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The road to climate heaven is paved with ever cheaper oil
2013-03-22 15:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Greenpeace recently issued a call for coordinated action to halt development of the 14 most threatening fossil fuel projects on the planet. These coal, oil, and gas projects, by increasing greenhouse gas emissions 6.3 gigatons a year by 2020, would push the worlds climate to a point of no return. The report suggests to me that we climate advocates need to reexamine our strategies and how we`re spending limited resources. Specifically, we need to focus as much on oil and gas as we have been...
State of the Union is often paved with green intentions
2013-02-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Climate: An aura of excitement and predictability surrounds the presidents annual State of the Union speech: A few days of hyped drama and TV punditry builds to a political Woodstock featuring generals, justices, senators, cabinet secretaries and Congress, all under one roof. Up in the balcony, the First Lady plays host to a few iconic, symbolic taxpayers who recently shared a heroic moment of fame with America. If the past is prologue, the green talk and pageantry may be the only things delivered on...