Kerry: Climate Bill is “Very Much Alive”
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Despite all of the grim speculation being hurled across the blogosphere, Sen. Kerry is telling everyone, essentially, to cool it and keep their pants on. He wrote a post over at Talking Points Memo explaining why we all need to be patient and get over the latest round of hyperbolic “the climate bill is dead”-esque statements. Here’s what he had to say: …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Senate Climate Bill Will Price Carbon But No Cap-and-Trade, Has ‘Huge Assistance’ for Coal Industry: John Kerry (Video)
By this point you’ve probably heard that a new Senate climate bill will be revealed at the start of ne…Read the full story on TreeHugger
No, the Record-Setting April Heatwave April Doesn’t Prove Global Warming. But . . .
If you happened to be in part of the country that was hit by it, you sure noticed the warmer-than-usual temps caused by the April heat wave. It caused meteorologists across the country to ask if it was “July in April” and even got a few to mention global warming! But hold on–I am not about to suggest that a single hotter-than-usual week is evidence that the entire planet is experiencing global warming. That would be ridiculous, and that would be the same logic climate deniers use when it snows more than usual. In January. But with the high temp…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Democrats Call for a Vote on the Climate Bill
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With health care reform out of the way, it’s time for the Senate to decide what they will focus on for the rest of the year. There are several options, but a growing coalition of Democrats have their sights set on the climate bill….Read the full story on TreeHugger
Helping Climate Change One Frame at a Time
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A group of world-class animators led by Filmmaker Simon Robson is working on a film advocating for collective action as a means of combating climate change. It sounds good, but can it work?…Read the full story on TreeHugger
We Add Up Asks Schools to Compete for Garden Kits
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It seems that We Add Up is always pushing some fun and innovative new campaign to raise awareness and encourage action. If they’re not designing a cool new t-shirt, they’re biking across the country: Always in an effort to curb climate change.
Now, in honor of the <a href="http://planetgreen.discovery.com/feat…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Taking a Tough Stance on the Climate Bill?
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For the democrats, a sudden tough move on finance reform is producing results. Over at Grist, Jonathan Hiskes wonders if a similar action on the climate bill could be successful….Read the full story on TreeHugger
A Good Climate Bill Will Be Strong, Not Easy
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Passing a strong climate bill, Good tells us in a recent editorial, is a necessity. Such a bill, they write, must be defined by what is good for the country, not what is easy for the Senate to agree upon….Read the full story on TreeHugger
Colorado Legislature Approves 30% by 2020 Renewable Energy Standard – Only California’s is Higher
Distributed generation for utilities is part of the mandate. Photo: Solar Dave via flickr.
Now this is getting somewhere… Climate Progress reports that the Colorado House of Representatives has passed an increase in the state’s <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/02/higher-national-renewable-…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Take Action! Come Out to Support Monkeywrencher Tim DeChristopher at His Trial
Tim DeChristopher speaking last October at the International Day of Climate Action via It’s Getting…Read the full story on TreeHugger
