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Climate Crisis

Media Fails to Report Solar, Wind Successes from Obama’s Policies
Media Fails to Report Solar, Wind Successes from President Obama's Policies

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Nuclear Plant Standoffs Accelerate Creation of Radioactive Graveyards
Doing nothing about aging US nuclear facilities and their onsite accumulation of spent fuel promises nuclear disaster. There is an alternative.

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Needing FEMA
FEMA to the rescue.

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Avoiding the Issue of Climate Change
Climate change as an issue is being ignored by the presidential candidates.

Climate Change and Historic Superstorm Sandy: 70+ Dead, Streets Submerged, Millions Without Power
Estimates of the damage so far have reached as high as $20 billion.

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Frankenstorms and Climate Change: How the 1% Created a Monster
If hurricane Sandy - one of the largest storms in the history of the Atlantic - is man made, then have we, like Dr. Frankenstein, created a monster …

Bill McKibben on Hurricane Sandy and Climate Change: “If There Was Ever a Wake-up Call, This Is It”
“This thing is stitched together from elements natural and unnatural, and it seems poised to cause real havoc,” says Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org.

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The Eye of the Storm That Sees Us All
William Rivers Pitt: We're a funny lot, in that we must be led to the edge of the precipice and then kicked in the back before saying, 'Wow, this …

Who Owns the World? Noam Chomsky on U.S.-Fueled Dangers, From Climate Change to Nuclear Weapons
In a recent speech, Chomsky examined topics largely ignored or glossed over during the campaign: China, the Arab Spring, global warming, nuclear proliferation, and the military threat posed by …

Obama and Romney Unite on Destructive Bioenergy Policy
When it comes to the candidatesu2019 harmful stances on biomass energy and biofuels, the two might as well be running on the same ticket.