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| 11-18-08 |
November 18, 2008 - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered state agencies to prepare a climate change adaptation strategy that reassesses planned investments in infrastructure in light of p... (more)
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| 11-12-08 |
November 12, 2008 -First it was automotive fuels from plants, now it’s car parts. Inspired by Lotus Cars’ use of hemp in fiberglass auto body panels, University of East Anglia scientists l... (more)
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| 11-04-08 |
November 4, 2008 -As the McCain and Obama campaign memorabilia stores fire sale “Americain” and “Hope” bumper stickers, the nation awaits the election results. So, we’ve ... (more)
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| 10-28-08 |
October 28, 2008 -Are you the king or queen of the big screen remote? Turns out Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers found that the atmospheric level of a compound used to make flat screens... (more)
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| 10-21-08 |
October 21, 2008 - In an effort to best drive-thru voting in Los Angeles, the Presidential Climate Action Project is asking Americans to nominate qualified leaders to administer federal work on climat... (more)
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| 10-14-08 |
October 14, 2008 -California utilities and state officials visited the pokey this week at the Wasco State Prison, where they kicked off a green prison effort by presenting a $6.5 million incentive che... (more)
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| 10-07-08 |
October 7, 2008 - There was good news on climate change this week, despite the losses on Wall Street.
Oil refiner Tesoro sued the California Air Resources Board. It charges that the board is increasi... (more)
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| 10-02-08 |
September 30, 2008 -Sometimes fact seems just as strange as fiction, even science fiction by Isaac Asimov.
As proof, this week the Global Crop Diversity Trust—the folks behind the “doomsd... (more)
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| 09-23-08 |
September 23, 2008 -Is it merely envy? Peak oil advocates complain that climate change is getting all the headlines when impending shortages of oil and gas pose far more serious consequences.
Pop a M... (more)
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| 09-16-08 |
September 16, 2008 -“Burn After Reading” brought moviegoers back to theater box offices this week. In Washington, it was offshore oil and gas drilling that brought lawmakers back to the Ca... (more)
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| 09-09-08 |
September 9, 2008 - The big noise last week was the Republican Convention, where the Grand Old Party faithful adopted an “all-of-the-above” energy plank. The GOP wants action on climate ch... (more)
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| 09-02-08 |
September 2, 2008 - California lawmakers pass bills in the final hours that aim to get a handle on greenhouse gas emissions caused by sprawl and to form a University of California climate change insti... (more)
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| 08-26-08 |
August 26, 2008 - California regulators seek to define when and how renewable energy credits can be used to satisfy greenhouse gas reduction requirements under the state’s climate change law. Th... (more)
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| 08-19-08 |
This Week in www.EnergyMeetsClimate.com The bees and wasps are buzzing in the back yard here. We at EnergyMeetsClimate discovered ZigBee. Patterned after a pollinator’s patterns, this low-energy... (more)
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| 08-12-08 |
August 12, 2008 - The biofuel industry hails a federal Environmental Protection Agency decision to maintain the federally-mandated renewable fuels standard. Texas Governor Rick Perry asked EPA to cut ... (more)
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| 08-07-08 |
August 5, 2008 - Next time you pop a top, you might just be doing your part to cut greenhouse gases. That’s because Anheuser-Busch announced that it plans to brew 5 billion “green beers&rd... (more)
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| 07-29-08 |
July 29, 2008 - They might have just stuck to blackjack, but instead Senator Harry Reid and former President Bill Clinton teamed up in Vegas to call for clean energy. The problem is that the blue dog ... (more)
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| 07-22-08 |
July 22, 2008 - Like Maxwell Smart on a quest to defeat KAOS with just a shoe phone and unrestrained enthusiasm in the new movie remake, leading U.S. lawmakers from across the aisle agreed to join for... (more)
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| 07-15-08 |
July 15, 2008 -Like bank failures in the finance world, cap-and-trade dominated much of the news this past week in the global warming universe.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee chair Jef... (more)
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| 07-08-08 |
July 8, 2008 -California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger welcomed Tesla Motors’ decision to locate an electric car making plant in his state. His love of autos is well known, but the governor als... (more)
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| 07-01-08 |
July 1, 2008 - Representative Edward Markey calls it America’s new “Sputnik.” This time around, however, it is not the Russian satellite that launched the space race in the late 1950... (more)
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| 06-20-08 |
June 17, 2008 -The feds are here to help when it comes to chillin’ & grillin’ at your summer barbecues. Find out how supermarkets are working with the federal EPA to keep your picnic i... (more)
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| 06-10-08 |
June 10, 2008 - Edward Bernays, the father of public relations, once hired glamorous models to march in New York City’s Easter parade, holding cigarettes high and wearing banners that proclaimed... (more)
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| 06-04-08 |
June 3, 2008 -Big climate change developments are front and center stage this week, with the opening of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting in Bonn and the U.S. Senate de... (more)
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| 05-27-08 |
May 27, 2008 - “There are some things money can’t buy, for everything else there’s MasterCard.” This week, NRDC tallied up the expenses you’re likely to put on your card ... (more)
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| 05-20-08 |
May 20, 2008: It was a bit like the rehabilitation of Robert Downey Jr., the long addicted actor who at 43 has managed to clean up his act and score the leading role in the new blockbuster film, &ldqu... (more)
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| 05-13-08 |
May 13, 2008 -Move over Antonio, as in L.A. mayor Villaraigosa. Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director, is one up when it comes to planting trees. The mayor set an impre... (more)
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| 05-06-08 |
May 6, 2008 - Ethanol is backfiring on the worldwide stage, although some disagree.
Leading critics of the biofuel is Republican Presidential candidate Senator John McCain, who lashed out against enf... (more)
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| 04-29-08 |
April 29, 2008 - If you drive fast, soon Big Brother may know. California Assemblymember Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) authors a bill to allow car insurance companies to place devices in motorists&rsqu... (more)
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| 04-22-08 |
April 22, 2008: Here’s your Earth Day quiz: What do Omega 3 oil and racist Bull Connor have to do with one another? Answer: They’re either going to make you laugh or spoil your evening.
T... (more)
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| 04-08-08 |
April 8, 2008
We have an exclusive investigative report on what could be an early warning sign in the emerging carbon market, reminiscent of the collapse in 1998 of Long Term Capital Management. Fi... (more)
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| 04-02-08 |
April 1, 2008
Here’s the latest from E=MC2: While a carbon cap-and-trade program is the fashion du jour, at the soot roots level a carbon tax alternative is showing some signs of life. Find o... (more)
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