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Think healthcare’s costly? Check out the co-pay for climate change
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Not convinced that climate change matters? The Union of Concerned Scientists has concluded that if Americans adopt that stance, they’ll be gambling not just with...
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Report says California’s cap on carbon has negligible impact on small businesses
From Green Right Now Reports As international climate treaty negotiations continue in Copenhagen amid debate over the potential economic impact of new standards, a new report shows that the costs for...
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The Next Decade: Renewable Energy
By Shermakaye Bass Green Right Now The clock has just struck midnight on New Year’s Eve, 2020, and your rooftop cocktail party is in full swing. An urban garden, with potted evergreens and fruit...
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A cold winter in a warming world
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now You’d think in the era of the Weather Channel and 24-hour-news, Americans would be well informed about the difference between “the weather” and “the climate.”...
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Was Nashville flooding spurred by global warming?
From Green Right Now Reports Seeing the pictures of the flooding in Nashville this past week may have reminded you of other recent U.S. floods — in Fargo, Iowa City and the Mississippi River Valley....
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Find out more about hybrids at HybridCenter.org
From Green Right Now Reports In an effort to house all the info about efficient vehicles in one virtual garage, the Union of Concerned Scientists has created HybridCenter.org. The Ford Fusion Hybrid...
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Activists press Obama on climate change
From Green Right Now Reports With time running short to act on climate change this year, a group of environmental organizations has sent President Obama a letter, asking him to encourage movement on...
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Japan’s nuclear facility still not stable after tsunami damage
A Boiling Water Reactor system (Source: Nuclear Information and Resource Service.) Update (3-12-11): An explosion at one of the Fukushima reactors on Saturday intensified concerns about possible...
View ArticleSunday update: Union of Concerned Scientists on nuclear crisis in Japan
(The following is an excerpt of a report by Ed Lyman of the UCS posted Sunday evening EDT.) The nuclear crisis in Japan took a turn for the worse as serious problems developed at a second reactor at...
View ArticleFukushima: Lessons learned for the U.S.
From Green Right Now Reports Testifying before the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, Union of Concerned Scientists nuclear safety expert David Lochbaum, dissected how rippling power outages forced the...
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Salina, Kansas got ‘cooler and smarter’— and you can too
(This is an excerpt from chapter 1, Cooler Smarter: Practical Steps for Low-Carbon Living by The Union of Concerned Scientists © The Union of Concerned Scientists. It is reproduced with the permission...
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Hurricane Sandy and climate change: A scientist answers common questions
Brenda Ekwurzel, Union of Concerned Scientists As Hurricane Sandy approached Virginia Beach, I watched churning surf form a troublesome backdrop to two skateboarders harnessing the wind to propel...
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