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March & Civil Disobedience at the Capitol Coal-Fired Power Plant (Video)
Thousands of young activists participating in Power Shift '09 descended on Washington D.C. to demand Congress take action to fight climate change by passing legislation to reduce greenhouse gases. The marchers also targeted the government's own Capitol
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Coen Bros Clean Coal Media Coverage Contest: Top 10 List, and the winners is... (Video)
Anatomy of a Green Pitch: Fighting Coal-Fired Fire with Carbon Free Fire Last week, The Reality Campaign via the Coen Brothers deployed a corrective on coal industry practice, specifically, a salvo in the form of a satirical commercial aimed at
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BREAKING: Coen Brothers Clean Coal TV Ad (Video)
On a conference call a few moments ago, Reality Coalition spokesman Brian Hardwick and Sierra Club National Coal Campaign Director Bruce Nilles discussed the
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Daily Show: Amazon Kindle 2 Ships Featuring TreeHugger! Plus, Jon Stewart Finds The Great Gatsby Erotic E-Reading
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Arctic Sea Ice Underestimated Due to Faulty Sensor
Surging over at DIGG right now, a story via Bloomberg with the hed Arctic Sea Ice Underestimated Due to Faulty Sensor. Put simply, there's more sea ice than we thought so: 1) green thinkers can breathe a sigh of relief that perhaps global warming
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Kyoto Anniversary: Protest Marks Four Years of Implementation
On February 16, environmental campaigners in Rome dressed up as penguins to demand greater action over climate change, four years after the Kyoto Protocol came into
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Spiderman Alain Robert Climbs Hong Kong Skyscraper for Climate
Raw video of Alain Robert scaling the 62 storeys tall (283 meters) Cheung Kong Center, in Hong Kong. The message he sends is that greenhouse gas emissions are still climbing, ergo so is Spiderman. Full statement from Robert with stats and links to
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French and British Nuclear Submarines Collided Earlier this Month
French and British nuclear submarines collided in the mid-Atlantic earlier this month, according to news just out today. Both submarines were damaged extensively and various officials are downplaying the incident saying no one was injured. This isn't
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Last-Second Valentine Green Gift Ideas (for the eco-&-time-challenged)
Got to get yourself out of some hot solar-heated water from not selecting something from our last-minute V-day guide? Needed to overnight a Valentine's Day nod yesterday but didn't? Shipping is for
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Veggie Post Coitus: PETA Reasons to Go Veg Video Omits Climate Change, Includes Impotence
With amore top of mind for the big day tomorrow, we turn to a CNN news package (done in the grand journalistic tradition of Andy Rooney BTW) wherein a spokesman for PETA speaks in defense of the organization's recent pro-vegetarian ad "Veggie Sex." He
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Jon Stewart: "Corn Ethanol F*#k That" - 2 Billion Cars Author
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Colbert Report: Dr. Robert Ballard on Why Ocean Exploration is a Good Investment
"We have better maps of Mars than our own planet," said Dr. Robert Ballard who counts 72 percent of the planet, its oceans, his back office. With nary a mention of the recently released Google Earth
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Gadget & Cell Phone Solar-Powered Recharge, LG Skycharger at CES 2009
Jaymi told you about this baby and shot a video demonstration on her trip to CES last month. Here's another taste of what happens when you cross a yurt with some bus-station lockers, add on-site mini wind turbines, solar panels and viola! You've got
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Eco-Diapers: Saturday Night Live Takes the Piss Out of Disposables (Video)
To date, disposable diaper manufacturers of the mainstream have yet to display much concern about what happens to their products in the waste stream: there's not only dioxin from
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Ecotourism Saves Critically Endangered Hawaiian Plant Species (Video)
Hawaii's Big Island is home to a delicately balanced ecosystem. To help preserve the diverse species, programs have been created to educate and involve
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Green Generation: Kids Teach Parents Responsible Earth Practices (Video)
As green maintains its march into the mainstream, CBS News brings us a news package about the up-and-coming green generation educating their parents about eco-practice. We likey: keeping coats on to keep down the thermostat, reusable lunch-sandwich
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Was Veggie Sex PETA Ad really banned by NBC Universal?
Associated Content questions if NBC actually banned PETA's would-be Superbowl ad Veggie Sex and whether instead PETA made up the rejection as part of a publicity hoax. Pictured above is the actual signature line from the NBC email to PETA which the
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Concrete = 7% Global CO2 Emissions, Cure = E-Crete from Zeobond? (Video)
E-Crete from the Zeobond company in Melbourne, Australia a is pourable green building material designed with the intention of reducing GHG emissions associated with the use of conventional cement: every ton produced also produces about a ton of CO2.
