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newyorker.com - 13 days ago

Elizabeth Kolbert: Is there a quick fix for the climate?

— newyorker.com — In the eighteen-sixties, the quickest, or at least the most popular, way to get around New York was in a horse-drawn streetcar. The horsecars, which operated on iron rails, offered a smoother ride than the horse-drawn omnibuses they replaced. (The ... (more) Elizabeth Kolbert: Is there a quick fix for the climate?

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krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 12 days ago

Elizabeth Kolbert can't say that, can she?

— krugman.blogs.nytimes.com — Kolbert builds her essay around an extended metaphor that I'm pretty sure wouldn't be allowed under Times style. (more) Elizabeth Kolbert can't say that, can she?

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tnr.com - 18 days ago

The Power Of Carbon Disclosure

— tnr.com — In an interview with The New Yorker 's Elizabeth Kolbert, Al Gore made an interesting point I hadn't seen elsewhere (it's that last paragraph there): read more (more) The Power Of Carbon Disclosure

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RT @JimmytheJamokie: rt @newyorker Elizabeth Kolbert talks to Al Gore about his new book Our Choice: http://bit.ly/3iIr65 #GoreHoax 18 days ago

Teh awesome Elizabeth Kolbert has an interview with Al Gore (about his new book & optimism) http://bit.ly/3iIr65 19 days ago

Al Gore talks about his new book, prospects for Copenhagen and more: http://bit.ly/3iIr65 19 days ago

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Diane Sawyer Uses Glenn Beck To Attack Al Gore For Not Eating ‘Tofurkey’
Think Progress — ... ABC’s Good Morning America host Diane Sawyer sandbagged Vice President Al Gore this morning with an attack by Glenn Beck. Gore was appearing on the show to discuss his new book, Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis. Smiling, Sawyer introduced a mocking clip from the Fox News pundit. “Here’s Glenn Beck,” she said, “giving you a challenge about cows and methane”: ...

The Power Of Carbon Disclosure
The New Republic blogs — In an interview with The New Yorker 's Elizabeth Kolbert, Al Gore made an interesting point I hadn't seen elsewhere (it's that last paragraph there): [image] Once the world makes it clear that we are going to follow a roadmap to a low-carbon economy, the best-managed businesses will seek to race out in front of that emerging trend. Indeed, you re already seeing a lot of them do exactly that. And along with [impending climate] legislation and the treaty, there is also the prospective regulation of CO2 by the E.P.A.; the Second Circuit Court of Appeals decision giving a green ...