Arctic Nations Seek Common Man...

Apr 17, 2013 by

Arctic Nations Seek Common Management of Fishing as Open Water Spreads

Humanity has long had a two-pronged reaction to environmental change —

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George Monbiot on recycling, c...

Apr 12, 2013 by

George Monbiot on recycling, consumption, population growth, China and just about everything that matters

There are some arguments that we just never win at TreeHugger..

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How Ontario Is Putting an End ...

Apr 3, 2013 by

How Ontario Is Putting an End To Coal-Burning Power Plants

Ontario is on the verge of becoming the first industrial region in North America to eliminate all coal-fired electrical generation.

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Is There Room for Varied Appro...

Feb 18, 2013 by

Is There Room for Varied Approaches to Energy and Climate Progress?

Is there room for more than one approach to pursuing energy and climate progress?

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Scientists Explore Options as ...

Feb 9, 2013 by

Scientists Explore Options as Polar Bears Face New Threats

The surge of hunting that depleted many polar bear populations in the 20th century is largely under control.

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10 Environmental Victories of ...

Jan 6, 2013 by

10 Environmental Victories of 2012

For me, the holidays are a time to reflect on what we’ve achieved over the past year…

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Coal Giant Drops Claim That it...

Dec 30, 2012 by

Coal Giant Drops Claim That it is ‘the Global Leader in Clean Energy Solutions’

Peabody Energy, the biggest private-sector coal company in the world,…

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10 Environmental Victories of ...

Dec 21, 2012 by

10 Environmental Victories of 2012

For me, the holidays are a time to reflect on what we’ve achieved..

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Protecting California Coastlin...

Dec 19, 2012 by

Protecting California Coastline as National Monuments

As California goes, so does the country!

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Exploring a Proposed Carbon Di...

Dec 19, 2012 by

Exploring a Proposed Carbon Diet for American Power Plants

Earlier this week, Daniel Lashof of the Natural Resources Defense Council blogged…

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Feds predict end times for Col...

Dec 15, 2012 by

Feds predict end times for Colorado River water

Add another item to the list of things in peril due to climate change: ….

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A Climate Scientist Proposes a...

Dec 4, 2012 by

Michael Schlesinger, a climatologist at the University of Illinois…

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Tobacco companies ordered to a...

Nov 28, 2012 by

Tobacco companies ordered to admit deception. Heads up, coal industry

Yesterday, a federal judge ruled that tobacco companies will have to pay for an advertising campaign…

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In an Era of Fiscal Cliffs, Se...

Nov 10, 2012 by

Twice before on Dot Earth, I’ve offered and solicited ways in which President Obama could foster environmental progress on a budget:

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What could the presidential ra...

Nov 5, 2012 by

What could the presidential race mean for cities?

We know Mitt Romney is itching to roll back environmental regulations…

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On Hurricanes, Presidents, Cli...

Nov 1, 2012 by

I was happy this afternoon to see New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg choose what I consider very wise language on climate and catastrophic storms …

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Will We Vote Our Values or Fea...

Oct 18, 2012 by

Will We Vote Our Values or Fears?

You won’t know it from watching mainstream media coverage … but there are indeed third-party candidates running in 2012.

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How Rachel Carson Spurred Chem...

Sep 27, 2012 by

How Rachel Carson Spurred Chemical Concerns by Highlighting Uncertainty

Rachel Carson‘s work and legacy are being actively assessed at the moment..

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EPA’s New E-Waste Progra...

Sep 23, 2012 by

EPA’s New E-Waste Program

EPA’s New E-Waste Program Has Good Points, But Still Fails In One Major Area

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Talk Like A Pirate Day

Sep 19, 2012 by

Talk Like A Pirate Day

Arrr! Every year we celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day..

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A Deeper Look at Undisclosed C...

Aug 10, 2012 by

[Translate] August 1, 2012, 3:35 pm By ANDREW C. REVKIN Opponents of expanded gas drilling have coined the term “frackademia” for...

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We Can Reforest the Earth

Aug 3, 2012 by

We Can Reforest the Earth

[Translate] Lester Brown Business / Environmental Policy July 31, 2012 Alex Yosifov/CC BY-SA 2.0 Protecting the 10 billion acres of...

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When Agendas Meet Science in t...

Jul 24, 2012 by

[Translate] July 23, 2012, 5:15 pm By ANDREW C. REVKIN It’s time to dig in a bit on how transparency and peer review matter in...

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Reefs in the Anthropocene – Zo...

Jul 15, 2012 by

Reefs in the Anthropocene – Zombie Ecology?

[Translate] July 14, 2012, 12:46 pm By ANDREW C. REVKIN   [4:28 p.m. | Updated below | Input added from the marine scientist and...

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More on Old Geology, Environme...

Jul 11, 2012 by

More on Old Geology, Environmental Risk and the Gas Rush

Abrahm Lustgarten, the ProPublica reporter who has spent years exposing problems..

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Sustainability and the Politic...

Jul 10, 2012 by

[Translate] Steven Cohen Executive Director, Columbia University’s Earth Institute Posted: 07/09/2012 8:41 am   The outcry...

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When Coal Flows Between Countr...

Jul 5, 2012 by

[Translate] February 9, 2010, 1:02 pm By ANDREW C. REVKIN [Nov. 24, 2010, 12:15 p.m. | Updated A news story in the "Beyond Fossil...

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A Chat on Conservation on a Hu...

Jul 5, 2012 by

A Chat on Conservation on a Human-Managed Planet

[Translate] By ANDREW C. REVKIN G. Paul Burnett/The New York Times Steven E. Sanderson was president and chief executive of the...

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More Views on the Gas Rush and...

Jul 2, 2012 by

More Views on the Gas Rush and Hydraulic Fracturing

[Translate] July 2, 2012, 12:26 pm By ANDREW C. REVKIN   Nicholas School of the Environment Bill Chameides of Duke University’s...

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Beyond Rio: Pursuing ‘Ecologic...

Jun 26, 2012 by

Beyond Rio: Pursuing ‘Ecological Citizenship’

[Translate] Dot Earth – New York Times blog June 25, 2012, 12:50 pm By ANDREW C. REVKIN A street scene during the Rio+20...

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