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The second session of the UN working group on long term cooperative action has started in Bonn, Germany. The working group (AWGLCA), created in Bali, is mandated to consider action needed to create the conditions for action on climate change–both to reduce emissions and adapt to unavoidable changes, adequate to the current understanding of the [...]The second session of the UN working group on long term cooperative action has started in Bonn, Germany. The working group (AWGLCA), created in Bali, is mandated to consider action needed to create the conditions for action on climate change–both to reduce emissions and adapt to unavoidable changes, adequate to the current understanding of the [...]

It seems like the United States, to be followed by the rest of the world, is about to create a new oligopoly. Today, there are many existing oligopolies for commodities that are very difficult to produce because of technological and ownership issues. These include such industries as the automakers, the media, oil, beer, tobacco, etc. An [...]It seems like the United States, to be followed by the rest of the world, is about to create a new oligopoly. Today, there are many existing oligopolies for commodities that are very difficult to produce because of technological and ownership issues. These include such industries as the automakers, the media, oil, beer, tobacco, etc. An [...]

Suicide (n) - The most preventable type of death. This is the ongoing story of a species whose leaders had a death wish, and whose members at large mostly didn’t. To me, “sustainability” means a situation in which your descendants are able to confront their own problems, rather than the ones you exported to them. If [...]Suicide (n) - The most preventable type of death. This is the ongoing story of a species whose leaders had a death wish, and whose members at large mostly didn’t. To me, “sustainability” means a situation in which your descendants are able to confront their own problems, rather than the ones you exported to them. If [...]

Activists with Asheville Rising Tide broke ground on a new 800 Mw clean energy power plant in Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers front yard earlier this week. The power plant will tap into a previously unexplored energy source known as hot air which has been found in large concentrations at Roger’s residence, 330 Eastover Rd, [...]Activists with Asheville Rising Tide broke ground on a new 800 Mw clean energy power plant in Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers front yard earlier this week. The power plant will tap into a previously unexplored energy source known as hot air which has been found in large concentrations at Roger’s residence, 330 Eastover Rd, [...]

I am a unknown voice on Its Getting Hot In Here, despite the fact that I read it daily and have devoted the past two years of my life to help direct the Energy Action Coalition. My silence on this blog ends today - and I will use every platform imaginable to tell the story [...]I am a unknown voice on Its Getting Hot In Here, despite the fact that I read it daily and have devoted the past two years of my life to help direct the Energy Action Coalition. My silence on this blog ends today - and I will use every platform imaginable to tell the story [...]

Here’s an idea the right wing loves to talk about: ‘Liberals think breathing is bad for the planet.’ This theme is apparent in Carbon Belch Day, a day of action on June 12th for participants to create as much carbon as possible. Yup, you heard me. They’re using carbon calculators to help people figure out [...]Here’s an idea the right wing loves to talk about: ‘Liberals think breathing is bad for the planet.’ This theme is apparent in Carbon Belch Day, a day of action on June 12th for participants to create as much carbon as possible. Yup, you heard me. They’re using carbon calculators to help people figure out [...]

The Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act is up for a vote on the Senate floor next week — so would it reduce U.S. emissions? Not significantly — at least not until 2030, and perhaps longer. That’s the conclusion of an increasing number of energy experts and commentators, including the World Resources Institute and Joe [...]The Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act is up for a vote on the Senate floor next week — so would it reduce U.S. emissions? Not significantly — at least not until 2030, and perhaps longer. That’s the conclusion of an increasing number of energy experts and commentators, including the World Resources Institute and Joe [...]

Big oil is responsible for a lot of heinous crimes. They fund death squads cloaked as “private security” and help install brutal dictatorships that are friendly to their business. Being from Texas, I’ve had my share of run-ins with nasty members of the oilagarchy like Exxonmobil and Halliburton. But living in the Bay Area, I [...]Big oil is responsible for a lot of heinous crimes. They fund death squads cloaked as “private security” and help install brutal dictatorships that are friendly to their business. Being from Texas, I’ve had my share of run-ins with nasty members of the oilagarchy like Exxonmobil and Halliburton. But living in the Bay Area, I [...]

Bank of America’s hometown paper slammed them today over their dirty investments in the coal infrastructure. Lots of juicy tidbits mentioned. I guess the fancy greenwashing public relations budgets just can’t pay off. “`Green bank’ invests too much in dirty energy Bank of America touts its eco-credentials but finances wrong projects LISA ZERKLE Special to the [...]Bank of America’s hometown paper slammed them today over their dirty investments in the coal infrastructure. Lots of juicy tidbits mentioned. I guess the fancy greenwashing public relations budgets just can’t pay off. “`Green bank’ invests too much in dirty energy Bank of America touts its eco-credentials but finances wrong projects LISA ZERKLE Special to the [...]

Landmark Legislation Would End State’s Use of Coal from Controversial and Destructive Mining Practice This just in: the North Carolina state legislature may take the destructive and despicable practice of mountaintop removal coal mining head-on by banning the use of coal obtained from mountaintop removal at any North Carolina coal plant.   The Appalachian Mountains Preservation Act, [...]Landmark Legislation Would End State’s Use of Coal from Controversial and Destructive Mining Practice This just in: the North Carolina state legislature may take the destructive and despicable practice of mountaintop removal coal mining head-on by banning the use of coal obtained from mountaintop removal at any North Carolina coal plant.   The Appalachian Mountains Preservation Act, [...]