Climate Change
Green jobs lose out as Senate shelves energy bill
July 27, 2010Steelworkers and environmentalists had a lot riding on the bill, but it came up against an army of oil and coal industry lobbyists and a wall of opposition from Senate Republicans.
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Energy bill stalling has groups riled up
April 27, 2010Leaders of 31 national organizations sent a letter to the Senate today pressing senators "not to squander the great promise of bipartisan action" for "strong clean energy and climate change legislation."
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Bolivia hosts alternative summit on people and Mother Earth
April 22, 2010The First World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth took place April 19-22 near Cochabamba, Bolivia.
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Heaven help us if we don’t heed his call
April 9, 2010Decades from now, climate scientist James Hansen will occupy a prominent place in our history books, but what we don't know now is whether humankind will heed his alarm or go on with business as usual.
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Climate change legislation – one of the next big battles
April 7, 2010Among the next big things — climate change legislation looms large.
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