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Opinion: Silver Lining in Global Warming Scandals?

(Feb. 18) -- It's been a bad few months for advocates of action to address climate change. Last week's discovery of typos and poor sourcing in the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 2007 report came just a few months after a reserve of stolen e-mails from East Anglia scientists showed that a few prominent...

Obama Taking Greenhouse Gas Goals to Copenhagen

(Nov. 25) -- On his way to accepting a Nobel Peace Prize next month, President Barack Obama looks set to wade into a raging conflict over climate change. The White House on Wednesday announced that Obama will travel to the Danish capital of Copenhagen on Dec. 9 for part of a United Nations conference aimed at mitigating...

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Is There a Clean Energy Standard in Our Future?

Just because Congress is unlikely to pass a carbon tax or a cap-and-trade bill anytime soon does not mean the United States can't work on lowering its greenhouse gas emissions.

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C40 Conference Shows How Cities Can Lead on Climate Change

When it comes to changing the way we use energy, cities are at the center of the action.

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Mason Inman: The Climate Post: Blockbuster Supreme Court Case on Emissions May Fizzle

A "blockbuster" court case that's been wending its way through the courts for seven years finally reached the bench of the U.S. Supreme Court this week, who heard initial arguments that greenhouse gas emissions should be regulated because they're a "public nuisance."

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08/27/11 Turkey refuses to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions Source: Today's Zaman Between 1990 and 2009, greenhouse gas emissions in Turkey rose by 98 percent.
06/08/11 Global emission cuts should be policy focus Source: The Courier-Mail Much of the current debate is instead focused on putting a price on greenhouse gas emissions at any cost and within an artificially short timeframe.
10/05/10 NEI's Carbon Footprint Reported in Pioneering Effort... Source: NEI Nuclear Energy Institute WASHINGTON, D.C.âAs part of the Nuclear Energy Institute's commitment to reduce its carbon footprint and protect the environment, the nuclear energy industry's policy organization has reported to The Climate Registry that its greenhouse gas emissions in 2009 totaled fewer than 675 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.