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The girl scouts are handing out more than cookies this year, at least in northern California. Thanks to a new program called Cool the Community, more than 1,300 girl scouts in over 100 Bay Area troops will be handing out cookies as well as energy-saving coupons and eco-tips and pledges.   The program is a joint [...]

On October 24, we will stand together as one planet and call for a fair global climate treaty. United by a common call to action, we’ll make it clear: the world needs an international plan that meets the latest science and gets us back to safety. This movement has just begun, and it needs your [...]

by Bill McKibben Our eight-year interlude from reality draws to a close, and the job of cleaning up begins. The trouble is, we’re not just cleaning up after a failed US presidency. We’re cleaning up after a two-century binge. Barack Obama won an historic victory this week, and with it the right to take office [...]

What has more twists and turns than a roller coaster and more plot changes than your favorite soap opera? This year’s presidential elections! According to sources over at Grist environmental news website, Al Gore will announce his candidacy for president this week. Gore is apparently fed up by the fact the climate change is not [...]

Want to make a big impact this weekend? This Saturday at 8pm you could be part of a worldwide movement to call attention to and take a stand against global warming. And all you have to do is turn off the lights. Last year, Earth Hour was launched in Sydney Australia. In that one city [...]

Sure, you know that global warming is bad, but what else do you know about this global phenomenon? Take this quiz to test your global warming I.Q. What Do You Know About Global Warming? What are greenhouse gases? Heat-trapping gases found in the Earth’s atmosphere Vapors emitted from a green house Smog New eco-friendly fuels [...]

Are you going to be a part of this weekend’s historic Step It Up 2007 events? The Step It Up 2007 campaign was launched on April 14th of this year in an effort to draw national and international attention to climate change; calling on Congress to enact legislation that will cut carbon emissions by 80 [...]