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Carbon Reduction Efforts Failing to Thwart ‘4-degree’ Climate Doomsday Scenario

Carbon Reduction Efforts Failing to Thwart ‘4-degree’ Climate Doomsday Scenario

By Eartheasy.com, Posted December 4th, 2012

World Bank encourages countries, individuals to act more aggressively to achieve climate goals…

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Sandy and the Power of a Changing Climate

Sandy and the Power of a Changing Climate

By Eartheasy.com, Posted November 14th, 2012

These images of Sandy’s destruction should awaken us to the reality of climate change…

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Arctic Sea Ice in Record Retreat

Arctic Sea Ice in Record Retreat

By Eartheasy.com, Posted September 4th, 2012

Our planet is warming at an alarmingly rapid pace, evidenced by an accelerating rate of sea ice decline…

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Apocalypse Not

Apocalypse Not

By Greg Seaman, Eartheasy.com, Posted January 3rd, 2012

It is easier to flirt with doomsday predictions than to take action against real threats to our planet…

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Contaminated Drinking Water Feared in Hurricane’s Wake

Contaminated Drinking Water Feared in Hurricane’s Wake

By Eartheasy.com, Posted September 15th, 2011

Flood water is toxic and polluted, and may compromise local water supplies. Here are suggestions for ensuring the safety of your drinking water.

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Environmental Leaders Call for Civil Disobedience to stop Keystone XL Pipeline

Environmental Leaders Call for Civil Disobedience to stop Keystone XL Pipeline

By Naomi Klein, Bill McKibben, David Suzuki & Others, Posted June 27th, 2011

Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline will make it easier and faster to trigger the final overheating of our planet…

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Connecting the Dots…to Climate Change

Connecting the Dots…to Climate Change

By Earthasy, Posted May 26th, 2011

It is becoming more apparent that warming of the climate is unequivocal…

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Earthday 2011

Earthday 2011

By Naomi Devine, Posted April 22nd, 2011

This year, I am pondering Earth Day’s beginnings, and what the event’s place is in the fight for the future of our planet, and its place in our movement…

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Turning it Off and Taking it up a Notch for Earth Hour

Turning it Off and Taking it up a Notch for Earth Hour

By Naomi Devine, Posted March 25th, 2011

Join the world in signaling support for climate action by turning your lights off for one hour, Saturday March 26th at 8:30pm (Local time)

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A climate-change activist prepares for the worst

A climate-change activist prepares for the worst

By Mike Tidwell, Posted February 28th, 2011

“The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences.” – Winston Churchill

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How can record snowfalls be caused by global warming?

How can record snowfalls be caused by global warming?

By Eartheasy, Posted February 18th, 2011

Being concerned about global warming doesn’t make apparent sense when you’re knee-deep in snow…

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Eating less meat and dairy has minimal impact on global warming, expert argues

Eating less meat and dairy has minimal impact on global warming, expert argues

By ScienceDaily, Posted January 25th, 2011

There is no doubt that livestock are major producers of methane, one of the greenhouse gases, but comparison figures may be inaccurate.

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No Impact Week, Day 4 – Wednesday: Food

No Impact Week, Day 4 – Wednesday: Food

By Aran Seaman, Eartheasy.com, Posted January 7th, 2011

Healthy eating can also lessen your foodprint…

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No Impact Week, Day 3 – Tuesday: Transportation

No Impact Week, Day 3 – Tuesday: Transportation

By Aran Seaman, Eartheasy, Posted January 6th, 2011

Challenge yourself to burn calories, not fossil fuels…

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No Impact Week, Day 2 – Monday: Trash

No Impact Week, Day 2 – Monday: Trash

By Aran Seaman, Eartheasy, Posted January 5th, 2011

Can wasting less improve your life?

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No Impact Week, Day 1 – Sunday: Consumption

No Impact Week, Day 1 – Sunday: Consumption

By Aran Seaman, Posted January 4th, 2011

Is it possible to live a fuller and happier life by buying less stuff?

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Throwing cold water on Europe’s “Millennium Winter” forecast

Throwing cold water on Europe’s “Millennium Winter” forecast

By Stefan Rahmstorf and Olivia Serdeczny, Posted December 13th, 2010

The claim circulates in the internet and in many mainstream media as well: Scientists have allegedly predicted the coldest winter in 1,000 years for Europe. What is behind it? Nothing – no scientist has predicted anything like it. A Polish tabloid made up the story.

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If we save the tigers, we’ll save the planet

If we save the tigers, we’ll save the planet

By Leonardo DiCaprio and Carter S. Roberts, Posted December 9th, 2010

By rescuing the tigers, we save everything beneath their ecological umbrella – everything connected to them – including the world’s last great forests, whose carbon storage mitigates climate change

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No to Geo-Engineering: UN Issues a Moratorium on Efforts to Manipulate the Earth’s Climate

No to Geo-Engineering: UN Issues a Moratorium on Efforts to Manipulate the Earth’s Climate

By Jeff Conant, Posted November 17th, 2010

Under the agreement, no geo-engineering projects can take place until risks to the environment as well as social, cultural, and economic impacts have been assessed.

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The Doomsday Machine and the Race to Save the World

The Doomsday Machine and the Race to Save the World

By Jeff Conant, Posted November 11th, 2010

How close are we to space sunshades, mountaintop painting, ‘fertilizing’ the oceans with iron, and redirecting hurricanes? Closer than you might imagine.

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