In order to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to levels that would not further imperil earth's climate, the globe as a whole will have to spend $45 trillion dollars, according to the International Energy Agency's 2008 report. This expenditure would reportedly produce a 50% reduction of CO2 emissions ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne R. last month, about Architecture, Carbon Trading, Clean Technologies, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Economics, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Finance, Global Warming, Industry, Nuclear, Politics, Population, Transport, Water
In an innovative funding strategy, $20 million of Madagascar's national debt has been channeled into conservation, the WWF announced recently. Rather than pay the sum back to the French government, the former colonial power has agreed to re-direct it into conserving the island's remarkable wildlife. Madagascar is a ... keep reading
Written by Jeremy Williams last month, about Environment & Wildlife, Finance, Politics
Next month, leaders from the Group of Eight (G-8) comprising Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States will spend three days in Toyako, Hokkaido at the G-8 Summit to discuss issues of mutual concern. With climate change topping the summit’s agenda, Prime Minister ... keep reading
Written by Shom Teoh last month, about Consumerism, Finance, Global Warming, Politics, Weather
In the U.S., the U.N. is the favorite villain of right wingers, jingoists and conspiracy theorists. For international progressives, the villains of late (besides the entire Bush administration) have been the WTO, the IMF, and perhaps, the most egregious of them all, the World Bank. Now 121 organizations ... keep reading
Written by Leslie Berliant last month, about Coal & Oil, Finance, Politics, Weather
Click for full view Courtesy: Throbgoblins The World Bank's proposed Climate Investment Funds (CIF) are stirring controversy among governments and NGOs, largely because of the Bank's record as the world's largest multilateral lender for fossil fuels. NGOs are especially concerned that the top-down, donor-driven funds will conflict ... keep reading
Written by Marc Roberts last month, about Finance
California's Bay Area Quality Management District Board of Directors voted 15 to 1 to implement a tax on companies that emit 4.4 cents per ton of carbon dioxide. The tax is the first of its kind in the U.S. The tax affects nine Bay Area counties, including ... keep reading
Written by Gina-Marie Cheeseman last month, about Carbon Trading, Finance, Industry, Politics, Weather
By R. Paul Herman, founder and CEO of HIP Investor, a team of experts in sustainable and profitable growth that use a framework to measure human, social and environmental impacts of products, processes and portfolios — and to measure the results for positive impact. HIP stands for Human Impact + Profit -- positive ... keep reading
Written by R. Paul Herman last month, about Coal & Oil, Finance, Industry
Editor's Note: Rena Sherwood makes her Celsias debut with a useful post on how to find worthy environmental (and other) charities. Rena hails from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Keep a watch for Rena's subsequent posts! During April 9 – 11, the Global Philanthropy Forum met in Southern California where the rich ... keep reading
Written by Rena Sherwood in April, about Finance
After September 11, George Bush instructed the American people to go shopping. Many of us were extremely disappointed that the opportunity to involve Americans in a host of issues -- ending our dependence on foreign oil, acting as goodwill ambassadors around the world, volunteering to help others to name a few ... keep reading
Written by Leslie Berliant in February, about Consumerism, Finance
There are an inordinate number of people who argue that the primary barrier to getting natural, organic foods and home products into mass-production and consumption is cost. I think they’re full of baloney. Literally and figuratively. What do I mean? I mean that we need to apply the same ... keep reading
Written by Stacy Hunt in February, about Agriculture & Food, Finance
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