Brian Merchant
Brian Merchant is a freelance writer and editor living in Brooklyn, NY. He covers politics for TreeHugger, with a focus on climate and energy issues. Brian has written for Slate, Paste, Salon, GOOD, and the Huffington Post, among many others. He pens the column Getting Samy Out of Burma, and is the editor and founder of the blog the Utopianist.
Brian Merchant can be reached at brianmerchant (at) treehugger (dot) com. Website: brianmerchant.com.
Latest Stories from Brian Merchant - Page 3
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Paul Ryan vs. Joe Biden: The VP Debate Tackles "Green Pork," Oil, & Solyndra
All the energy and environment issues covered in the vice presidential debate.
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Bill Clinton Talks Climate Change Better Than Anyone
Other leaders should follow suit.
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Bill McKibben Talks Climate Change with Bill Maher (Video)
One of the best climate change segments on TV in a long time.
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Romney Energy Advisor: Government Has No Business Reducing CO2 Emissions from Coal
While neither of the presidential candidates addressed the climate issue during the debate last week, their aides made each campaign's position clear in an event at MIT.
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The GOP-Controlled House Has Voted 223 Times Against Clean Energy & For Oil
That's a lot of votes against clean energy.
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Three-Fourths of Americans Now Think Climate Change Is Influencing the Weather
After a year like this one, they'd better.
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Twice as Many Coal Plants Will Be Closed by 2016 Than We Originally Thought
A new report updates the number of coal plants that will be closed down in the face of plummeting natural gas prices.
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Obama Says There's No Green "Socialist Plot," Further Convinces the Right That There Is
Making a joke at a fundraiser, president Obama said that "there's no socialist plot for us to reduce energy usage."
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Romney & Obama Clash Over Clean Energy in First Debate
Romney had some harsh words for Obama's investment in clean energy; oil subsidies and coal also littered the candidates' first debate.
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Democrats, Independents Begin Driving the Climate Wedge
More should follow suit.
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8 Out of 10 Undecided Voters Believe in Climate Change
And a majority say the issue will effect how they vote in November.
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Wind is the Cheapest Power Source in the World, Report Says
If, that is, you take into account the myriad costs that polluting energy sources impose on public health.
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Warren Buffet Buys Two Wind Farms
A subsidiary of Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway just bought up two giant California wind farms.
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The Mafia is Behind 90% of Illegal Logging in the Tropics
Illegal logging is causing the lion's share of tree loss in the world's rain forests, and organized crime is to blame for almost all of it.
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Renewable Energy Output in the UK Jumped 42% Last Year
The UK continues its push for clean power, which now accounts for nearly 10% of total energy generated.
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California Governor Signs 19 Renewable Energy Bills Into Law
That's nineteen more than governors signed in the rest of the nation.
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Two Ways to Break Romney & Obama's Silence on Climate Change
Neither Mitt Romney nor Barack Obama are talking much about climate change. And they propose doing even less.
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This is Why Congress is Incapable of Passing Any Climate-Friendly Policies
Faced with the first opportunity to participate in an already-functioning international CO2-reduction scheme, U.S. Congress throws a fit.
