IPS – Climate Change, the Taboo Phrase in U.S. Electoral Politics

In a bid to mobilise citizen action and pressure policymakers, the climate action group 350.org has launched a new campaign called Do The Math Tour, which kicks off on Nov. 7, the day after the presidential election, and involves events in 20 cities.

It has the support of celebrities such as author/activist Naomi Klein and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu.

Ikea unveils plans to use 100% clean energy by 2020 | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Steve Howard, chief sustainability officer at Ikea Group, told reporters that the company aims to meet 70 per cent of its energy demand "from renewable energy [installations] we own and operate" within three years, adding that "we'll expand that from 2015 to 2020 to 100 per cent".
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Howard said up to €1.5bn is set to be invested in solar and wind energy projects through to 2015, up from an initial €590m, in order to help meet the new targets.

Why no one said the c-word in the debates - English major Chris Mooney - Grist

Inglis adds that in the end, the candidates still don’t seem to understand how talking about fixing the climate benefits them. And maybe that’s the biggest problem of all.

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[Michael E. Mann] actually David, I've noted previously at this site a number of matters on which Muller has misrepresented the science and done a disservice to thousands of scientists who decades ago reached conclusions he now presents as somehow novel and original. If you talk to leading climate scientists, you'll find that Muller's "contributions" are not very well received and for good reason. Admittedly, the sideshow of a Koch-funded contrarian admitting that global warming and human-caused climate change are real was useful as a media narrative. But it offered little more than that...

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[Michael E. Mann] note: trolls and hacks [evidently defined as "anyone who disagrees with Michael Mann"] are indeed *not* welcome here--if you belong to either of these categories, please take your comments elsewhere. They won't appear here. thanks!