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2012.02.03: Antarctic glaciers and the global water crisis
2012.02.02: The fate of the Adelie Penguins
2012.02.01: Troubled oceans at the bottom of the world
2012.01.31: From Antarctica to Bangladesh: The story of rising seas
2012.01.26: Another $300 Million
2012.01.25: Living on thin ice
2012.01.23: The Keystone Myth
2012.01.22: Who is dumping global warming pollution into our atmosphere?
2012.01.21: Climate Deniers Control Congress
2012.01.20: Interesting New Report on the Use of Solar at Military Bases
2012.01.19: The End of Illness
2012.01.14: The Real Jobs
2012.01.12: Top Climate Stories of 2011
2012.01.11: Clean Energy Technology Saves You Money
2012.01.08: 100 Years of Natural Gas?
2012.01.06: An Efficient New Year
2012.01.03: Iowa Caucus Coverage on Current
2011.12.31: Climate Misinformer of the Year
2011.12.30: Americans Make the Link
2011.12.29: Massachusetts Benefits from Cap-and-Trade
2011.12.23: Not Backing Down
2011.12.22: Terrible Disaster in the Philippines
2011.12.16: 5.9%
2011.12.15: Climate and Faith
2011.12.14: Sustainable Capitalism
2011.12.12: What was agreed in Durban
2011.12.10: Practical Tips To Debunk Deniers
2011.12.06: Congratulations Pat Summitt
2011.12.03: The Real Climategate
2011.12.02: West Virginia's Energy Future is Clean
2011.11.30: Every Major Scientific Body
2011.11.23: New York Underwater
2011.11.21: AP Reports "Science Panel: Get ready for extreme weather"
2011.11.18: Locked Into Climate Change
2011.11.17: How Do We Know Humans Are Causing Climate Change?
2011.11.16: Breaking the Cycle
2011.11.13: Science Must Lead the Way
2011.11.12: So Easy a Kid Could Do It
2011.11.09: Thousands Surround White House
2011.11.07: History is Made in Australia
2011.11.05: The Climate Vulnerability Index
2011.11.04: More Flooding
2011.11.04: Governor Roberts' Memoir
2011.11.01: Who Speaks for the Climate?
2011.10.27: Censoring climate science does not make sense
2011.10.25: Koch Brother funded Study Confirms Climate Data
2011.10.14: An Open Letter to Climate Deniers
2011.10.13: Australia Takes a Major Step Toward Establishing National Legislation on Climate Change
2011.10.12: Thoughts on Occupy Wall Street
2011.10.09: Yellowstone's Hottest Decade on Record
2011.10.07: Companies Working to Solve the Climate Crisis
2011.10.07: The Impact on Animals
2011.10.06: Congratulations Architecture of Humanity and Worldchanging
2011.10.04: Great New Book: "On Earth As In Heaven"
2011.10.03: Want to know where your Representative stands?
2011.09.26: On the Passing of Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai
2011.09.23: How Deniers Work
2011.09.22: Climate Deniers and Tobacco
2011.09.21: Moving Planet
2011.09.15: 24 Hours of Reality
2011.09.09: Host a 24 Hours of Reality Watch Party
2011.09.08: Wall Street Journal Gets It Wrong on Climate, Again
2011.09.07: Confronting Disappointment
2011.09.04: Reforesting in Mali
2011.09.02: Another Advantage of Energy Efficient Homes
2011.08.31: The Dirtiest Fuel on the Planet
2011.08.31: Congratulations Joe Romm
2011.08.25: Tune In
2011.08.08: The Mountain Within
2011.08.05: Fuels They Don't Want
2011.08.04: The Global Warming Reader
2011.08.03: The Beetle Problem
2011.07.29: Climate Education
2011.07.28: Jellyfish Soup?
2011.07.26: Buying Legislation
2011.07.25: What Do the Debt Ceiling and Climate Crisis Have in Common?
2011.07.22: The Great Lakes are in Danger
2011.07.21: Interview with Joe Romm
2011.07.20: Responsible Journalism
2011.07.18: Current TV and Keith Olbermann Provide LIVE Coverage and Analysis of Murdoch Testimony Before the UK Parliament
2011.07.17: Want a green job?
2011.07.16: Faster than we thought
2011.07.14: Australia Introduces Carbon Tax
2011.07.12: Meet The Climate Reality Project
2011.07.07: Scientists Speak Out
2011.07.03: Scientist Are Sure
2011.07.02: Mass Extinction
2011.06.30: Sea Level Rising
2011.06.26: Ice and Snow Disappearing from Mt. Rainier
2011.06.23: New Book About John Moss-father of the Freedom of Information Act
2011.06.22: New Essay in The Rolling Stone
2011.06.17: Heat vs. Cold Records
2011.06.15: Good for Mitt Romney -- though we've long passed the point where weak lip-service is enough on the Climate Crisis
2011.06.13: The Coal Industry Opposes Mine Safety Rules
2011.06.10: Rise in Emissions
2011.06.09: Developing Countries are Leading the Way
2011.06.08: Fascinating article in the New York Times
2011.06.07: An Unacceptable Imbalance
2011.06.06: Another Republican Governor Takes a Step Backwards
2011.06.02: Some Bipartisanship
2011.06.01: Solar Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels?
2011.05.29: A Pro-Market Energy Policy
2011.05.26: The True Cost of Carbon
2011.05.24: An Article of Faith
2011.05.23: Coal Cares
2011.05.20: It's Hard to Justify
2011.05.19: Save Current TV in Italy
2011.05.17: Eli Pariser's The Filter Bubble on Sale this Week
2011.05.13: Off Shore Wind Power Capacity to Explode
2011.05.12: Adaptation in the US
2011.05.10: IPCC Renewable Energy Report Released this Week
2011.05.10: New York Times on Our Choice App
2011.05.07: Renewable Energy to Surge, Costs to Fall According to Groundbreaking New Report
2011.05.06: Our Choice App Reviewed
2011.05.04: Sea Levels to Rise Faster than Expected:
2011.04.28: Our Choice App Launch Today
2011.04.26: 25 Years Since Chernobyl
2011.04.24: TVA to retire 18 coal plants
2011.04.20: Looking Towards Solutions
2011.04.16: Solar Surge
2011.04.14: Green Jobs Leading Michigan's Recovery
2011.04.12: Climate Crisis Threatens Water Supplies
2011.04.11: Another Call From Doctors and Military Leaders Urging Action to Solve the Climate Crisis
2011.04.08: A Climate Project Presenter Profile
2011.04.07: How Coal Escapes Responsibility for its Deadly Track Record
2011.04.04: Terrific Editorial in Today's Journal of the American Medical Association
2011.04.03: Another Record - Another Bad Sign
2011.04.01: Climate Change in Alaska
2011.03.18: Ed Markey: Will the GOP Repeal Gravity?
2011.03.15: Excited About My New Book Project
2011.03.12: The Economic Benefits of Clean Air
2011.03.10: Henry Waxman's Path Forward
2011.03.05: Cancun Progress Tracker
2011.03.03: The New Hampshire House Ignores Science
2011.03.03: The New Hampshire House Ignores Science
2011.03.01: AMA/APHA: Climate Change a Major Public Health Issue
2011.02.28: The Triple Cost of Coal
2011.02.26: Two Important Papers
2011.02.25: Montana Rep Attempts to Codify Climate Denial
2011.02.18: In Some Areas Wind Power Is Now Competitive With Coal
2011.02.16: Clean, Renewable Energy is a Bipartisan Issue
2011.02.08: Keith Olbermann to Host Major New Nightly Primetime News and Commentary Show on Current TV
2011.02.03: New Mexico Governor Reversed
2011.02.01: An Answer for Bill
2011.01.27: States Take the Lead
2011.01.26: The Economics of Global Warming
2011.01.21: Koch Denies the Climate Crisis
2011.01.20: Protecting the Polar Bears
2011.01.19: Texas Wind
2011.01.18: ABC News makes the link
2011.01.14: A Green Landmark
2011.01.13: NASA Research Finds 2010 Tied for Warmest Year on Record
2011.01.12: Senseless Violence
2010.12.23: Coal Plants Might Be Closing Down
2010.12.22: Another Record
2010.12.15: Fox News Manipulates Climate Coverage
2010.12.13: Bill McKibben Explains Why
2010.12.10: One Planet
2010.12.09: China In the Lead
2010.12.07: Global Warming and the Risen Lord
2010.11.24: GE Takes A Step
2010.11.22: Doing Nothing Has A Cost
2010.11.19: Koch Industry Facts
2010.11.17: Problems With The Media
2010.11.06: 2010 Has Been An "Exceptional Year"
2010.11.04: Chevron Must Think We're Stupid
2010.11.02: Vote Today
2010.11.01: "Ignoring the Planet Won’t Fix It"
2010.11.01: $70 Million in Dirty Energy Ads
2010.10.29: More Impact
2010.10.26: Facts Should Matter - Not Ideology
2010.10.25: Good News This Week
2010.10.23: A Climate Supercomputer Center
2010.10.22: Climate Deniers Funded by the Dirty Energy Industry
2010.10.20: Vote No on Proposition 23
2010.10.19: The Truth About Prop 23
2010.10.17: Businesses Must Lead the Way
2010.10.15: Congratulations 10/10/10 Organizers
2010.10.14: The First Carbon Neutral State
2010.10.13: Solar at the White House
2010.10.12: I need your help
2010.10.03: Good and Bad News
2010.09.29: The Real Cost
2010.09.27: More evidence builds
2010.09.24: California Takes Another Step Ahead
2010.09.23: A victory
2010.09.22: Another Great Friedman Column
2010.09.20: Protect the Clean Air Act
2010.09.19: Losing Green Jobs
2010.09.17: The Bigger Picture
2010.09.15: 13,200 Deaths
2010.08.26: Another Climate Denial Myth Answered
2010.08.25: Race Around the World
2010.08.24: David and Charles Koch
2010.08.19: Prop 23: Killing California Job Growth
2010.08.18: The Result of Inaction
2010.08.17: The Movement We Need
2010.08.14: Clean vs. Dirty Energy Subsidies
2010.08.13: 100 Square Miles
2010.08.11: Update from Speaker Pelosi on Renewable Energy Funding
2010.08.11: Inspiring Call with Activists
2010.08.09: US: Wrong Way on Renewables
2010.08.07: Spill In China
2010.08.05: Warming is Real. Now What?
2010.08.04: Malaysia's Opposition on Trial
2010.08.01: Hidden Disaster
2010.07.30: We're Gonna Be Sorry
2010.07.29: Canadian Environmentalists Take on Oil Sands
2010.07.28: What's Next?
2010.07.26: Great Lakes are "Canary in the Coal Mine"
2010.07.24: Jakobshavn Glacier
2010.07.22: Stand with Michael
2010.07.20: What Anwar Ibrahim's Trial Means for Asia
2010.07.19: Mourning the loss of a friend
2010.07.19: Climate and Deficit Reduction
2010.07.18: Exxon Violates Law
2010.07.16: Go See Inception
2010.07.16: 27,000 Potential Leaks
2010.07.15: Climategate Scientists Vindicated
2010.07.13: 2010 Appears to be Setting Records
2010.07.11: Whatever It Takes
2010.07.09: The Politicization of Science
2010.07.06: Sunday Times Retracts Claim About IPCC
2010.07.02: Oil Industry Fights Climate Law
2010.07.01: Hands Across the Sand
2010.06.30: $2.65 Billion
2010.06.29: Slideshow Training this Weekend
2010.06.25: Mass Die Off
2010.06.24: Another Record
2010.06.24: Toward Sustainable Capitalism
2010.06.17: Another Spill
2010.06.16: A 48 Point Swing
2010.06.15: Statement on President Obama's Oval Office Address
2010.06.15: What Would Jacques Think?
2010.06.14: Stop Censoring News From The Gulf
2010.06.09: Humble Oil (now Exxon) Predicts the Future in 1962 Ad
2010.06.08: The Climate War
2010.06.02: President Obama at Carnegie Mellon University
2010.05.29: Montgomery County Passes Carbon Tax
2010.05.28: Support Andrew Cuomo
2010.05.27: A Decade of Job Growth
2010.05.26: Thank you
2010.05.24: Time for Action
2010.05.13: Cash for Caulkers
2010.05.11: Smallest on Record
2010.05.10: Big Moves in the Senate This Week
2010.05.09: Rain at the North Pole
2010.05.08: Check out my new essay in The New Republic
2010.05.07: No Fooling Mother Nature
2010.05.07: Current TV Honored
2010.05.06: Tennessee Flood Victims Need Your Help
2010.04.30: An Early Spring
2010.04.30: Innovation
2010.04.28: The Dirty Secrets of Coal
2010.04.27: Denialists in Denial
2010.04.26: State of Climate Legislation
2010.04.23: 17,000 New Solar Jobs
2010.04.22: President Obama's Earth Day Message
2010.04.21: For Every $1 Spent on Energy Efficiency, $2.25 in Jobs
2010.04.19: An Important New Book
2010.04.18: Carbon Cap Means Less $ For Iran
2010.04.16: Veterans Support Clean Energy and Climate Legislation
2010.04.15: Not A Surprise
2010.04.12: Read This Article
2010.04.09: Eliminating Mountaintop Mining
2010.04.08: YouTube Video Volunteers
2010.04.07: We Can End Our Reliance on Fossil Fuels
2010.04.05: Logging Company Takes a Pro-Climate Stand
2010.04.03: Best Buy Takes a Stand
2010.04.01: 21 Senators Speak Up
2010.03.31: What the death of coral means
2010.03.30: China Moves Forward
2010.03.29: A Climate Bill Can Help Farmers
2010.03.29: A Great Video from Operation Free
2010.03.28: $3 Billion Green Investment Bank
2010.03.28: Taking Care of Climate and Job Concerns
2010.03.25: A Good Meeting
2010.03.23: LA Carbon Reduction Surcharge
2010.03.22: 2,000 Scientists and Economists
2010.03.19: New Jobs
2010.03.18: Witnesses to the Climate Crisis
2010.03.17: Romney Bucks the Trend
2010.03.15: The Roots of Denial
2010.03.11: A Disappointing Litmus Test
2010.03.09: Great Article By Maggie Fox
2010.03.08: 63,000 Calls in 72 Hours
2010.03.07: Extreme Ice
2010.03.05: $2.2 Trillion!!!
2010.03.03: Coral Reefs Disintegrating
2010.03.02: Reid Wants a Bill ASAP
2010.03.01: Pledge to Call Your Senators
2010.02.27: We Can't Wish Away Climate Change
2010.02.23: Repower America Reports the Facts
2010.02.19: A Great LTE
2010.02.18: Exxon Backs Away From Pledge
2010.02.16: 100,000 New Jobs
2010.02.12: Worse Than We Thought
2010.02.08: Get Angry - Take Action
2010.02.08: Miliband Fights Back
2010.02.07: China in the Lead?
2010.02.01: Want to See the Effects of Climate Change?
2010.01.31: Read This Editorial
2010.01.31: The Right Political Move
2010.01.29: It's Official: 2000s Were the Hottest Decade on Record
2010.01.29: Innovation and Insulation
2010.01.28: "Murkowski's Mischief"
2010.01.28: A Great Debate
2010.01.27: A Green Label
2010.01.27: Great Job, Repower America Members!
2010.01.27: Clean Energy Creates Jobs
2010.01.22: Green Pastors
2010.01.21: "The Most Important Policy We Will Ever Pass."
2010.01.19: Who's Behind the Murkowski Amendment?
2010.01.12: Clean Air Under Attack
2009.12.24: Happy Holidays
2009.12.23: Pope Benedict: Courage and Sacrifice Necessary
2009.12.18: Denying the Climate Crisis is Bad Political Strategy
2009.12.18: World Leaders Meet in Copenhagen
2009.12.17: Our Choice in Demark
2009.12.17: Conservatives for Climate Change
2009.12.16: My remarks
2009.12.14: At COP15
2009.12.04: Good job Air Force
2009.12.04: Climate change leads to wars in Africa
2009.12.02: Time is up for short-term thinking in capitalism
2009.11.26: Happy Thanksgiving
2009.11.25: President Obama will attend the global warming treaty talks in Copenhagen.
2009.11.25: Bill Bradbury for Governor
2009.11.23: The Eizenstat Lecture
2009.11.20: Great News
2009.11.19: On The Wall
2009.11.18: Green Week
2009.11.17: The Tonight Show and Larry King Live
2009.11.12: A constructive debate
2009.11.10: President Obama in Copenhagen
2009.11.09: Busy Week
2009.11.06: Rejecting the "Global Cooling" Myth
2009.11.05: Congratulations 350.org
2009.11.05: My Formidable Opponent - Stephen Colbert
2009.11.04: More National Security Risks Caused By the Climate Crisis
2009.11.03: Our Choice
2009.11.02: We Can Lead
2009.10.29: Meet me at the Wall
2009.10.22: Dishonest Lobbying
2009.10.21: Chamber of Commerce on the defensive
2009.10.19: Virginia
2009.10.17: Leading by example
2009.10.16: Underwater Cabinet Meeting
2009.10.15: A Prediction
2009.10.14: Three Bombs
2009.10.13: Bipartisanship
2009.10.08: CIA Takes Action On The Climate
2009.10.08: The Chamber of Commerce and the Climate Crisis
2009.10.06: Congratulations Senators Kerry and Boxer
2009.09.25: New Mileage Standards
2009.09.23: The Climate Project is making a difference
2009.09.23: Waxman-Markey: Benefits far outweigh the cost
2009.09.21: Veterans for Clean Energy
2009.09.18: $1 Trillion
2009.09.17: Who's using Green Power?
2009.09.16: The cost of pollution
2009.09.15: ACCCE Loses a Member
2009.09.02: Southern Governors Hear Warning
2009.08.29: Fake vs. Real Grassroots
2009.08.25: Tipper's Photography
2009.08.24: Make the call
2009.08.21: Family Values
2009.08.20: Energy efficiency in a war zone
2009.08.19: What we're up against
2009.08.18: Messages from Laura and Euna
2009.08.07: In your community
2009.08.04: Laura Ling and Euna Lee are coming home
2009.08.04: The Warmest Seas on Record
2009.07.31: John Kerry is right
2009.07.28: Are you on Facebook?
2009.07.24: Backwards and forwards
2009.07.23: Great Article
2009.07.20: Safe Climate Australia
2009.07.12: The Climate Project Australia 2
2009.07.11: The Climate Project Australia
2009.07.08: RealClimate.org
2009.07.03: Bi-Partisan Leadership
2009.07.02: Declare Energy Independence on July 4th
2009.06.30: What's in a number?
2009.06.29: What's Next
2009.06.26: Statement on the passage of the American Clean Energy Security (ACES) Act by the House of Representatives
2009.06.26: A Historic Opportunity
2009.06.25: VIDEO: You have a crucial role to play
2009.06.25: More Green Jobs Data
2009.06.24: This is the week.
2009.06.23: A Postage Stamp A Day
2009.06.22: Join me on a conference call
2009.06.12: We Can Lead
2009.06.05: Great article in Grist
2009.06.04: A great film
2009.06.02: The Green Economy
2009.05.28:
2009.05.21: Excellent Krugman Column
2009.05.19: Another good move by the Obama Administration
2009.05.19: An Important Week
2009.04.27: Answers to Climate Deniers
2009.04.24: Testimony
2009.04.22: Arctic Melting
2009.04.21: The Cost of Inaction
2009.04.20: More than just light bulbs
2009.04.17: The First Solar Powered Webcast
2009.04.16: The Third Pillar
2009.04.15: California
2009.04.14: Electric Cars and China: Yes They Can?
2009.04.13: Progress
2009.04.13: Good to Hear
2009.04.09: Congratulations Cathy
2009.03.30: Climate Risk
2009.03.26: Watching the Climate Crisis Unfold
2009.03.25: Congratulations
2009.03.24: Our Choice
2009.03.12: Green Recovery
2009.03.05: Green growth is essential to any stimulus
2009.02.17: Environmental Health News and Daily Climate
2009.02.06: Congress
2009.02.05: The Antarctic is Warming
2009.01.28: Statement to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
2009.01.28: Statement to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
2009.01.12: Greening the Oceans
2009.01.07: Climate and Security
2008.12.19: Barack Obama's Team
2008.12.13: Speech in Poznan
2008.12.05: Next week
2008.12.04: Reality
2008.11.19: Looking Back to Look Forward
2008.11.02: How you can help Barack
2008.10.31: The Next President
2008.10.29: Join me tonight
2008.10.28: A Great Development
2008.09.16: Hockey Stick
2008.09.12: Growing Hotter in the West
2008.09.08: Another effect of climate change
2008.08.28: My Remarks at the Democratic National Convention, August 28, 2008
2008.08.27: See You Thursday Night
2008.08.21: Renewable Tax Credits
2008.08.13: A set back
2008.08.12: 2,000,000
2008.08.11: New Ad: Switch
2008.08.01: Anwar Ibrahim
2008.07.31: Campuses Go Green
2008.07.17: A Generational Challenge to Repower America
2008.07.10: An Inconvenient Truth: The Opera
2008.07.02: National Security and the Climate Crisis
2008.06.18: Monday Night
2008.06.16: My endorsement
2008.06.12: Changing the Map
2008.06.02: Commending Senator Boxer
2008.04.18: Alliance Update
2008.04.08: New thinking on the climate crisis
2008.03.26: Earth: The Sequel
2008.03.20: India
2008.03.10: Texas Size Energy
2008.03.05: A moral issue
2008.02.18: Investing in the climate
2008.02.15: Poverty and Climate Change At Davos
2008.01.24: World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008
2007.12.11: 48 Hours
2007.12.10: Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
2007.12.09: Nobel Prize Ceremony
2007.12.05: Stand with me in Bali
2007.11.06: Al Gore in Rolling Stone
2007.11.05: What inspires you to take action on global warming?
2007.11.01: Step It Up Again
2007.10.12: I am deeply honored
2007.10.05: Al Gore's speech at the United Nations
2007.09.27: Done More?
2007.09.20: At the Emmys
2007.08.31: The 11th Hour
2007.07.23: In Colorado
2007.07.08: Watch Live Earth On Demand
2007.07.08: The Police, John Mayer, Kanye West. . .
2007.07.07: Al Gore Introduces Bon Jovi
2007.07.07: From the crowd
2007.07.07: Randy Jackson Answers the Call
2007.07.07: Melissa Etheridge Answers the Call
2007.07.07: John Mayer at Live Earth
2007.07.07: Al Gore takes the stage at Giants Stadium
2007.07.07: Live Earth - Giants Stadium Begins
2007.07.01: Moving Beyond Kyoto
2007.06.20: Your house, a TV, and two billion people
2007.06.05: On the Road
2007.05.22: The Assault on Reason
2007.05.08: New Orleans to LA
2007.05.01: Buffalo and Toronto
2007.04.28: At the Tribeca Film Festival
2007.04.26: 8 times this week
2007.04.12: Training in Nashville
2007.04.05: This Week
2007.04.04: Step It Up on April 14
2007.04.02: Today's court decision
2007.03.27: Training in the UK
2007.03.22: Keith Olbermann on Al's visit to Capitol Hill
2007.03.22: Some more thoughts on yesterday's hearing
2007.03.22: 519,414 - Amazing
2007.03.21: Hearing Highlights
2007.03.21: Al's Testimony Before the House of Representatives
2007.03.19: New Goal - 500,000 Messages to Congress
2007.03.18: In London - Part 3
2007.03.16: In London - Part 2
2007.03.16: 294,374 and counting
2007.03.15: In London - Part 1
2007.02.27: Our next step