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ELLE Magazine Launches their 2nd "Green Issue"
We picked up the new issue of ELLE Magazine only to find that it was yet another "green issue" to hit the newsstands. But one thing that ELLE decided to do this month for their second annual "green issue" that others haven't, in honor of Earth
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Live Earth Headliners Announced for U.S. & London
If you signed Al Gore's petition that he brought forward to congress, you're probably on his email list. And if you're on his email list, you probably received the news yesterday that Live Earth tickets go on sale this coming Monday, April 16th.
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Green History Song Loop
Some of you may recall summer of 1983, when Wayne Newton replaced the Beach Boys at the White House Fourth of July party, after US Interior Secretary James Watt reportedly deemed the band unsuitable. Ancient history right? Actually the circumstances
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TreeHugger Radio: Al Gore Testifies, Young Muslims and Christians Find Common Ground, and The Ski Industry Gets Serious About the Environment
In this installment of TreeHugger Radio, Al Gore takes flak from some in the scientific community for potentially exaggerating aspects of the climate change issue. We ask TreeHugger correspondent Tim McGee in Los Angeles about the balance between
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Most Huggable: Mr. Gore Goes to Washington, Windfarms and Farmers, "Screw Global Warming, Let's Fly!"
The suspense builds as Mr. Gore prepares to testify before congress on behalf of the biosphere
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PETA Provides Free Personal Advice To Al Gore
Until today, we had not even realized that the organization known as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) had a serious interest in climate change policy. But apparently they do. Close on the heels of several personal criticisms of Al
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Al Gore Re-Frames The Climate Risk Communication Problem
What did Al Gore do after the Oscars Award ceremony? According to the Tennesean.com "Back in Tennessee on Tuesday, Gore told a crowd of about 50 people at the U.S. Media Ethics Summit II that the presentation's single most provocative slide was one
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Most Huggable: Aspen's Melting Slopes, Antarctica as a Concert Venue, Congress's New Portfolio
Aspen’s delicate and lucrative ski slopes are under some serious threats…
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Most Huggable: Al Takes Heat, Mexico Protecting Butterflies, and Detoxing Your Kitchen,
A firm in Washington earns LEED Platinum for commercial interiors. Here's how they did it
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The 2007 Globie Awards: May I Have the Envelope Please...
The votes for over 20,000 people have been tallied, and the winners of Environmental Defense's first annual Global Warming Globie Awards (we first mentioned them here) have been announced. Without further ado, the awards (and congratulations) go to:
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An Inconvenient Truth: Oscar Winner
AP Photo Like nearly every Grey's Anatomy episode, the Oscars generally make me cry and laugh out loud at least twice. This year of feel-good internationalism and "every nominee is a winner" egalitarianism was no exception. However, a brand new, twist
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Environmentalism is NOT a Religion
Al Gore hit Toronto the other day, and scalpers were selling tickets at$ 200 a pop. To its discredit, The Globe and Mail decided to treat it like a Green Moonie convention with an article titled Eco-pilgrims gather to 'heed the Goracle'- Hundreds pack
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TreeHugger Picks: Presidential TreeHugging
Though designated as "Washington's Birthday" in section 6103(a) of title 5 of the United States Code, today is known by most in the US as President's Day, a day which many celebrate by not going to work (hmm). In honor of the day, and since we're in
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Al Gore Announces Live Earth Concert
We reported to you last week that Al Gore is going to be organizing a concert event to even further promote the issue of global warming. Yesterday, the formal announcement came: "The 24-hour event on July 7 is part of a campaign, Save Our Selves --
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Branson Offers $25 Million to Remove Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
Sir Richard Branson is at it again. After making headlines last year for pledging to invest $3 billion in renewable energy technologies, he's upped the ante on curbing climate change by offering a $25 million prize to whoever comes up with the best way
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Climate Change Concert Event to "Dwarf Live 8"
Early this morning, the UK's Financial Times reported that a major concert event aimed at bringing even more attention to the issue of climate change is in the works. The FT reports that former Vice President Al Gore will announce the event tomorrow in
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Al Gore Earns 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Nomination
In 2006, many believe that consumers worldwide were finally becoming educated about global warming and its effect on our planet. And many thank Al Gore for being a big contributor to it with his Oscar-nominated documentary "An Inconvenient Truth."
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First Biofuels Congress of the Americas, ft. Al Gore, to Take Place in Buenos Aires
Next May 10th and 11th, 2007, will take place the First Biofuels Congress of the Americas at the Alvear Palace Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Congress will feature former U.S. Vice President Al Gore as the keynote speaker, and several political
