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What Happens in Copenhagen, Stays in Copenhagen

December 28, 2009

Why it matters:
The worlds biggest polluters have decided to try to put out a forest fire with squirt guns.
Recap:
A U.N. climate conference years in the making.  200 countries in attendance.  Heads of state from the world’s most powerful nations gathering [...]

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The Mysterious Monsanto Unmasked

December 22, 2009

Why it matters:
Because Monsanto is creating a literal monopoly on the world’s food supply.
Recap:
A recent expose by AP journalist Christopher Leonard confirms many of the rumors about seed giant Monsanto.  For the uninitiated, Monsanto is one of just a handful [...]

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Copenhagen: More Protests than Progress

December 18, 2009

Why it matters:
Because it seems like more happened outside the Bella Center than inside, which is bad news.
Recap:
You’ve likely been hearing the news from the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen: raucous outbursts and sharp crackdowns.  No, not from the [...]

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The Ball is Rolling (Slowly) in Copenhagen

December 16, 2009

Why it matters:
Without an effective and binding agreement, the delegates in Copenhagen are just on vacation.
Recap:
Well folks, week one of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is in the record books.
The general consensus, reflected by Climate Interactive’s Scoreboard, [...]

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Copenhagen? More like Hopenhagen

December 11, 2009

Why it matters:
This is it folks.  Monday marked the first day of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen Denmark.  The UNC4, if I might coin a phrase.  Wait, C4, that sounds dangerous.
Recap:
This Monday, the 7th of December marked day [...]

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Cap and Trade Deception, a Failed Model

December 8, 2009

Why it matters:
Cap and trade will only be effective if done with transparency and integrity, as a means to address global warming…not if it’s treated like another housing bubble.
Recap:
Annie Leonard, who brought us ‘The Story of Stuff”, a brilliantly concise [...]

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Hacked Emails Prove Climate Change Fraud

December 2, 2009

Why it matters:
A handful of scientists guilty of improper conduct does not refute the science of climate change and allowing talking heads to make that argument is unacceptable and dangerous.
Recap:
This just in from the New York Times (and many thousands [...]

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Little House on the Urban Prairie

November 24, 2009

Why it matters:
For the first time in the nation’s history, we have the chance to reinvent the American city from the ground up.
Recap:
Poor Detroit.  Literally.  But also figuratively.  The city was once the 4th most important city in the United [...]

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Corporations Kill Climate Change Reform, Invest in Biodomes

November 16, 2009

Why it matters:
Because climate change doesn’t care how rich you are.
Recap:
According to a recent report by the Center for Public Integrity, corporations around the world are lobbying hard to curb climate action.
The report follows a four-month, eight-nation investigation that included [...]

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Climate Interactive: The Bridge to Copenhagen

November 11, 2009

Why it matters:
Policymakers are not scientists and have never been able to see the impact of their policy decisions on climate change, until now.
Recap:
ClimateInteractive.org is the web-based version of one of the most important pieces of software in human history [...]

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