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How the U.S. Derails Climate Negotiations: A WikiLeaks Primer

Those leaked diplomatic cables paint a brand new picture of last year's Copenhagen climate summit. The Obama administration does not come off as a hero in the fight against global warming. READ»

Can a Modern Mosque in Copenhagen Settle the Disputes Between Danes and Muslims?

Given the local tensions with Muslim immigrants, the Bjarke Ingels Group mosque is either ingenious or outrageous.READ»

A New Era of Climate Change Consciousness

Smart companies are starting to make climate change part of their business strategies. I spoke with David Hone, Shell's Climate-Change Advisor on their approach. READ»

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The Investor Game of Chicken

Is the investment community engaged in a game of chicken or are they simply a bunch of carbon chickens?READ»

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Safer Bike Lanes Come Down to Earth

Copenhagen installs a super-cool, super-simple modification to the city bike lanes. No lasers or floating wires needed.READ»

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India, Italy, Brazil Can Fill America’s Blanks

No matter how much we know, there’s always someone who can teach us new tricks... READ»

Copenhagen Coal in the Stocking?

As the post mortem of Copenhagen is written, was it a lump of coal in our 2009 holiday stocking? READ»

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Pollution Dress Lights Up in Response to CO2--and It's Pretty, Too!

Talk about eco-conscious fashion. The Climate Dress, from Danish design firm Diffus, features LED lights that glow in the presence of carbon dioxide. The dress was introduced at the Bright Green expo earlier this month in ...READ»

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Street-Artist Banksy Takes on Global Warming

A succinct piece pegged to the Copenhagen climate summit.READ»

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Live From Copenhagen: Comedian Eugene Mirman Takes on DONG Energy

Concerned that the Copenhagen climate change conference has been all for nought (even with Hilary Clinton swooping in to offer developing countries lots of cash)? At the very least, comedian Eugene Mirman has provided us with some ...READ»

Chicken or Egg - - Health Care or Climate Change?

Solving the chicken-egg conundrum of health care and climate change would be a very nice miracle for this holiday season. READ»

The Governors are Coming

Climate talks in Copenhagen finally start in earnest this week... READ»

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Climate Change and Security: the Missing Marketing Link?

Over dinner at Kronborg castle-- apparently the inspiration for Elsinore, the setting for Hamlet and scene for a special conference of the Copenhagen Climate Council during the UN Climate Summit--two comments struck me. Both of them ...READ»

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Copenhagen Breakdown: Climate REDI Offers $350M Green Tech Boost to Developing Nations

One of the big issues being hashed out in this week's UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen is how to pay for climate change-mitigating technologies in countries that don't have enough cash.READ»

COP15 in Pictures: Scenes From the Climate Summit

The 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference is halfway through its two-week run. Here is a quick look at what happened in Copenhagen last week, courtesy of Demotix Images.READ»

Climate Power Brokers and Influencers: 10 People Who Count at Copenhagen

This morning's espresso-fueled breakfast debate centered on "who really matters" at Copenhagen amongst 15,000 world leaders, negotiators, scientists, business chiefs, NGOs who have descended on Denmark for 2 cold weeks in December.READ»

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A Day of Two Halves at Copenhagen

It's been a day of significant contrasts at Copenhagen as the end of the first week of COP15 draws to a close. The day started with a clear challenge at the Climate Summit "Business Day" from Yvo de Boer, the UN's chief ...READ»

Girls (and Boys) Gone Wild in Copenhagen

Why should policymakers, investors, or businesspeople care about this? READ»