Tragic Planet

From The New York Times
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
Published: April 23, 2009
For more than a decade the Global Climate Coalition, a group representing industries with profits tied to fossil fuels, led an aggressive lobbying and public relations campaign against the idea that emissions of heat-trapping gases could lead to global warming.
“The role of greenhouse gases in [...]

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Earth Day: 10 Big, Really Hard Things We Can Do to Save the Planet
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Today is Earth Day and here is a classic video by Carl Sagan to help put things back in perspective…
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Here’s an excellent and thought provoking essay from Environment360:
Consumption Dwarfs Population As Main Environmental Threat
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