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climate change

Leo Says: This Is Our Moment … We Agree

by Kevin McCann 03.09.2010

Why it matters:
Because the future is what you make it. (Inspirational enough for yah?)
Recap:
This past September, Senators John “Lightnin’” Kerry (D-MA) and Barbara “The Unifier” Boxer (D-CA) introduced Senate Bill 1733. Senate Bill 1733. That sounds awesome! What’s that? They’re [...]

Fox News Dumber than Ever: Denies Global Warming due to Snow

by Kevin McCann 02.21.2010

Why it matters:
Because the recent record snowfalls along the Atlantic coast proves global warming is a myth, duh!
Recap:
A quick look at a certain news channel named after a notoriously sly canine is heralding the good news: It’s snowing heavily in [...]

While Golf Nears Its Deathbed, Skiing Eyes New Horizons

by Kevin McCann 01.27.2010

Why it matters:
Take heed, one of the first things climate change is going to wipe out is… sports?
Recap:
Eh?
Okay not all sports, not at first anyway… just golf and winter sports.
Consider this, in arid regions, it can take as much as [...]

What Governments Can’t Do, Nike and IBM can.

by Kevin McCann 01.20.2010

Why it matters:
Despite the lack of groundbreaking climate action inside the Bella Center, outside NGOs, developing nations, and (most surprisingly) corporations were putting their heads together to develop new, effective strategies in the battle against climate change.
Recap:
For a lot of [...]

Science Takes a Stand On Mountain Top Removal

by Kevin McCann 01.12.2010

Why it matters:
Because, for some reason, chaining ourselves to mountains and singing ballads about ash-laden silt just isn’t having the desired effect.
Recap:
Frequent readers of EMD will know, all objectivity aside, we’re not fans of Mountain Top Removal Mining. Well now [...]

What Happens in Copenhagen, Stays in Copenhagen

by Kevin McCann 12.28.2009

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 [...]

Copenhagen: More Protests than Progress

by Kevin McCann 12.18.2009

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 [...]

The Ball is Rolling (Slowly) in Copenhagen

by Kevin McCann 12.16.2009

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, [...]

Copenhagen? More like Hopenhagen

by Kevin McCann 12.11.2009

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 [...]

Cap and Trade Deception, a Failed Model

by Kevin McCann 12.08.2009

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 [...]