Climate Change is Not a Spectator Sport.
Another exerpt from The Climate Challenge: 101 Solutions to Global Warming by Guy Dauncey, this one on talking to climate change deniers. The book will be out in November and can be pre-ordered now at New Society Publishers It is very discouraging to be speaking at a meeting and have ... keep reading
Written by Guy Dauncey in July 2009, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Economics, Education, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government
by Bill Becker, Executive Director of the Presidential Climate Action Project If there is any doubt that Washington D.C. is where hyperbole, distortions and silly arguments come home to roost, that doubt disappears as we listen to congressional debate on climate and energy policy. Even some of the statements ... keep reading
Written by Bill Becker in July 2009, about Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Politics & Government
By Michael Grosman, CEO of EVE Motor Group The environmental benefits from using an all Electric car are enormous. BIG Statement, so how are you going to back that up? Well let’s see. To quantify some of the benefits, the average internal combustion car puts out 4 to 6 ... keep reading
Written by Michael Grosman in July 2009, about Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Clean Technologies, Coal & Oil, Electric vehicles, Emissions, Energy Saving, Lifestyle & Behavior, Transport (2 comments)
by Bill Becker, Executive Director of the Presidential Climate Action Project In Part 1, I described four tests that I believe will determine whether a climate bill approved by Congress this year should be judged a success. The bottom line is that the Senate must adopt a climate bill that ... keep reading
Written by Bill Becker in July 2009, about Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Economics, Industry & Business, Politics & Government
Exerpt from The Climate Challenge: 101 Solutions to Global Warming by Guy Dauncey on the seriousness of the climate challenge. The book will be out in November and can be pre-ordered now at New Society Publishers There is no mistaking the warnings, and it is those best positioned to know ... keep reading
Written by Guy Dauncey in July 2009, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Economics, Environmental Disasters, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government
Last week, after 14 months of effort, the 21st Navajo Nation Council voted "green" and passed the enactment of the Navajo Green Economy Commission to support the creation of hundreds of Green Jobs on the Navajo Nation."This is the just the beginning for Indian Country. We hope our efforts ... keep reading
Written by Leslie Berliant in July 2009, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Clean Technologies, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Poverty & Development
by Bill Becker, Executive Director of the Presidential Climate Action Project If Mother Nature were handing out grades, she’d have a difficult time assigning one to the 1,200-page climate dissertation known as Waxman-Markey, approved by the House and now being considered by the Senate. For one thing, she ... keep reading
Written by Bill Becker in July 2009, about Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Politics & Government
Woodrow W. Clark II, MA3, Ph.D. is a co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for his work on the UN IPCC. Until recently he was a Lecturer at the UC Riverside (UCR) Anderson School in Sustainable Development and Executive Director of the Alternative Energy Center at ... keep reading
Written by Woodrow Clark in July 2009, about Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Design, Economics, Energy Saving, Finance & Money, Green energy, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Smart Growth, Solar, Transition Towns, Transport, Water
By Duncan Green from the Oxfam International Blog, Poverty to Power Oh dear, not only has climate change turned me into a reluctant green, but now I’m having to rethink my attitudes to organic farming. This is all the fault of a conversation with Peter Melchett and Ken Hayes ... keep reading
Written by Duncan Green in July 2009, about Agriculture & Food, Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Food (1 comment)
The news that international leaders in Italy were not able to commit to strong, binding climate change agreements probably doesn't surprise anybody. "It is no small task for 17 leaders to bridge their differences on an issue like climate change," said president Obama. But tackling an issue of this ... keep reading
Written by Andy Mannle in July 2009, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Politics & Government
