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Yes Men punk Coke in Copenhagen for greenwashing after Coke greenwashes in Copenhagen

By | 12.15.09 | 10:13 am

Two members of the “pranktivist” group Yes Men held a press conference in Copenhagen yesterday, posing as repentant Coca Cola officials and apologizing for the company’s environmentally exploitative practices. The pranksters led the small group of reportedly curious and…

The innovative high-end NYTimes dot com comments-section technology

By | 12.14.09 | 3:14 pm

Newspapers have done a lot of bad business over the past few years, including perhaps continuing to print and distribute newspapers! One of the things the New York Times seems to be doing right, though, is investing in some notably…

Climate change ‘Plan B’ gives oil-and-gas industry the jitters

By | 12.14.09 | 2:11 pm

While uncertainty swirling over a meaningful climate change agreement coming out of Copenhagen, and the U.S. Senate far from passing anything close to last summer’s House climate change bill, the Obama administration’s Plan B – the threat of stepped-up EPA…

Michael Brown reacts strongly to climate change video featuring storms

By | 12.11.09 | 4:31 pm

Michael Brown, Bush Administration FEMA chief and soon-to-be University of Denver law school instructor, has weighed in on climate change, taking the kind of stance you might expect from the man notorious for doing little to alleviate suffering as…

Salazar earns Palin praise, Alaskan native eco ire on offshore drilling plan

By | 12.10.09 | 11:03 am

Even as former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin showed former Colorado senator and Obama Interior Secretary Ken Salazar some love on her facebook page for opening up the Chukchi Sea off the northwest coast of Alaska to offshore drilling, Native…

EPA eyes oil and gas impacts on Colorado air quality even as Jackson takes more heat in Copenhagen

By | 12.09.09 | 11:11 am

Hard on the heels of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson announcing greenhouse gas emissions pose a public health threat, the agency’s Denver office said it will review air pollution standards for oil and gas operations.

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Palin: Shun science’s ‘politicized agenda’

By | 12.09.09 | 9:16 am

One of the perks of political rock star-dom is that you get to write pretty much whatever you want and the nation’s leading newspapers will publish it. Take Sarah Palin: Judging from The Washington Post’s op-ed page, she’s now one…

NYT reports Obama will attend climate conference, emissions target in hand

By | 11.25.09 | 9:41 am

The New York Times government and political blog the Caucus was reporting Wednesday morning that President Obama will attend the United Nations global climate change summit in Copenhagen next month, where he will commit to reducing U.S. greenhouse gas…

Climate bill languishes ahead of Copehagen as new poll shows more doubt

By | 11.24.09 | 4:47 pm

As high pressure and sunny skies settle over Colorado for the Thanksgiving holiday – with not a lot of snow on the early-season ski slopes – much higher pressure (and a decidedly stormier sky) is in store for the Obama…