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Bringing the Arctic and the Rainforest to New York's Climate Week

September 22, 2009

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming

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arctic, arcticcommision, arcticfisheries, arcticseaice, climateweek, copenhagencountdown, deforestation, G20, globalwarming, polarbears, princecharles, rainforest, unitednations

Climate Week has begun, and I am already inspired by the sense of momentum. From the U.N. Secretary General's Summit on Climate Change on Tuesday to the G20 Summit in Pittsburg at the end of the week, world leaders are...continued

Seeing the Globe Warm: My Trip to the Arctic

July 25, 2008

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming

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arctic, arcticseaice, aspeninstitute, globalwarming, globalwarmingpollution, juliandowdeswell, nationalgeographicendeavor, polarbears, svalbard

I just got back from an extraordinary trip to the Arctic North of Norway, and I am left feeling exhilarated and alarmed at the same time. I knew before I went that the Arctic was the epicenter of global warming,...continued

Good News and Bad News About the Polar Bear Decision

May 15, 2008

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming

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arcticseaice, endangeredspeciesact, globalwarming, polarbears, threatenedspecies

There was good news and bad news for the polar bear yesterday. First, the good: after a three-year legal battle waged by NRDC and the Center for Biological Diversity, the Bush Administration announced that it will protect polar bears as...continued