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Environmental News Ratings

Posted by amir on Thursday, 14 February 2013 in Earth Violators

Kardashians receive nearly 50 times more coverage than ocean acidification The non-profit organization Project for Improved Environmental Coverage (PIEC) recently released a report that compared and ranked news organizations according to how they had prioritized environmental headlines. The...

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Trusting Global Warming

Posted by Aaron on Friday, 08 February 2013 in Climate Change

A growing majority of Americans think global warming is occurring, that it will become a serious problem and that the U.S. government should do something about it, a new Associated Press-GfK poll finds. Even most people who say they don't trust scientists on the environment say temperatures are ris...

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Schwarzenegger Calls for the End of Doom and Gloom

Posted by bchristo on Tuesday, 05 February 2013 in Sustainable Development

Arnold Schwarzenegger called Thursday for an end to "doom and gloom" environmentalism as he hosted the first conference of his new green movement fostering action by local governments and individuals. "If we want to inspire the world, it is time for us to forget about the old way of talking...

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Is Denial the Biggest Barrier to Sustainable Change?

Posted by mak on Friday, 01 February 2013 in Climate Change

There's the old joke that denial is not a river in Egypt. However, it is the most pernicious barrier to dealing with the sustainability challenges of our age. Now that we should be surprised, because as humans, we are particularly capable of blocking out all sorts of trauma in the hope we can hold ...

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Are you Hot? 2012 was According to NOAA

Posted by acox on Thursday, 31 January 2013 in Climate Change

The globally-averaged temperature for 2012 marked the 10th warmest year since record keeping began in 1880. It also marked the 36th consecutive year with a global temperature above the 20th century average. The last below-average annual temperature was 1976. Including 2012, all 12 yea...

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Changing American Minds about Climate Change

Posted by 20minutesto9 on Sunday, 27 January 2013 in Climate Change

NATURE’S SIGNALS are changing American minds about the risks of climate change. But Washington’s minds are lagging, despite President Obama’s stirring call to action in his inaugural speech. The best hope for achieving the transition to a low-carbon economy is through innovation to reduce the costs...

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Climate Change No Longer a Hoax?

Posted by acox on Sunday, 27 January 2013 in Climate Change

(CBS News) Withering drought, vast wildfires, town-leveling tornadoes, fierce heat -- not to mention superstorm Sandy -- all made 2012 one of the worst years in terms of lives lost and property destroyed from extreme weather. Most scientists believe climate change is partly to blame for last year's...

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Maggie Q Fights Climate Change With Diet Change

Posted by amir on Sunday, 27 January 2013 in Human Health

"Nikita" star Maggie Q has stripped for a cause close to her heart. The actress reveals all in a new People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) campaign poster aimed at convincing people to eliminate meat products from their diet. The edgy new PETA billboard reads, "Fight Climate ...

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Obama's Climate Change Promises

Posted by rackfokus on Tuesday, 22 January 2013 in Sustainable Development

As President Barack Obama prepares to take the oath of office for the second time, he has promised that climate change will be a priority in his second term. The chances that significant climate action will actually happen, however, remain slim, policy experts say. "I always have hope, but it is so...

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Global Warming or US Warming?

Posted by addison on Tuesday, 22 January 2013 in Climate Change

The Ashville, North Carolina-based National Climatic Data Center says the continental United States had a national average of just over 57 degrees between January and November. While that is 3.3 degrees higher than the long-term average, it is only one degree above the soon-to-be-outdated ...

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Arctic Temperatures Rising Three Times Faster

Posted by Dale on Tuesday, 25 December 2012 in Climate Change

The Byrd Station sits on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), supporting scientific missions to explore the Antarctic environment. Temperatures monitored at the Byrd Station dating back to 1958 have now been studied by researchers from Ohio State University, who report: a marked i...

Chasing Ice Tries To Understand Climate Change

Posted by Wolf on Sunday, 18 November 2012 in Environmental Heroes

Photographer James Balog set out to film climate change by placing two dozen time-lapse cameras throughout the Arctic. The result, aside from frostbit fingers and a near helicopter crash, are stunning images of melting glaciers. His footage is captured in "Chasing Ice," a 75-minute documentary with...