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January 2010
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Eco-Friendly Eating with Roadkill, the Yes Men, and More! [video]
Fueling the eco-snark in the most recent episode of the new Shift Logic program, was ecopolitology’s piece about the Yes Men Chamber of Commerce prank.
Greenpeace to Build ‘Fortress’ on Planned Heathrow Runway Site
Greenpeace UK is now challenging architects and architecture students to come up with ways to defend and fortify the Airplot in case the government decides to take it by force.
IPCC Chairman Pachauri: “Not Going to Tailor the Truth”
In an interview with the journal Science, the Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Rajendra Pachauri defended himself against attacks on his consulting earnings and dismissed as largely unimportant some recent scandals that have surrounded the IPCC and its scientists.
Robert Reich: “The financial crisis is not over.” [Video]
University of California economist and former Clinton administration Labor Secretary Robert Reich argued yesterday that real financial reform is not happening because Wall St. is spending too much money on Capitol Hill to let it. Reich boiled the complexities of what is needed for financial reform down to three basic principles: 1) No bank should [...]
Communicating Climate Change: Joe Romm on Cutting the Crap
Our ongoing series “Communicating Climate Change” will often feature conversations with journalists and other communicators who face the challenge of writing on climate issues. This week: Climate Progress blogger and former Clinton administration renewable energy official Joe Romm.
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The 2010 State of the Union Address [w/video]
Tonight is the State of the Union Address and we’d like you to join us in a live twitter chat during and after the speech. Join the conversation in our TweetChat Room. Or if you are going to be tweeting but don’t think you’ll make the chat, share you tweets with us and the chat room by adding the hash tag #ecosotu to your tweets.
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Chamber of Commerce Spends a Whopping $123 Million on Lobbying in 2009 [Graph]
In the fourth quarter of 2009, when the health care and climate change debates were heating up on Capitol Hill, so were the Chamber checkbooks, to the tune of $71 million.
Colorado Considering 30% Renewable Energy Requirement
Colorado House Bill 1001would increase electric utilities’ renewable energy portfolio standard to 30 percent by 2020.
Supreme Court to Weigh in on Genetically Engineered Seeds
The Supreme Court decided on to hear its first case about genetically engineered crops
Sierra Club Names New Boat-Rocking Executive Director
After 18 years under the direction of Carl Pope, the nation’s oldest and most well-known environmental organization, the Sierra Club, has named Michael Brune as its new executive director.
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