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Betting on Copenhagen

A 'prediction market' is betting on the outcome of Copenhagen. Here are 4 experts making their own predictions for COP15.



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Eco kids speak out on climate change

Kids present a DVD of videos, songs, speeches and presentations on climate change to world leaders in Copenhagen.




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Climate change face-off: Schwarzenegger vs. Palin

Sarah Palin trades barbs with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger after he criticized her anti-science stance on global warming.




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Copenhagen Day 10: NGO fury

NGO's furious over new draft agreement and a radical reduction of badges at the Bella Center. Only 300 delegates will now be allowed in.



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Obama speaks at climate-change summit

Video: President Obama addresses the leaders of nations attending the climate change conference in Copenhagen, urging countries to step up before it's too late.



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Obamahagen (Day 12): ALBA lambasts 'friendly nations' meeting

The Bolivian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) led an impromptu press conference denouncing the closed meeting of 18 'friendly nations' led by Obama. Hugo Chavez



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Boating through a wind farm

Video footage from our tour of an off-shore wind farm in Denmark.. will wind replace an aging fleet of coal plants?



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Fighting climate change is a business model

As governments struggle to solve the climate change crisis, who's stepping up?




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Geoengineering with space particles, artificial volcanoes and Special K

It's no substitute for simply getting rid of coal, but geo-engineering just may be our planet's Hail Mary pass.




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Poverty and Climate Change converge at MDG week in New York

Climate change now emerging a core issue in the fight to end poverty.



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TH!NK:Climate Change contest can send you to Cancun

The EJC is sending someone to Cancun for the next climate summit. Budding bloggers, this is your chance to get noticed.




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Revenge of the climate scientists, but is it too late?

Climate scientists are beginning to unite to against the misinformation campaigns of right-wingers, but it comes after they've been dealt several blows.




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Old climate arguments return to Washington

Idaho's Mike Simpson actually sounds reasonable when bringing up the debates of the past.




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The key to climate action? Getting the size just right

In the face of the global challenge of climate change, our responses too often involve doing Much Too Little or thinking Way Too Big. The real key is to start a



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Top photos: Tiptoeing through mistletoe and 1 really smart car

The best photos of the week as presented by the Mother Nature Network, including a landfill worker in Cambodia and a mistletoe farm.



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U.S. climate negotiators confront growing opposition in Durban

The U.S. has become the pre-eminent blocker to this year's UN climate negotiations, but new scientific analysis and a growing civil society movement could force



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Scientists say new climate change report must focus on consensus

The United Nations rules require the IPCC to seek unanimous consensus, a fact that climate scientists want to see emphasized in the newest report.



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Hang 'em out to dry

Green blogger challenges everyone to air dry their clothes and cut the carbon this October.




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Exploding children featured in 10:10 UK video

Furor has erupted over the new 10:10 UK campaign video involving a school teacher who asks her children what they are doing for climate change and then blows up




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What's the scoop on green web hosting?

We're no IT geniuses, but we can help you figure out how to go green in your Internet ventures.




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Lame duck session brings a small victory for environmentalists

For political purposes, a West Virginia senator is giving the EPA a little breathing room -- for now.




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Was Genghis Khan history's greenest conqueror?

The Mongol invasion scrubbed nearly 700 million tons of carbon from the atmosphere, according to new research.



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CEO says U.S. is years away from crafting an energy policy

The head of Duke Energy says Americans don't have the attention span to take on crafting a meaningful energy policy.




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Green conferencing: Reducing a meeting's carbon footprint

How do you convene a large group of people to share and learn important information and interact socially without causing a negative impact on the environment?



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WorldShares pledge: 'I will reduce my business-related carbon footprint by telecommuting'

Roughly 20 million Americans work from home on at least a semi-regular basis. Here's how telecommuting is impressive dent in carbon emissions — and what you



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MNN Nest Pledge: 'Once a week, I will walk one place instead of driving'

For your health and the environment's, take at least one weekly stroll.




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Cruising in my propane truck

Driving a propane-fueled pickup truck




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Baxter Brewing: The story of how to build and grow a truly sustainable craft brewery

Watch how this small, but fast-growing, Maine brewery is rolling sustainability into their operational DNA.




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Startling statistic: Wasted food is world's third-biggest carbon dioxide emitter

Wasted food accounts for more greenhouse gas emissions than any country except China and the United States, according to a new report.




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Using legos to explain carbon emissions

Need climate change data defined in simpler terms? It doesn't get any easier to understand than this.




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French man using only things made in France

The journalist is conducting a 9-month 'economic patriotism' experiment by eating nothing but French food and using only French-made products.




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Could burying CO2 enhance energy production?

We don't want greenhouse gas emissions, but we do want energy. What if we could bury one to get more of the other?




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Why helping the poor may hurt the climate

Developing countries are emitting increasingly more carbon in order to improve their citizens' well-being.



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How 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' went green behind-the-scenes

Sony Pictures releases a video detailing how the company made the big-budget action flick its most sustainable production yet.



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What is carbon insetting?

From tree planting to better forms of farming, a growing number of businesses are investing in carbon reduction within their own supply chains.



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Worldbeing wearable tracks your carbon footprint

I have no idea what my carbon footprint is. Do you know yours? This bracelet could help.



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Americans are curbing their love affair with beef

Americans are curbing their love affair with beef and the result is a 10 percent reduction in food-related emissions.




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The surprising truth about meal kits

Meal kits aren't as bad for the environment as a trip to the grocery store for the same ingredients in terms of greenhouse gas emissions.




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Ed Begley Jr.'s back with new book and third season of 'Living With Ed'

Ed Begley Jr.'s back with new book and third season of 'Living With Ed.' Green guru follows up his 2008 book with 'Guide to Sustainable Living' and takes his re



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Energy-savings potential of LED lighting [Infographic]

In commemoration of National Energy Action Month, our friends at Cree share an infographic highlighting the energy-saving prowess of LED lighting.




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Watch: Irking the HOA, 'Gangnam Style'

Pop song-driven LED holiday light shows are the hottest thing to hit subdivisions since the traffic circle. Sure, they're fun and non-Griswoldian in their energ




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Space station to get insomnia-fighting light bulbs

NASA will replace the ISS's fluorescent bulbs with an array of LEDs




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Food lighting: Lumière au Chocolat is an LED-based delight

Finally, a lamp that's good enough to eat. For Stockholm Design Week, designer Alexander Lervik debuts an LED lamp with a slowly melting chocolate shade.



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The state of the socket: Osram Sylvania releases lighting survey

The Sylvania Socket Survey is released: Apparently folks are jazzed about the incandescent phase-out even though they aren't really sure what it entails.




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'Nostalgia is dumb': Cree launches LED-promoting TV spots

Realizing that some folks may need further convincing to ditch incandescents, LED pioneer Cree releases a series of TV spots starring Lance Reddick.




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Shhh... Is the best way to fight climate change to stop talking about it?

A new study says the best messages (for some people) are energy efficiency and saving money.




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NY Design Week teaser: Stylish LED lamps powered by falling sand

Danielle Trofe returns to WantedDesign with a duo of LED lamp-hourglass hybrids that stay illuminated via the kinetic energy produced by falling sand.



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Energy-saving lights: Options for outdoor lighting

What energy efficient outdoor lighting options are there? From high-tech to just plain tiki, you've got plenty of options for illuminating the outdoors.




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2D-Light: Mega-thin LED promises low-cost, energy-savings

In manufacturing, 'flat' has long been synonymous with 'low-cost' but can this also be applied to consumer LED bulbs? The 2D-Light gives it a go.




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A multi-tasking LED bulb that stays bright when the lights go out

Lin Guohui's Bulb Flashlight is just that: A screw-in 40W LEDreplacement bulb with a rechargeable battery that can be removed and used as a handheld torch.



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