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News and climate change

John B. Kirkwood (Seattle): A Prudent Approach to Climate Change. Daniel Bodansky (Arizona State): Governing Climate Engineering: Scenarios for Analysis. Is it time to embrace environmental change? Some scientists believe we've already created a new geological epoch — and it may not be a bad thing. Whatever happened to the evangelical-environmental alliance? Molly Redden wants to know. An interview with jailed climate activist Tim DeChristopher. Garbage is a terrible thing to waste: Shawn Williamson on how to reach Zero Waste. How much can we blame on global warming? Sorting through the confusion on “extreme weather events”. Stop pretending it’s not climate change: 2011 is further proof that a new era of extreme weather is dawning — and it's about to get much, much worse. A review of Green Philosophy: How to Think Seriously About the Planet by Roger Scruton (and more). What are climate change skeptics still skeptical about? Matthew C. Nisbet on a study that maps the relationship between cable news and climate change perceptions. A panel on But Will the Planet Notice? How Smart Economics Can Save the World by Gernot Wagner. When should we blame climate change for natural disasters? David Roberts on why brown spin keeps beating green spin. How have climate change deniers been so successful in persuading members of the public that climate change is somehow "a hoax" or "junk science"? An interview with Will Potter, author of Green is the New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege. A review of Plato's Revenge: Politics in the Age of Ecology by William Ophuls.