“It is all too possible that we will fail to achieve sustainability, and that the blind watchmaker will once again...reset the balance of a severely diminished living Earth.” That’s the possibility that Tim Flannery hopes we can yet avoid. He makes the statement early in his essay Now ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker this month, about Carbon Trading, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population, Poverty & Development, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Smart Growth, Water, Weather
Risky Business: The evidence is irrefutable: Climate change poses enormous risks to economic stability, public health, ecosystem services, and national security, as well as to the environment. How should we manage those risks? The first step is to acknowledge them. The second is to start listening to the experts who ... keep reading
Written by Bill Becker this month, about Carbon Trading, Celebrities, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population, Poverty & Development
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a critical issue across Asia. From local companies to multi-national conglomerates, how successfully business interacts with its environs and community is of supreme importance. The recent CSR-Asia Conference held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia gave some worthwhile perspectives in a region home to roughly 60% of ... keep reading
Written by Chris Tobias this month, about Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population, Poverty & Development, Recycling (1 comment)
Unless the sea floods your dining room, or the coal-fired power plant next door belches out dirty smoke for you to inhale, it is difficult to appreciate what all the fuss is about regarding Green House Gases (GHG) and global warming. And, what is a carbon credit anyway? Let’s ... keep reading
Written by Bruce Scott this month, about Air Quality, Carbon Trading, Children and Families, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Design, Economics, Education, Emissions, Environmental Disasters, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government, Pollution, Population, Poverty & Development
For years now, many members of Congress have insisted that cutting carbon emissions was difficult, if not impossible. It is not. During the two years since 2007, carbon emissions have dropped 9 percent. While part of this drop is from the recession, part of it is also from efficiency gains ... keep reading
Written by Lester Brown last month, about Air Quality, Carbon Trading, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Design, Economics, Education, Emissions, Energy Saving, Events, Finance & Money, Green energy, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Pollution, Poverty & Development, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Smart Growth
Yet another pre-Copenhagen report has been released, this time jointly from the influential Center for American Progress, the progressive think tank headed by John Podesta, President Clinton’s former chief of staff, and the United Nations Foundation, the body founded with Ted Turner’s $1 billion gift in 1998 to ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker last month, about Carbon Trading, Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Economics, Education, Emissions, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government
This analysis is from the Center for American Progress. CAP statements on President Obama’s Speech and Chinese President Hu’s Speech at Today’s UN Climate Summit are here. Photo above is U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon speaks during the opening of the World Climate Conference in Geneva on ... keep reading
Written by Joe Romm in September, about Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Emissions, Events, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Pollution, Poverty & Development, Solar
Japanese researchers have developed a new rice plant which grows "snorkels" to survive when exposed to floods, potentially boosting rice production in Asia and Africa, where up to 40% of crops are subject to flash floods or deep water. The U.S. “cash for clunkers” trade-in program will stop accepting ... keep reading
Written by Bruce Bisset in August, about Agriculture & Food, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Emissions, Environment & Wildlife, Food, Genetic Modification, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Transport
Hurricanes in the Atlantic are more frequent than at any time in the last 1,000 years according to a study based on sedimentary trace deposits of wind-blown sand. Current storm activity is about the same as during the so-called medieval warm period, but whereas a prolonged El Nino weather ... keep reading
Written by Bruce Bisset in August, about Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Emissions, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water, Weather
The US, Canada, and Mexico have agreed to “build capacity and infrastructure” to support an emissions trading scheme, to aim to make the airline industry “carbon neutral”, and to compile a “carbon atlas” to map and share data about significant emitters as well as identify underground sites that could store ... keep reading
Written by Bruce Bisset in August, about Agriculture & Food, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Food, Politics & Government
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