Climate activists with Greenpeace have pranked the Chamber, putting up “global warming crime scene” tape around its DC headquarters. Read more
Global Warming
COP15 Update: The Answer is in the Forest
With deforestation responsible for roughly 15 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, we have an opportunity to bridge a significant gap between what science tells us is necessary to avoid catastrophic climate change and the amount of reductions nations like the U.S. are willing to put on the table. Read more
Groups to Obama: Invest in a Sustainable Future
Just in from Copenhagen — a letter from a coalition of conservation organizations to President Obama. Read more
COP15 Update: Limited Access, Tenuous Talks
Major disagreements remain between rich and poor nations regarding how to pay for what is sure to be an expensive climate treaty. Read more
Americans Reject Big Oil’s Big Money Blitz
There’s a dirty little secret about the Big Oil-funded campaign against clean energy & climate legislation: It’s been a huge failure. Read more
New Poll: Americans Know Clean Energy & Climate Action Create Jobs
A new Associated Press poll out this morning is giving a big boost to the prospects of a clean energy & climate bill in the Senate. Read more
NWF’s Jeremy Symons: Mind the Gaps
When 120 foreign leaders converge on Copenhagen later this week, they will need to watch their step for other reasons – minding the two “gaps” that have turned these negotiations into a minefield. Read more
Promising News from Arkansas for Senate Climate Bill
As Senators Kerry, Graham and Lieberman unveiled their Senate clean energy and climate framework yesterday, prospects for progress got a boost from Arkansas Senators Lincoln and Pryor.
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Climate Denial Event Gets Derailed, Then Speaker Goes Unhinged
Americans for Prosperity had hoped to get their climate denial message webcast to over 40 events back here in the United States. Instead, those events witnessed students demanding clean energy — and one of the AFP speakers coming unhinged. Read more
Will We Stand With Them?
I’m so inspired by these courageous young leaders who are already making their voices heard in Copenhagen. 50 student leaders from American NGOs showed up to protest a weak presentation … Read more
