Ocean Levels Rise as Drought Grips California

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Global warming forces natural resources into unnatural conditions, and the people who rely on them are similarly forced into unnatural positions

Mean Joe Green #54: Prince Charles Says Climate Change Worse Than Financial Crisis

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Prince Charles made some strong arguments when he shared his thoughts on the devastation of the global economic recession vs. that of climate change, at a meeting of Brazilian business leaders and officials in Rio de Janeiro.

Population and Policy: The Elephant in the Room

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Lost in the shuffle of whether life begins at conception or at birth is the broader implications of family planning on the one issue that most affects sustainable development: population.

What Peanut Butter Cost America

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The environmental impacts of the peanut butter recall will take years to unravel.

Are GOP Leaders with Rush Limbaugh on Global Warming?

The League of Conservation Voters has initiated a campaign telling Republican congressional leaders that they need to chose between following Schwarzenegger and other environmentally-aware Republicans or follow Rush Limbaugh.

Lt. Gov. of CA: California Needs Tax Incentives to Create Green Collar Jobs

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After extensive meetings with commission members and stakeholders, and after a thorough examination of the final report, I am convinced that California should consider the creation of targeted tax incentives for small green businesses.

US to Have a National Climate Registry; Will India & China Follow?

Obama administration’s decision to create a climate registry would put pressure on the advanced developing countries to take some serious steps in order to control their carbon emissions.

Federal Government On Track to Cap Greenhouse Emissions?

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EPA announced Tuesday its plans to start a registry that would require businesses to report their greenhouse gas emissions, paving the way for possible federal cap-and-trade system.

Shell’s Plan for Oil Shale Water Faces Stiff Opposition

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Shell Oil’s plan to acquire a junior water right for eight percent of Colorado’s Yampa River average April-to-June flow for oil shale development has been opposed by some twenty-five parties, all submitting letters of opposition to the Colorado Water Court in Steamboat Springs.

(Now) It’s Official: Van Jones Tapped as Green Jobs Adviser

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We’re all pretty jazzed about the Van Jones appointment and look forward to seeing what he can accomplish working from inside government, because we’ve already seen what he can doing working outside of it.