Will Rogers once famously said "I belong to no organized party. I'm a Democrat." The same might be said of the environmental movement which has so much diversity of thought within its ranks and organizations, that it can hardly be called a single movement at all. And I am ... keep reading
Written by Leslie Berliant this week, about Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Emissions, Politics, Pollution
Contributed by Nick Rosen, Off-Grid.org. Nick is currently writing Off-Grid America and looking for amazing off-grid people - including people who are successful in their own field of expertise other than environment. Contact him via nick@off-grid.netDickinson: must fly - planet to saveThe Carbon Disclosure Project is a ... keep reading
Written by Nick Rosen, Off-Grid.org this week, about Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Emissions, Pollution, Travel
From Throbgoblins International: Cantankerous Frank Neither Frank nor Ernest were invited to Poland this week. Greenhouse gases will probably linger forever, but we are planning massive new coal burning power stations long before the technology (to make them anything but catastrophic) is either available or even proven feasable. Slow learners ... keep reading
Written by Marc Roberts this week, about Air Quality, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Economics, Emissions
The biggest take-away from day two of the summit is that much of what will happen in terms of global climate policy will happen at the regional level and through these kinds of regional and local agreements. President-elect Obama's message to the attendees yesterday committing to adopting California's ... keep reading
Written by Leslie Berliant last month, about Air Quality, Biofuels, Carbon Trading, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Deforestation, Economics, Education, Electric vehicles, Emissions, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Finance, Green energy, Health, Industry, Logging, Politics, Pollution, Population, Transport, Water (1 comment)
Yesterday in Beverly Hills, a bipartisan group of U.S. Governors, along with elected officials and representatives from around the world, convened for the Governors' Global Climate Summit, hosted by California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The purpose of the summit is to facilitate a high-level meeting between governmental "climate leaders ... keep reading
Written by Leslie Berliant last month, about Carbon Trading, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Deforestation, Politics
Here it is, another edition of our weekly news round up feature, the Friday Linkfest. This week in the news: Good News The leaders of 40 of the world's major cities pledge action combat climate change. Seoul is investing heavily in cycling infrastructure, planning to build over 200 Km ... keep reading
Written by Alina Beloussova in October, about Carbon Trading, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Economics, Electric vehicles, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Finance, Green energy, Politics
Editor's Note: In 2007, the UN decided to allow more efficient coal-fired power stations to gain carbon financing as an offset project through the Clean Development Mechanism. Kevin Smith from Carbon Trade Watch writes about how the carbon market is now being used to support new coal in the ... keep reading
Written by Kevin Smith in October, about Air Quality, Carbon Trading, Coal & Oil, Politics
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) announced the launch of its list, called Carbon Offset List, of approved carbon offsets on September 10. EDF says it created the list to fill the need for unified standards in the rapidly growing market for offsets. It touts the list as the "first of its ... keep reading
Written by Gina-Marie Cheeseman in October, about Carbon Trading, Pollution (1 comment)
Though beset by challenge and turmoil amongst its political allies, New Zealand's centre-left Labour Government has finally passed its ground-breaking emissions trading scheme (ETS) into law - though with a general election only a few weeks away and the right-wing National party odds-on to take power, how long the scheme ... keep reading
Written by Bruce Bisset in October, about Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Politics
Carbon offsets are something that trouble me, with the analogy to medieval indulgences clearly seeming relevant for at least some who embrace them. On the other hand, Energy's Three Rs make much sense to me: Reduce energy use (through efficiency and conservation) Use Renewable Power as much as possible ... keep reading
Written by A. Siegel in September, about Carbon Trading, Children and Families, Energy Saving (4 comments)
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