By Tara Lohan, AlterNet. Posted October 23, 2009. The who, what, where, when and why about COP 15, which strangely means: the “Council of Parties.” There’s a lot of buzz about COP15, the big climate-change meeting coming up — what exactly is all the hype about, and why should you care? Here’s a simple breakdown. [...]

Here is the good news on the climate front: The Europeans have ratcheted down their emissions targets, the Chinese are getting serious about solar power and energy efficiency, and Washington is lumbering toward a carbon cap. These are steps toward the long-held goal: cutting global warming pollution 80 percent by 2050. Such cuts would stabilize [...]

All of the physics lessons finally make sense! I learned it had been proven that the world is round and not flat. I learned that we were all kept from falling off into space by gravity. I learned you can’t destroy matter it can only converted into other elements. I learned that nothing escapes the [...]