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Dave Levitan
Could Saudi-UAE Naval Battle Put a Crimp on Persian Gulf Oil?
Last week a brief naval encounter between vessels from the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have raised concerns over security and calm in the shipping lane through which 40 percent of all the world’s sea-traded oil moves. That is, if the incident happened in the first place.
Can the Ethics of Islam Stop Environmental Terrorism?
In war zones around the world, the United Nations and dozens of countries throw money and people at maintaining order, preventing terrorism and diminishing the effects of war and violence. As a result, we might be dangerously ignoring the potential for an environmental terrorist attack with catastrophic consequences.
Cleaning Up My View in New York: Gowanus Canal Gets Superfund Status
The EPA has decided to designate the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn a Superfund clean-up site, a move which will hold the polluters financially responsible and theoretically result in its cleanup within a decade or so.
Communicating Climate Change: It’s Okay to Ignore the Crap
Climate-related journalism has been dominated for the last few months by the scientific community equivalent of trashy romance novel plot twists. The solution, though, is too simple to ever actually happen on a large scale. Just don’t cover these things.
Boom Town Troubles: Sexual Predators Drawn to Energy Towns
New research published in the current issue of the journal, Conservation Biology, finds that sexual offenders seem to flock to energy towns.
Good or Bad for Mexico? UN Climate Chief Yvo de Boer Resigns
In a move that apparently didn’t surprise those who knew him, United Nations top climate official Yvo de Boer announced his resignation on Thursday, effective July 1 this year. What will it mean for Mexico?
Communicating Climate Change: Kate Sheppard on the Politics Beat
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: Mother Jones environmental policy reporter Kate Sheppard.
Communicating Climate Change: What the Hell Is Cap-And-Trade?
President Obama’s gigantoBudget left blank the amounts of money that might be generated from a cap-and-trade system. What the hell is cap-and-trade, and how does it relate to global warming?
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.
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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