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Artful video challenges us to 'Go Beyond Oil'

Sat, Oct 09 2010 at 2:31 PM

This 2 minute video from Greenpeace UK sums up our fossil fuel predicament.

Fri, Oct 08 2010 at 3:50 AM

At the U.N. climate talks this week in Tianjin, a polar bear leads a class in tai chi to teach negotiators about what 'balance' really means.

Exploding children featured in 10:10 UK video

Mon, Oct 04 2010 at 2:38 AM

10:10 UK campaign video explodes on contact.

Poverty and Climate Change converge at MDG week in New York

Sun, Oct 03 2010 at 1:02 AM

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

European nations still push for deforestation loophole

Sun, Oct 03 2010 at 12:27 AM

A trio of nations -- Austria, Sweden and Finland -- are pushing once again for loophole in the climate treaty that would allow them to get paid to cut down trees.

5-year-old challenges Mark Zuckerberg

Fri, Sep 24 2010 at 11:44 PM

Hilarious Greenpeace video encourages people to unfriend the Facebook mogul because of his company's reliance on dirty coal power.

Where do we go from here?

Fri, Sep 24 2010 at 1:15 AM

NGO alliance leader Kelly Rigg weighs in on the climate movement in the U.S. vs. China and what is needed to make a shift.

CNN hero: 'Solar saves lives'

Thu, Sep 23 2010 at 10:57 PM

CNN unveils its Top 10 Heroes and Evans Wadongo from Kenya is one of the winners, offering a light at the end of the tunnel for millions in poverty.

Now is not the time to get depressed about climate change

Thu, Sep 23 2010 at 9:11 PM

Jamie Henn of 350 offers a counterpoint to those that say the climate situation is hopeless.

Fat-thumbed texters, here's a phone for you

Wed, Sep 22 2010 at 4:16 PM

Finally a slim Android phone from HTC -- the Desire Z -- with a big keyboard, hi-def camera, and instant mapping. My dream come true.

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Bp lobbied against the valve regulation

Tue, May 04 2010 at 10:25 PM

Enter your comments hereIt's important to note that BP, Exxon and Haliburton all lobbied heavily to curtail regulations on offshore oil rig construction. While Countries like Norway required remote shut off valves by law. It seems astonishing to think that the platform operators wouldn't want a shot off valve that could be operated remotely (a technology widely available in the 80's) but the rest as they say is history.

Great line up!

Mon, Jan 18 2010 at 1:59 AM

Wow Planet Green is stepping up the game.. they actually have really great programming this year. The Yes Men too!

I miss maple syrup!

Mon, Apr 20 2009 at 1:23 AM

I grew up in upstate New York and the same thing is happening there. We used to tap our own trees and my mom would boil that intoxicating maple soup very hours..one of the most amazing smells in the world.

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After receiving a masters in architecture, Karl earned a LEED certification and created one of the green building industry's first web-based design tools, the GreenMatrix, later adopted in California by the county of Alameda. Realizing the power of the web to illuminate the complex world of "green" he helped launch several websites including EVO.com, developed a variety of social network widgets, and lectured internationally on the subject of digital media, technology and the environment. Karl has his own blog called Greendig: real dirt on the environment, and he consults with both nonprofits and corporations. His goal -- to leverage the power of the internet to bring about a new age of solar-powered enlightenment, one in which people and nature happily coexist.

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