Archive for September, 2007
Sunday, September 30th, 2007
More Companies Disclose Emissions and Set Reduction Goals; What Next?
Over the past few years, greenhouse gas emissions disclosure has become routine for most major corporations, even those in the United States; and voluntary emissions reduction goals, too, are becoming widespread. But how significant are these developments, and what are the next steps for concerned citizens?
On Monday, the Carbon Disclosure Project, a coalition of 315 […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Carbon Market, Industry by Britt Gordon-McKeon
Friday, September 28th, 2007
Step It Up!
by Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and, most recently, Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. This fall Bill is leading “Step It Up 2: Who’s A Leader?” , a national day of climate action on November 3rd, 2007. […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Alerts - Events by Bill McKibben
Friday, September 28th, 2007
Friday Linkfest - Edition 12
Welcome to another edition of Friday Linkfest. We scoured the internet far and wide in order to bring you the most relevant of this week’s environmental happenings, whether its good, bad or simply interesting. Enjoy!
Good News:
Seems like the pressure is on for action on climate change, now that investors are calling for action, just as […]
4 Comments » - Posted in Friday Linkfest by Alina Beloussova
Friday, September 28th, 2007
Corporate Response to Climate Change
The corporate world has never been the environment’s friend, but now at least some of the world’s biggest corporations are taking positive steps to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. According to the Carbon Disclosure Project’s (CDP) fifth annual report, 76% of the 383 FTSE 500 companies that responded have implemented emissions reduction schemes, up from […]
No Comments » - Posted in Consumerism, Industry by Andy Chrysostomou
Friday, September 28th, 2007
Global Warming Impacts on Lake Superior Stun Scientists
Editor’s Note: Today we continue our Friday content partnership with Green Options, with Maria Surma Manka sharing some disconcerting news on rapid changes in the U.S. Great Lakes region. This post was originally published on September 26, 2007.
Photo courtesy of the US EPA
Great Lakes National Program office
I’m a Minnesota Public Radio member, and so I […]
No Comments » - Posted in Global Warming Science, Feedback Loops by Green Options
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Revised Ozone Treaty Trumps Kyoto by Factor of Five
This is good news, but it’s also bizarre.
Most of you will be aware of the ‘Montreal Protocol‘, an ozone restoration treaty regarded as the most successful implementation of international cooperation in modern history. Since 1987, 191 countries have signed up to the protocol, committing to phase out dangerous ozone depleting substances. The result of this […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Carbon Market by Craig Mackintosh
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
JetPack Rating System™: 007 Versus the Skeptics
Normally at this time of week, I present the JetPack Rating System™, my personal effort to help humanity cope with its collective disappointment over the broken promise of personal jetpacks, the Sean Connery-era James Bond standard of cool.
To recap, the JetPack Rating System™ is used to not only begin the healing process, but also for […]
No Comments » - Posted in Comedy Break by Doug Snodgrass
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Prevention is Better than Cure!
Editor’s Note: Today we welcome Paul Ennis to the writing team. Paul writes out of Ireland, where he’s studying for a PhD in Philosophy, with a particular emphasis on the philosophy of ecology. Watch out for some interesting posts from Paul!
Does the allocation of funding for research into the consequences of climate change by the […]
No Comments » - Posted in War by Paul Ennis
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
Massachusetts Cape Wind Project
Later on this autumn, the U.S. Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) is scheduled to release a draft report on the environmental impact of the Cape Wind project. The Cape Wind project is an ambitious plan to build a wind farm consisting of 130 wind turbines off the coast of Massachusetts, costing around $1 billion. […]
4 Comments » - Posted in CleanTech - Wind by Andy Chrysostomou
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
Pangea Day - Appreciating Diversity
Jehane Noujaim (winner of the 2006 Ted Talks prize), and creator of the evocative 2004 Documentary ‘Control Room‘, spawned the idea of Pangea Day - where separated nations and continents can come together via the mediums of film, sound, and connectivity with the goal of sharing our experiences, as a global community, with each other.
Jehane […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Alerts - Events by Craig Mackintosh
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
PARK(ing) Day
Dispatches from New York City: PARK(ing) Day shows what you can do with 90 square feet of sod. This is grassroots activism (literally) in favor of people, not cars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET8_OSKGa4w
Also, see this in San Francisco, and Learn about the National Movement.
Further Reading:
Designing Cities for People, Rather than Cars…
2 Comments » - Posted in Transport, Socialising by Eliav Bitan
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
Dear Starbucks…
Dear Starbucks,
I’m pretty ticked off at ya’ll right now.
You pretend to be this hip happening WeCareSoMuch company but really… well, I’m not impressed.
I like that you use Fair Trade whenever possible but I’d sure be dazzled if you were exclusively Fair Trade. I don’t want to drink coffee if there’s child labor involved (or slave […]
10 Comments » - Posted in Consumerism, Industry by Jessica Gottlieb
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
Interview with Kevin Danaher
Kevin is the author of multiple books, including ‘Building the Green Economy’, co-founder of Global Exchange, a membership-based international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world and co-producer of the Green Festivals, a joint project of Global Exchange and Co-op America. Green Festivals bring together local and national […]
1 Comment » - Posted in General by Leslie Berliant
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
Practically Green
Yes? No? Maybe so?
The conversations all start the same.
I’d really like to be green but I don’t see myself with a compost pile at my back door a la Ed Begley.
Well either do I, what about using the green bin that the city of Los Angeles provides?
It’s not just that. There’s just so much to […]
