After Durban, What Comes Next for Climate Policy?

At the 17th U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change in South Africa, leaders from around the world came to a broad last-minute compromise, but details were scarce.

Carbon Diet

Let's lose some pounds—pounds of carbon dioxide. You'll save cash, too.

24 Hours of Reality

The Climate Reality Project, founded and chaired by former U.S. vice president Al Gore, exists to promote a simple message: the climate crisis is real and it can be solved.

The group has debuted the first in a series of teaser videos promoting its upcoming “worldwide event,” a new multimedia presentation by Gore (fingers crossed for PowerPoint presentations!) that will screen once per hour for 24 hours beginning Sept. 14.

Whatever your thoughts on the issue, there is only one question: is this a successful way to, as the group states, “bring the facts about the climate crisis into the mainstream”? Or is it merely more fodder for the group’s existing five million members?

A glass of red, white or green?

Would you like a glass of red, white, or green?  This week we're looking at environmental impact of or the effect climate change can have on alcohol. How can the earth and our favorite poison live in harmony?

Stop The Environment

Stop The Environment from Ed Asner

Thomas Lennon, Ben Garant & Cathy Shim (Reno 911) join Ed Asner & Mindy Sterling to offer a modest, sensible solution for your environmental concerns!

The Age of Man?

Geologists are saying we're living in new times - so new that they're thinking of changing the name of the geological phase in which we live. The notion recognises humans as the driving force behind changes to the planet which is why the new epoch has been dubbed Anthropocene, or the Age of Man.


"This Bulb"

Natalie Portman, Kyra Sedgwick and Chloe Sevigny explain how simply changing a light bulb can help reverse the effects of greenhouse gases. With music by Aimee Mann.

Al Gore's Cars 3

Al Gore collaborates with Pixar to make "Cars 3: Cars are Killing the Environment." Part animation, part keynote presentation, this film is sure to captivate children.

Top Climate Change-Denying Argument Debunked

The web's best climate denial-debunker, Peter Sinclair, is back with another fine video. This one tackles the popular skeptic claim that there have been observed periods in the Earth's history wherein global temperatures rose first and CO2 levels followed suit. So, the skeptics say, if greenhouse gas emissions are supposed to cause temps to rise, why would it get hotter before we see higher concentrations of CO2? Hm? The answer is that skeptics have -- as they often do -- selectively cherry-picked data to "prove" their case. The more complete answer involves a fascinating exploration of Milankovitch cycles, past ice ages, and factors that amplify minor changes in global temperature.

As Sinclair himself describes it, "For a lot of climate deniers, this is their penultimate argument, the master climate crock. They think it's the stroke to end all arguments. It's only the most outrageous and dishonest cherry pick of all time."

It is worth noting that there are indeed some supremely dishonest tactics at the root of many of the primary skeptical arguments against climate change. Good thing we have folks like Sinclair to root them out.

Sweat The Small Stuff

From eating local food to taking shared showers, here are eight ways to reduce your impact on the planet that will make your life better too. A GOOD video produced in partnership with GE Ecomagination.

Withering Crops

As the global population continues to increase, scientists and farmers are concerned about the impacts that climate change could have on the world's crops. To better understand the process of photosynthesis and how plants use water and carbon dioxide to thrive, scientists are studying the stress limits of plants.