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Environment Newsletter December 9th, 2008 More from Environment »

Forget the Polar Bears -- The Climate Crisis Is About All of Us By George Monbiot, Monbiot.com Do we want to be remembered as the generation that saved the banks and let the planet collapse? Read more »   Dear Reader, AlterNet has launched 100 Words for 100 Days, a new project to publish our readers' visions for Obama's highest priorities. You're invited to contribute. Every day from now until Obama's inauguration we will publish 8 new visionary essays by AlterNet readers in our new 100 Words for 100 Days section on our front page (just scroll down to view the section). We've already gotten started, click here for reader contributions that we have already run on the site.     Climate Economics in Four Easy Pieces By Frank Ackerman, Dollars and Sense As the climate science debate is reaching closure, the climate economics debate is heating up. Read more »   Obama May Tap a Strong Progressive to Manage Our Wilderness By Roberto Lovato, AlterNet The appointment of Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva to the Department of the Interior would bring much-needed political balance to the Obama cabinet. Read more »   Nations Go Head-to-Head at Climate Conference in Poznan The Progress Report The Poznan summit is under way and the stakes could not be higher. Here's how it is progressing. Read more »   Bank of America Retreats from Financing Destructive Mountaintop-Removal Mining By Michael Brune, AlterNet The bank's new policy is a financial blow to the coal industry and a big win for enviros. Read more »   Van Jones: Progressives' Most Visionary Leader AlterNet The green jobs advocate has just received the prestigious Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship. Here's a look at the best of his 2008 work. Read more »   Soil Not Oil: Why We Need to Kick Petroleum Out of Our Farms By Vandana Shiva, South End Press Biodiverse farms offer us more food, better food, higher incomes for farmers and a defense from climate disasters. Read more »   Efficiency Is Our Best Untapped Energy Source By Carole Bass, Yale Environment 360 The world's biggest untapped energy source, according to energy expert Amory Lovins, is efficiency. But don't call it "conservation." Read more »   PEEK and Video: The hottest buzz and videos on the web     Duke Energy Gets Slammed on Mercury Emissions By Bruce Nilles, Sierra Club Even the greenest of coal groups, Duke Energy isn't even taking basic steps to control harmful emissions like toxic mercury. Read more »   U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Surged in 2007 By Brad Johnson, Think Progress U.S. annual emissions are now 17% greater than they were in 1990. Read more »

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