Tag / amy plovnick
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The Media's Lies About Climate Change
In 2007, the Nobel Prize winning UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an international scientific body that reviews and assesses studies related to climate change, released a report that stated, “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal. Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due…
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Obama’s Illogical Approach to Offshore Drilling
On March 31, President Obama announced a plan to open areas along the Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and the north coast of Alaska to oil and natural gas drilling. This plan has been met with dismay from environmental groups, praise from some moderate Senators, and criticism from conservatives. However, Obama’s plan to…
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Prop A and You
Confession: I hate to drive. It’s not that I’m a bad driver. I just find navigating crowded streets stressful and powering down long highways dull. Not to mention my aversion to spewing greenhouse gasses into the air every time I turn on the motor. If I do have to drive, I will let my passengers…
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State of the Union, Environment Edition
While President Obama spent most of his recent State of the Union address (full speech here) focusing on jobs, the budget, and health care (and rightly so), he also spent a good amount of time discussing environmental concerns. He made some positive remarks about the need to pass an energy and climate bill, but also…
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Tidbits from Copenhagen
As you probably know, the United Nations is in the midst of its Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. Countries are trying to compromise on a new global climate treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol and tackle the massive global problem of climate change. While a new binding treaty on emissions reduction will not be…
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Environmental Activism Close to Home
I often feel there is a disconnect between the global environmental problems that I want to solve and the actions that I am capable of taking to influence them. I find myself asking, “Will this petition actually do anything to slow global warming? Will any lawmakers notice a rally that I participate in?” While these…