published October 1, 2009 and has No Comments
Image credit: Oxfam America It's become accepted wisdom among environmentalists that climate change hits the poor the hardest , and it makes sense. After all, if you rely on subsistence agriculture for your income, then weather is a matter of life and death for you. Building on this understanding is an increased recognition that women are often disproportionately affected, ...
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published September 30, 2009 and has No Comments
Image via Climate Progress A great post over at Climate Progress points out that while Senators Boxer and Kerry are unveiling their version of the climate bill today , Republicans are holding a press conference to advocate doing nothing about climate change, doing nothing to increase energy efficiency, doing nothing about the nation's growi... Read the full story on ...
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published September 30, 2009 and has No Comments
The Washington Post (and others...) are reporting that later today (11:30 EDT to be precise) the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will unveil their climate bill and at least based upon the draft that the Post has seen, there's some good news to report -- the proposed emission reductions are indeed stronger than the House climate bill. Element... ...
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published September 29, 2009 and has No Comments
Photo via Photobucket The largest utility company in Arizona has no plans to build another coal plant, despite the fact that energy demand is scheduled to rise 50% over the next 15 years. NV Energy, another utility with 2.4 million customers, is putting its only scheduled coal plant on hold indefinitely--until carbon capture becomes viable. These are just a ...
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published September 29, 2009 and has No Comments
photo: Geof Wilson via flickr. Yesterday it was Fred Pearce saying that overconsumption of natural resources was the bigger problem than overpopulation, and here's another voice backing that point: Times Online reports that the
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It's Not Them, It's Us: Developing World Population Growth Not Adding Much CO2
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published September 29, 2009 and has No Comments
photo: Douglas Cataylo via flickr. Helping the flow of low-carbon technologies around the world, in particular from developed to developing countries, is really a key part of forging a global climate deal. Well, here's some good news on that front: Reuters reports that the EU and US are holding talks... Read the full story on TreeHugger
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published September 28, 2009 and has No Comments
Graphic from the Washington Post on how different nations ranked the importance government should place on climate change. Note the US on the left... The following frankness doesn't happen often enough in the international climate change debate: Reuters reports that the head of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
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published September 28, 2009 and has No Comments
Image credit: Jamie Oliver I just received a press release telling me that Jamie Oliver's latest series is carbon neutral . It made me feel nostalgic. There was a time when TreeHugger was full of posts about this company or that celebrity going 'carbon neutral' through offsets. From 'carbon free' light bulbs to
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published September 27, 2009 and has No Comments
Image credit: Elegant Roots Whenever we post on the more luxury end of green items - whether it's Arms & Barnes reclaimed furniture or expensive electric cars - we always get hit with comments complaining that most folks can't afford to live like that. So I must admit that posting on Elegant Roots' sustainably made kids clothing an... Read ...
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published September 25, 2009 and has No Comments
Photo via CGI Once every year, the Clinton Global Initiative gathers world leaders, CEOs, celebrities, nonprofit groups, and, yes, journalists in Manhattan to address the world's most pressing problems. I reported on the events all week, and there were a slew of compelling discussions, announcements, and breaking news involving the likes of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Kofi Annan, Al ...
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