Tag: Television - Page 3
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Coca Cola Wins Again: American Idol Abandons REFUSE Plastic Message After Pressure From Sponsor
It's the second strike against Coca Cola in under a week as the company pressures popular TV show to abandon its support for a PSA denouncing disposable plastics.
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If US Followed Germany's Lead on Solar, We'd Create 2.5 MIllion Jobs: Bill Clinton on the Daily Show (Video)
The former president chats with Jon Stewart about how we can create millions of green jobs with smart, simple policies.
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This is What a Responsible TV News Report on Climate Change Looks Like (Video)
This NBC report is the best segment on global climate change that has aired in recent memory.
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Green Game: Play "Lifeboat" and See What Floats
In the future, what ideas will stick and which will sink? Follow Caspian as he scouts out ways to address our most pressing issues for a sustainable future in this alternative reality
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The State of Science in America (Daily Show Video)
A GOP strategist unwittingly reveals everything that's wrong about the nation's current approach to science.
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Daily Show Blasts Media for Failing to Cover Study that Confirms Climate Change (Video)
Jon Stewart recalls the media making a fuss over Climate Gate. So how come nobody's talking about a climate change-confirming study funded by the Koch brothers?
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Timberland Boots Don't Kick the Can
"Lost Bottle," a television ad for Timberland Earthkeepers boots and part of the company's Nature Needs Heroes campaign, was seen in the commercial break on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night. It shows a dog snatching a plastic bottle and
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Nurse Jackie, Futurama and CSI Vie for Environmental Awards
Who knew Edie Falco, Dr. John Zoidberg and Laurence Fishburne were greening television? With the 21st annual awards from the Environmental Media Awards on Saturday, October 15, documentaries, films and
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The Week in Animal News: Man Kills Entire Pelican Colony, Sharks at Golf Course, and More (Slideshow)
The arrival of thousands of pelicans could annoy just about anyone, but few resort to a mass killing to deal with the "problem." That's what one Minnesota farmer did this week, and he now faces fines of $15,000 and six months in
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Breakdown of Solyndra Media Coverage Shows Everyone Ignored More Important Stories
Since its eruption in late August, the Solyndra scandal has been a lightning rod for political and ideological debates over everything from the role of government in business to the debate on global
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10 Nuclear-Powered Superheroes and Supervillains (Video Slideshow)
In the 1940s and 50s, when comic books surged in popularity, a great number of superheroes had origin stories rooted in the fear of nuclear power gone wrong. Whether via spider bite, cosmic storm, or experiment gone
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Daily Show Weighs in on Solyndra 'Scandal' (Video)
When you see a Daily Show clip on TreeHugger (or on any other site, really), you know what to expect: Jon Stewart 'blasting' a Fox News pundit or Republican politician for doing something ridiculous. Jon Stewart
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Fox's Hypocrisy: Bash Solar in Primetime, Then Hype it at the Emmys (Video)
Consider these two anecdotes: a) Fox Broadcasting Company is the host of this year's Emmys. It's planning to cover Nokia Hall, where the ceremonies will take place, with solar panels as part of the company's "Green It! Mean It!"
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Don Cheadle Is Captain Planet...With A Surprise Plot Twist (Video)
Don Cheadle gives us a sneak peek at Captain Planet's plans for Earth with a great sketch from Funny or Die. The planet-saving superhero arrives in time to save a few trees, but has some plans of his own. Heads up, the language is a bit NSFW, but if
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Bill Nye Explains Irene's Link to Climate Change, Battles Fox News (Video)
You've got to give Bill Nye an enormous amount of credit: He endures the brain-dead climate skepticism of Fox News anchors with level-headed aplomb. And while I'm still hard-up to explain Fox's game in continuing to invite him on -- my best guess is
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Fox News: There's "A Lot of Corruption Surrounding" Climate Science (Video)
Since Fox's fact-checkers accidentally admitted on the air that the facts support global climate change, it's only natural that they'd overcompensate by careening off in the other direction. In a recent segment with Jon Huntsman (he brings out the best
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Fox News Admits the Facts Back Man-Made Global Warming (Video)
Well here's an interesting little catch, courtesy of Media Matters (whose unenviable job it is, evidently, to watch Fox News 24/7). In this segment on 'Fox and Friends', the hosts team up to bash Jon Huntsman. He's behind in
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Why Are Republican Leaders Turning Against the Environment? (Video)
Short answer: 1) In an attempt to impress its Tea Party base. 2) Because two of its front-runners are prescribe to a religious ideology wherein it's unfathomable that man could
