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Al Gore’s good news (for a change) on climate and renewable energy

July 14, 2014 Renee Shur Climate Change, Energy, Environment Leave a comment

Eight years ago. Al Gore released “An Inconvenient Truth,” the book and documentary film that laid out the scientific consensus connecting the burning of

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Obama’s win brings hope for a rational approach to climate change

November 22, 2012 Renee Shur 2012 Election, Climate Change, Congress, Environment, Science Leave a comment

If you were listening closely at 8:16 p.m. (EST) on election night, you might have heard a subtle but persistent sound blowing across the

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Alarming disappearance of Arctic sea ice

October 5, 2012 Madonna Gauding Climate Change, Environment, Science Leave a comment

Climate change is real and presents a huge threat to life on Earth. It’s not a “theory;” it’s a reality, and it’s happening before

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Bill Mckibben: “Global warming’s terrifying new math”

August 7, 2012 Madonna Gauding Corporations, Energy, Environment, Government One comment

If you want to know where we stand with global warming, read Bill McKibben’s groundbreaking new piece in Rolling Stone, “Global Warming’s Terryifying New

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Extreme weather convinces Americans: Global warming is real

May 22, 2012 Madonna Gauding Energy, Environment, Government Leave a comment

Corporations have debunked it, media has ignored it, and conservative politicians have fought it, but in spite of these self-serving efforts at denial, Americans

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Denying global warming: How low can you go?

May 11, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik Consumer issues, Environment, Ideas, Illinois/Midwest, Media, States One comment

When Unabomber Theodore J. Kaczynski becomes your poster child, you’ve reached a new low. And that’s exactly what happened recently in Chicago, when the

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