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Most Senators Don’t Think Climate Science is Murky: posted by Dan Lashof, 3/12/10; Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) said today that she is putting on hold her effort to block EPA’s ...
My Take on Oil and Gas Industry's False Claims about Climate: posted by John H. Adams, 3/12/10; The oil and gas industry spent a record $168.3 million in lobbying expenses in 2009, and a good deal ...
Tapped: Put down the bottled water: posted by Valerie Jaffee, 3/11/10; When I began the year with the resolution to reduce my global warming pollution, I was hit with the ...
Earth Day 2010: A Call to Action on Clean Energy: posted by Bob Deans, 3/11/10; Forty years ago this spring, we were a nation divided by war in Vietnam. The Chevrolet Monte Carlo got ...
2010 State of the Birds Report Released Today – Confirms that Climate Change is a New and Serious Threat to Birds: posted by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, 3/11/10; Cover reprinted with permission Today the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Cornell Lab and many others ...
From Hellhole to the hill – some mixed news for bats: posted by Sylvia Fallon, 3/11/10; Two weeks ago I reported that white-nose syndrome had been documented in Hellhole Cave – ...
Home Star Gets A Hearing: Is It Really A Win-Win-Win?: posted by Lane Burt, 3/11/10; Ah, Home Star – the legislative proposal that has eaten all my time over the last six months. ...
Mountaintop Removal Redux: Bobby vs. Blankenship II: posted by Rob Perks, 3/11/10; In a reprise of the debate between NRDC's Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Massey Coal CEO Don Blankenship ...
Don’t Let Lawmakers Undermine the Clean Air Act: It Saves Hundreds of Thousands of Lives: posted by Frances Beinecke, 3/11/10; A handful of lawmakers in the Senate and House have been trying to block the EPA from regulating global ...
Taking revitalization to the next level: Denver’s Living City Block: posted by Kaid Benfield, 3/11/10; The Living City Block is an ambitious project in Denver’s LoDo (Lower Downtown) to demonstrate ...

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Dirty Industry Claims about Climate: We’ve Heard These Falsehoods Before: posted by John H. Adams, 3/11/10; I have been fighting for stronger clean air safeguards for 40 years, and I have heard opponents of ...
Climate Bill Not Dead: posted by Heather Taylor-Miesle, 3/10/10; The Weekly Standard ran a cover story this week called, “In Denial: The Meltdown of the Climate Campaign.” ...
Why Young People Need To Call Congress About Climate - Repeatedly: posted by Heather Taylor-Miesle, 3/3/10; I grew up in the rural parts of Kentucky and Pennsylvania, two relatively conservative areas. Most ...
DC Hubbub and What it Means For the Climate Bill: posted by Heather Taylor-Miesle, 2/26/10; As I sit here writing, I have the White House Health Care Summit running in the background. This is ...

Citizen journalism from OnEarth magazine

China, India Join Copenhagen Climate Accord: posted by Emily Gertz, 3/10/10; The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Unusually Large Snowstormwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full ...
Support OnEarth in Best of Green Awards: posted by Scott Dodd, 3/8/10; Forgive us for indulging in a little self-promotion here, but OnEarth has just been nominated for ...
Climate Deniers, Global Warming, and Darwin’s Theory of Evolution: posted by Douglas S. Barasch, 3/5/10; Yes, the resurgence of the "climate-deniers" -- like weeds, or zombies -- is discouraging. ...

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California continuará siendo el líder en la economía de energía limpia: posted by Tom Soto, 3/10/10; Al buscar soluciones para recargar nuestra economía, crear trabajos y responder a los desafíos ...
Chile reflejo de una triple tragedia: terremoto, maremoto y violencia social: posted by Sara Arenas, 3/4/10; "¿Hay alguien ahí?" Frase de quienes en Concepción buscaban cuerpos y sobrevivientes ...
Como el terremoto en Chile nos afectó a todos: posted by Amanda Maxwell, 3/3/10; ¿Piensas que el terremoto de dimensiones catastróficas en Chile el sábado pasado ...
Apoyo para nuestros amigos en Chile después del terremoto: posted by Amanda Maxwell, 3/3/10; A las 6:13 de la mañana el sábado, me despertó el sonido de mi blackberry, ...

Discussing Chinese environmental laws, policies, and the power of the public

Recent Climate Change News in the Chinese Media: posted by Stephen Leonelli, 3/4/10; 最近的气候变化新闻 NDRC Climate Division plans to explore carbon emissions exchange (Google translation) At a ...
Recent Environmental Law and Public Participation News: posted by Michael Zhang, 3/3/10; 最近的环境法及公众参与的新闻 Professor: One-fifth of China’s arable land affected by heavy metal pollution (Google ...
Environmental Public Interest Litigation and the Vitality of Environmental Courts: The development and future of environmental courts in China: posted by Gao Jie, 3/1/10; 环境公益诉讼与环保法庭的生命力 ——中国环保法庭的发展与未来 The past two years have seen an important development in environmental ...
Recent Environmental Law and Public Participation News: posted by Michael Zhang, 2/24/10; 最近的环境法及公众参与的新闻 Ma Jun: Pollution emissions data should be disclosed at the enterprise level (Google ...

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Wildlife in New York City: By Rob Goodier From black bears to pileated woodpeckers, New York's citizen scientists are unveiling a web of wildlife in the greater New York area and learning how...
Label Lookup: Clothing: By Paul McRandle As more and more eco-labels appear on clothing, we look at which are the most reliable. Check out the slideshow...
Plastics by the Numbers: By Paul McRandle Those numbers in chasing arrows on the bottom of plastic containers, otherwise known as "resin identification codes," have been around since the...
DIY Diva: Natural Mothballs: By Annie B. Bond As the snow melts and winter gives way to spring, it is time to pack away sweaters, hats, socks, and more. The key is packing wool away with skill,...
Lose 10 Tons in 2010. Step 3: Heating: By Vincent Standley Stay warmer for less, care for your furnace (Credit: mason13a/Flickr)