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Coming Face to Face with Obama and the Vanishing American Dream

Attending a recent town hall meeting, the author is shocked to note that “not once did the words ‘climate change’ cross the president’s lips.”

Earthbeat Radio: We Did It!

Our environmental radio show survives another recession year. The host, Daphne Wysham, tells its story.

Fair and Effective Climate Finance

An assessment of finance in global climate negotiations

Climate Currency

When it comes to climate change, altruism and self-interest go hand in hand.

Averting the Next Mortgage Meltdown While Cooling the Planet

A creative solution to the predicted commercial real estate crisis could boost both energy efficiency and tax receipts.

Mining Whistleblower Speaks out Against Massey

Jack Spadaro speaks out on how the Massey mine disaster could have been prevented.

Latin America: Climate Change Swing States

Obama’s climate change guy Todd Stern has just wrapped up a tour of Latin America. It wasn’t vacation: more like a critical lobbying opportunity.

Hurricane Alex Hits Already-Troubled Waters

In our rush to clean up and rethink the unchecked power of corporations, we must not lose sight of what the spill ultimately means for our energy future.

Taxing the Wall Street Casino

In the United States and many countries around the world, there is growing momentum behind proposals to place a very small tax on trades of stock, currency, derivatives, and other financial assets.

Obama BP Speech Should Signal Shift in Energy Future

Obama has a golden opportunity to show that his administration is about changing politics as usual – if he and his advisors have the political courage to seize the moment.

Is the UN the Right Place to Talk About Climate?

Like Bonn, the UN has its limitations.

Love in a Time of Climate Crisis

A video that sums up Cochabamba and the environmental crisis as a love story.

Kerry, Lieberman Promote Offshore Oil, Coal, Nukes, Offsets in New “Climate” Bill

There’s not much in the bill that will actually fight climate change.

Moving our Nation Beyond Petroleum

Let’s use the BP oil disaster as the impetus we need to really and truly become oil-free by 2030.

Crime Pays for BP

Corporations can get away with murder and environmental devastation, and make billions doing it.

Cochabamba’s Message: Let the People Speak

The World People’s Conference on Climate Change held last week in Bolivia was an experiment in replacing the less-than-democratic UN process with one that invites public participation. But what’s the difference between Copenhagen and Cochabamba?

Indigenous People Take on the Climate Crisis in Cochabamba

Hopes are high that this summit will represent a turning point the process and product of climate negotiations.

Strange Snow Patterns Consistent with Climate Change

Think the freak snowstorms disproved climate change science? Think again.

Is Our Democracy Becoming a Joke?

The fate of our planet is no laughing matter.

A Really Inconvenient Truth

Al Gore didn’t even touch upon what the world needs to do to avert a global warming catastrophe.