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Running on Empty

"After 2015, easily accessible supplies of oil and gas probably will no longer keep up with demand." ... >>>>

Outside Agitator

There is less news than meets the eye in Barack Obama's reported offer of a cabinet position for Al Gore. ... >>>>

Gore's moral obligation

The lesson Gore seems to have drawn from his defeats in the White House is that being president is not enough to create real change, especially if powerful interests are against you. >>>>

Global warming's cold war

From the time he took office in 2001, Bush has presided over a relentless American build-up of the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. >>>>

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Books and Charities Worth Supporting This Christmas

First, the charities. I hope you'll consider helping the valiant people of Bangladesh, who have endured two disasters this year—mega floods in the summer and Cyclone Sidr in the fall—that remind us that it is the poor who are hit first and worst by climate change. (more)

Climate Change at the Chicago Humanities Festival

A panel of climate scientists and analysts will attempt to speak, as human beings, about the implications and limitations of their research and their duties as citizens. Moderated by Mark Hertsgaard. (more)

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Mark Hertsgaard

Mark Hertsgaard is an independent journalist and author based in San Francisco. He is the author of five books that have been translated into sixteen languages.

He covers climate change for Vanity Fair, The Nation, Time and Die Zeit and has written for many of the world's leading newspapers and magazines.

His forthcoming book is Living Through the Storm: Our Future Under Global Warming.

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Letting polluters off the hook

Most global warming bills contain grandfather clauses that give companies free permits for up to 90 percent of their current emissions. >>>>

The Cost-Benefit On Global Warming

The cost of global warming's impacts could cause the worst global downturn since the Great Depression. >>>>

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Foreign Articles

Se finisce il petrolio

Un tempo erano solo gli ambientalisti e i paranoici a lanciare l'allarme sull'esaurimento delle riserve petrolifere. Ora non più. All'interno' dell'industria petrolifera sono sempre più numerosi i convinti che l'era del petrolio abbondante e abbordabile sia agli sgoccioli. Se hanno ragione potrebbero essere guai grossi per l'economia mondiale e, paradossalmente, per il clima del pianeta.

Il potere inquinatore

Dove è Al Gore? L'uomo che aveva ricevuto più voti di George W. Bush nel 2000, che per otto anni è stato vicepresidente di Bill Clinton, il cui proselitismo per combattere il cambiamento del clima è stato premiato con un Oscar e insignito del Premio Nobel per la Pace, si è risolutamente rifiutato di candidarsi alla presidenza, anche se avrebbe verosimilmente possibilità di vincere.

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