Forget Energy Intensity; By 2020, C02 Output Must Fall

Tesoro refinery, Anacortes, Wash. (image via Wikimedia Commons)

Fossil fuel consumption must decline and carbon emissions must begin to fall by the end of the decade, that's all there is to it. Read more →

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Carbon Tax Dems Invite You To Help Write A Bill

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Four Democrats release a draft bill to put a price on carbon, and they're seeking input on key questions, including what to do with the money raised. Read more →

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Climate Change Drains Productivity Around The World

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Researchers say severe humidity is already reducing productivity during peak heat months. Read more →

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Nigerian Floating School Design Echoes ‘Beasts’

An artist's rendering of an entire sustainable floating community based on Adeyemi's designs. Image via NLE Architecture.

Like the heroine Hushpuppy in the Oscar-nominated "Beasts of the Southern Wild," a Nigerian architect is building a sustainable floating school to ensure that children's education endures global warming. Read more →

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Holland’s Floating Pavilion Designed For Rising Seas

Rotterdam's prototype floating city project will be moored to the waterfront through 2015. Image by William Veerbeek/Flickr.

To prepare for expected flooding of the countryside due to global warming, Dutch architects are designing a "climate-proof" prototype city that can rise along with the average sea level. Read more →

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Clean Energy Rationale: It’s The Climate, Stupid

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New research suggests global warming is "likely to be on the high side of current projections," which you'd think would be a good argument for renewable energy. Read more →

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Do US Media Coddle Climate Change Skeptics?

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A new study shows that climate-change skepticism and denial are given a bigger role in news coverage in the U.S. than in several other major countries. Read more →

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Romney’s Profs: Dude, Climate Change Is Real!

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A study shows that professors from the three universities Mitt Romney's attended nearly unanimously accept the scientific consensus on climate change. Read more →

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Wind Power Blasted As UK Boondoggle

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Echoing earlier anti-green critiques, a conservative U.K. think tank says the need for costly backup power makes wind a pricey way to trim carbon emissions. Read more →

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Carbon Tax Passes Last Hurdle In Australia

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Senate approval means that beginning in July 2012, Australia's biggest polluters will have to pay $23/ton on carbon emissions. Read more →

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