The Real Climate Change Battle

Monday, August 20, 2012 The Real Climate Change Battle Bill McKibben, the environmental author-turned-activist, knows his movement is troubled. But he's committed to protecting the environment, so he trudges forward, battling setbacks, death threats and what he sees as his primary enemy: the fossil fuel industry. In 2008, he launched the grassroots campaign 350.org, and last year played a pivotal role in raising public opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline project. But he's concerned he's fighting a losing battle against climate change. Brockovich: 'Let's Stop The Bullsh*t' WATCH: Premature Baby Donkey Dons Casts PHOTO: Antarctica's Darkness Ends Officials Ignore Coal Protestors' Pleas 99-Year-Old Farmer Still Working BLOG POSTS Joshua Freed: China Laughs, New England Cries, Over Attacks on Clean Energy The anti-Solyndra narrative obscures the facts about clean energy in the U.S. -- much of it is booming. America can win these markets, as long as we stop prematurely abandoning our own technologies and entrepreneurs. Michael Brune: Defender in Chief Our planet has many iconic places that need protection, and more than a few of them are right here in the United States. Time to play some defense, Mr. President. Mark Muller: Policymakers Are AWOL on Agricultural Challenges Taxpayer-funded Band-Aids are getting expensive and do nothing to address the structural challenges in food and agriculture. Carl Pope: Have We Exhausted Our Other Options? This coming generation of clean energy advocates coming out of military service is not the only sign that the US may be turning a corner. Concern about climate among the general public has spiked in the wake of the heat, drought and fires of this summer. Anneli Rufus: Edible Bottles, Edible Bags Harvard University scientists have developed a material that can be used to wrap, bottle and otherwise package food -- which tastes like the food it contains, and can be eaten after (or before) the food it contains.

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