colbert Report" appearance, President Barack Obama gave his strongest signal yet that he may reject a presidential permit authorizing the Alberta to...
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Our Oceans Awash in Toxic Plastic Garbage
Scientists just published a paper with the first-ever estimate of all the plastic garbage floating in the world's oceans. The results were astronomical: More than 5 trillion pieces of plastic debris,...
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People's Climate March in Lima Unites Citizen Voices of the Americas
Yesterday, I joined an estimated 15,000 people who took to the streets of downtown Lima, Peru for the largest climate march ever in South America. This People's Climate March in Lima comes on the heels...
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John Kerry Calls on All Nations to Act Responsibly at UN Climate Conference...
I just returned from a packed, standing-room-only briefing by Secretary of State John Kerry at the UN climate conference in Lima, Peru. Kerry is the highest ranking US official to attend a UN climate...
View ArticleProtecting the Lands We Swore to Defend
As service members, we joined the military to ensure that our distinctive American identity remains robust. That identity includes the iconic landscapes that Americans can enjoy on our public lands,...
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Fond Farewell to Retiring Environmental Champions
Late Thursday night, three of the longest-serving environmental champions in Congress took their final votes. Representatives John Dingell, George Miller, and Henry Waxman are retiring. They surely...
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Big Oil Shatters Unicorns of the Sea
"The Unicorns of the Sea" -- the spiral-toothed male Arctic Narwhal whales -- are in big trouble. Join me for another SOS segment from Los Angeles as I show how Big Oil intends to fossick the Arctic...
View ArticleIndigenous Voices: A Call to Keep the Oil in the Ground
By: Nina Gualinga I walk a small path, surrounded by an infinite number of trees, plants and the scent of flowers. My lungs fill with pure, fresh air when I take a deep breath. My bare feet touch the...
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Growing Up Green: Get on NatureTrack and Veggie Rescue for a great cause
By Nancy and James Chuda founders of LuxEcoLiving and Healthy Child Healthy World Gainey Winery Santa Ynez California It was truly a gift of nature! Standing in the beautiful vines overlooking Santa...
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Riding alone on the D.C. Metro Silver Line late last Thursday night, I shut my laptop in disgust. I had just left my sister's house in northern Virginia. And now, reading some comments on a Facebook...
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President Obama Earns "C" on Mountaintop Removal Mining Report Card
There are now dozens of studies demonstrating that those who live in proximity to mountaintop removal mining operations face higher levels of cancer, birth defects and other health issues. (Photo...
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Lima 2014: Countries Know They Have to Be Bold and Ambitious Next Year
The international climate negotiations have just wrapped up in Lima, Peru. This meeting was to set key directions for the new international climate agreement in next December in Paris. In Paris...
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At the Heart of COP20: Loss and Damage
Bianca Jagger at COP20, at the Ministry of Defence, Lima Peru I am writing from Lima, Peru, where the 20th Conference of Parties (COP) for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...
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3 Climate Lessons From Lima
This post was co-authored with Romina Picolotti and V. Ramanathan. Climate change cannot be solved without leadership from heads of government, without immediate mitigation of near-term warming, and...
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The COP20 Climate Talks Disaster Movie
A die-in on the last official day of the COP20 climate talks It's late Saturday night in Lima, Peru and the COP20 United Nations climate talks are about to reconvene for another late-night, overtime...
View ArticleUnsafe and Unnecessary Oil Trains Threaten 25 Million Americans
Back in 1991 the National Transportation Safety Board first identified oil trains as unsafe -- the tank cars, specifically ones called DOT-111s, were too thin and punctured too easily, making transport...
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The True Cost of Turning on the Lights
Turning on the lights as we walk into a dark room might be one of the most automatic acts of living in the modern industrial / post-industrial world. If we thought about the process and consequence of...
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Orangutan's Horrific Death Underscores Need for Brands to Use Certified Palm Oil
The world's largest orangutan rescue organization, Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) reported the horrific killing of a female orangutan this month. She was found in a palm oil plantation...
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Read the 5 Success Stories of the 2015 Service and Conservation Corpsmembers...
Each year, The Corps Network honors several individuals as Corpsmembers of the Year. These young people have joined Service and Conservation Corps, and through their experiences have made a difference...
View ArticleIt's Time to Deploy This Special Weapon on Climate Change
We are here to tell you a secret that we feel needs to be told: there is a special weapon in the fight against climate change. Information and communications technology (ICT) solutions are transforming...
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