Tag: Global Climate Change - Page 8
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Everything You Need to Know About Global Climate Negotiations in a Video and a Chart
Watch, look, and be up to speed.
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Most Important Pie Chart You'll See Today: 13,950 Peer-Reviewed Scientific Articles on Earth's Climate
Is there still a scientific consensus on global warming? What happens if you do a meta-study of the past 21 years?
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$29.4 Billion: Superstorm Sandy's Estimated Damages to New Jersey Alone
The final tally of damages from Superstorm Sandy may be a ways off, but the way it's going the storm is on track to be the second most-costly storm in US history.
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Flood-Ravaged Britain Ponders "All-Of-The-Above" Energy Future
Deadly floods have hit much of the UK, and still the national energy debate focuses on short-term costs and the promise of a dash for gas.
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Fight Against Climate Change a Casualty of European Economic Crisis
Extracting billions of tons of carbon from the Earth's crust and dumping them in the atmosphere is a very dangerous experiment, and we can't afford to mess like that with our only life-support system.
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Climate Change Hitting Europe Hard, Going To Get Worse
A new report from the European Environment Agency once again reveals the dangerous folly of ignoring climate change.
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Sandylujah! Hurricane Sandy Says Stop Shopping: Reverend Billy
The Church of Stop Shopping takes on new life in our post-Sandy climate disaster zone.
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Storm Surge Barriers May Save Wall Street, But Would Worsen Flooding in Outer Boroughs
A better approach to reducing flooding in future storms is to improve soft infrastructure, soften the coastline, working with nature.
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Investors Say Climate Change is Huge Threat to Economy, Pensions
Some of the world's largest investors are once again warning that climate change could sink our economy and our pensions. So why isn't there action?
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Can Loving Penguins Inspire a Love of Math That Could Help Save Our Planet?
A scientist inspired by "The March of the Penguins" successfully models penguin huddling behavior, and hopes the penguins will interest people in math.
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Global Environmental Market Grows 4%, Beats GDP
Despite policy uncertainty and a lack of serious intent on climate change, clean energy and other key sectors keep on growing.
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Are You 28 Yet? No? Then You Have Never Seen a Cooler-Than-Average Month
The new data from NOAA don't lie.
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Should the Former OPEC President Really Head a UN Climate Summit?
Compared to having Denmark's climate and energy minister head COP15, having the Deputy Prime Minister of Qatar at the helm seems a cruel joke.
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Is Anti-Science Environmentalism a Real Problem?
We often criticize climate denialists for being anti-science, and yet many environmentalists reject science that clashes with their own worldview.
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Al Gore Answers Reddit's Questions on the Climate, Nuclear Energy, and More
To promote 24 Hours of Reality: The Dirty Weather Report, which Brian wrote about yesterday, Al Gore stopped by Reddit to do an 'Ask Me Anything' Q&A session.
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An Inconvenient Truth, Auto-tuned (Video)
Al Gore's 24 Hours of Climate Reality is in full swing—tune in for the home stretch.
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New York Governor Pledges to Lead on Climate Change - But What About on Fracking?
Andrew Cuomo pens an impassioned piece on the importance of reinforcing New York's infrastructure against extreme weather, but fails to mention how we can help slow climate change itself.
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Exxon Is Actually Entirely Correct: A Carbon Tax is Better Than Cap-and-Trade
I'm actually kind of giddy over all the recent talk of the virtues of a carbon tax, versus those of cap-and-trade.
