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India has decided to take a case against corporate giant, Monsanto for bio-piracy. This will be the first case of its kind and will create precedents for others keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about Agriculture & Food, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Poverty & Development
Electricity generation is a major concern for much of the world, since demand is rising.Hydropower is electricity generated using the energy of moving water. Electricity generated from water is entirely renewable, since water is an abundant natural resource and no water is expended during the electricity generation process. Hydroelectric ... keep reading
Written by Naseem Sheikh this month, about Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Population, Poverty & Development, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Water
No doubt Pakistan’s water crisis is predominantly a manmade problem. Pakistan’s climate is not particularly dry and nor is it lacking in rivers and groundwater. Extremely poor management, unclear laws, government corruption, and industrial and human waste have caused this water supply crunch and rendered what water is ... keep reading
Written by Naseem Sheikh last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Politics & Government, Population, Poverty & Development, Water
I woke up one morning last week with the words of deceased Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai ringing in my mind. I can’t remember the comment exactly, but I remember Maathai saying, of her childhood in Nyer, that she and her fellow villagers never wanted for anything ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts last month, about Consumerism, Finance & Money, Food, Health, Industry & Business, Poverty & Development (1 comment)
As we start a new year, consider the miserable plight of the average Pakistani electricity consumer. With about 50 per cent less electricity generation capability than the actual demand, Pakistan's National Grid is facing more than a 5,000-megawatt shortfall in power generation, leading to blackouts in both urban ... keep reading
Written by John C.K. Daly last month, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Emissions, Politics & Government, Pollution, Poverty & Development
Last month the Durban climate talks established the Green Fund which is billed as the world’s premier source of clean energy finance – once it gets up and running. The problem is innovative entrepreneurs who are trying to deliver on the UN’s Sustainable Energy For All goals needed financing ... keep reading
Written by Justin Guay, Sierra Club last month, about Children and Families, Clean Technologies, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Population, Poverty & Development
While developed countries remain focused on slowing demand and cutting costs, an insatiable hunger for energy within the emerging markets now appears to be the surprising driving force behind renewable energy investment, according to Ernst & Young’s latest quarterly global Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices report (CAI) The indices provide ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Clean Technologies, Climate Change, Economics, Finance & Money, Green energy, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Population, Poverty & Development
With climate change promising to be one of the biggest factors in global investment for the foreseeable future, investors were changing the way in which they did business and catalysing new energy solutions along the way, experts said today. At a press conference sponsored and co-hosted by the United Nations ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Climate Change, Finance & Money, Green energy, Industry & Business, Poverty & Development, Solar
Zayed Future Energy Prize – awarded annually to large corporations, individuals, small businesses and non-governmental organizations that have made significant contributions to the future of energy, climate change and sustainability – today announced its 2012 awards winners from the World Future Energy Summit, distributing US$3.5 million to winners and runners-up ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Climate Change, Events, Green energy, Health, Industry & Business, Poverty & Development, Smart Growth
It’s all too easy for wealthy America and Europe to treat climate-induced migration as a border security issue. Gregory White, Professor of Government at Smith College in Massachusetts, argues in his recent book Climate Change and Migration: Security and Borders in a Warming World that a security-minded response to ... keep reading
Written by Bryan Walker last month, about Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Climate Change, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Population, Poverty & Development
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