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Heating up the Northeast
A new report released by 50 top university and government researchers including one of the leading authors of the IPCC's report on impact and mitigation of global warming, has warned that the...
View ArticlePoll: half of Americans say global warming human caused
Despite the massive media coverage of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change this Spring, only 50 per cent of respondents to a recent national poll say global warming is caused primarily by...
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Carbon Prohibition Hurts PM Harper's Backyard Distillery
If you owned a distillery, you would probably not be in favour of prohibition. So it is little wonder why Harper is apposed to binding emission targets at the UN climate negotiations in Bali....
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How to Get Rich By Scamming the Climate
A cartoon in The New York Times brilliantly captured the mentality behind the latest green trend. It showed a man kneeling at the confessional praying, "Forgive me, but I have SUV'd."The minister takes...
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You Say You Want a (Green) Revolution
While the jury is still out on whether President-elect Barack Obama will prove able to usher in meaningful “change” during his time in office, his campaign seems to have sparked a shift in voter...
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You Say You Want a (Green) Revolution
While the jury is still out on whether President-elect Barack Obama will prove able to usher in meaningful “change” during his time in office, his campaign seems to have sparked a shift in voter...
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Landmark Settlement Makes U.S. Agencies Acknowledge Climate Change
Under the terms of a landmark settlement reached last Friday, U.S. financing agencies will no longer be able to ignore the climate change repercussions of their actions.Close to seven years and several...
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The Climate Change Hangover
Let’s assume that the Obama administration and Congress get their act together this year and make good on their pledge of enacting meaningful climate legislation by establishing the nation’s first...
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Cancun Showdown: Results at the UN Climate Talks More Important Than Ever
The United Nations Climate Change talks kicked off yesterday in Cancun. For many, the mood began much more sombrely than last year. Copenhagen attracted celebrity clout, world leader buzz, and a...
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Industry Groups Fight Dirty Against Oscar-Nominated Hydraulic Fracturing...
In the United States and beyond, governments are praising the "clean, plentiful fuel" that is natural gas, and tout it as a viable alternative to oil and coal. According to Abrahm Lustgarten at...
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Why Wait For The US? Report Recommends Unilateral Canadian Action On Climate...
Canada’s National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE), a panel composed mainly of government appointees from industry and former Conservative politicians, has released a new report...
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Koch Brothers Dishonest About Keystone XL, Tar Sands Interest
On the heels of a 21-page investigative article by Bloomberg Magazine, which covered the high crimes and misdemeanors of the Koch Brothers, Koch Industries, and its numerous subsidiaries over the...
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Why Is North America Behind The Curve On Climate Change and Energy?
Just three short years ago, it appeared that North America was on the verge of finally kicking that nasty dirty energy addiction that was crippling our economies and our energy independence. The...
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Approaching the Point of No Return: The World's Dirtiest Megaprojects We Must...
Canada's tar sands are one of 14 energy megaprojects that are "in direct conflict with a livable climate."According to a new report released today by Greenpeace, the fossil fuel industry has plans for...
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Could NAFTA Force Keystone XL On United States?
As the public anxiously awaits the U.S. State Department’s final decision on the fate of the Keystone XL Pipeline, the discussion has largely ignored the elephant in the room: the North American Free...
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Worldwide Protests Challenge Fracking Industry
On Saturday, October 19th, from Romania to Canada and beyond, protests of varying size took place all over the globe to bring attention to the dangers of hydraulic fracturing (fracking). The events,...
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China-U.S. Climate Deal Is Historic, But On Its Own Is Not Enough
Despite the fact that they've been using the “climate action is useless because China won't act” canard as one of their favorite arguments for years now, Republicans' outraged response to the historic...
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EPA’s Clean Power Plan Could Leave A Lot Of Renewable Energy Gains On The Table
Many states are already on track to meet or beat the renewable energy targets laid out for them by the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, according to a new report from Earthjustice, which is calling on the...
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The Keystone XL Distraction: Industry Has Built 11,600 Miles of Oil Pipeline...
Every good magician knows that the key to success is misdirecting the audience. You have to draw everyone’s attention away from your ultimate goal in order to perform the trick. Politics is no...
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Media Coverage of Climate Science Is Stunting Climate Action, Especially in US
The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change plays an enormous role in shaping how climate science gets translated into policy in countries around the world, but so does the media. A new report...
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