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  1. Al Gore calls for “civil disobedience” against new coal plants

    mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Sep 28, 2008

    Former Vice President and Nobel Prize winner, Al Gore, told the audience at the Clinton Global Initiative that the moment had arrived for civil disobedience against new coal plants.

    Also tagged: politics, energy, pollution, climate change, environment, activism, united states, coal, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide, fossil fuels, environmental activism, climate change politics, jeremy hance

  2. Environment at rock-bottom of concerns for American voters

    mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Sep 26, 2008

    In a poll conducted by Gallup asking voters to state their top two reasons for choosing a candidate, one percent said the environment or climate change. The environment was tied with education for being the least given

    Also tagged: climate change, environment, united states, climate change politics, jeremy hance

  3. Cutting deforestation can fight climate change, reduce poverty and conflict

    mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Sep 24, 2008

    Forest conservation can play a critical role in efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and alleviate poverty, said a prominent group of politicians, development experts, and environmental NGOs meeting in New York

    Also tagged: politics, environment, amazon, activism, united states, featured, forests, conservation, carbon offsets, sustainable development, carbon trading, environmental activism, poverty alleviation, rainforests, carbon sequestration, climate change politics, redd, happy upbeat environmental, saving rainforests, avoided deforestation, carbon conservation, carbon finance, conservation finance, global warming mitigation, rainforest conservation

  4. WWF ends contentious debate, will now support effort to fight climate change by saving rainforests

    mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Sep 24, 2008

    WWF, one of the world's largest environmental groups, says it will now support policy mechanisms that would compensate tropical countries for reducing carbon dioxide emissions generated by deforestation and forest

    Also tagged: politics, environment, amazon, activism, united states, featured, forests, conservation, carbon offsets, sustainable development, carbon trading, environmental activism, poverty alleviation, rainforests, carbon sequestration, climate change politics, redd, happy upbeat environmental, saving rainforests, avoided deforestation, carbon conservation, carbon finance, conservation finance, global warming mitigation, rainforest conservation

  5. U.S. Congress passes legislation to boost solar, wind, and geothermal energy

    mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Sep 24, 2008

    Tuesday the U.S. Senate passed a bill that will extend tax credits on solar power installations through 2016. The House approved the measure Wednesday.

    Also tagged: politics, energy, technology, environment, alternative energy, united states, wind power, clean energy, renewable energy, subsidies, solar energy, green energy, geothermal energy, bioenergy, happy upbeat environmental

  6. Obama talks science: ocean health, water scarcity, climate change, and more

    mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Sep 5, 2008

    Presidential nominee Barack Obama recently answered fourteen science-related questions for the organization Science Debate 2008. The questions covered a wide-variety of topics, including the importance of innovation

    Also tagged: politics, energy, water, climate change, environment, united states, oil, drought, clean energy, oceans, wildlife, endangered species, environmental law, climate change politics, jeremy change

  7. Republicans backtrack, call for end to ethanol requirements in gas

    mongabay.com » Mongabay.com news - Sep 2, 2008

    Meeting at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, Republicans Monday called for an end to a requirement that gasoline contain a set amount of ethanol, reports Reuters.

    Also tagged: politics, energy, environment, united states, oil, ethanol, corn, biofuels

  8. Open Thread: Blog Day 2008 - Your Favorite Environmental Politics Blogs

    redgreenandblue.org » Red, Green, and Blue - Aug 31, 2008

    Blog Day was created with the belief that bloggers should have one day dedicated to getting to know other bloggers from other countries and areas of interest. Well, I had completely forgotten about it until our friends

    Also tagged: energy, climate change, blogs, international, blogging, center, leader, legislation, us election, other politics

  9. Too Much Dutch! American Dependency on Wind Power Spawns Mass Emigration from the Netherlands

    redgreenandblue.org » Red, Green, and Blue - Aug 31, 2008

    In the late nineteenth century, over 5,000 Chinese immigrants traveled to America to build the transcontinental railroad. With them came a rich culture that set a tone for a more diverse West. Today, Americans are

    Also tagged: energy, renewable energy, red green and blue, editorial only

  10. Smokey Gets Burned

    redgreenandblue.org » Red, Green, and Blue - Aug 28, 2008

    Be warned: This is a tale of a fallen American hero. Ever since the U.S Forest Service reported a very healthy decrease in forest fires, Smokey the Bear’s career has slowly declined. After recognizing the horrors of

    Also tagged: uncategorized, wildlife, red green and blue

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