During the week of January 21 -25, many of those present for the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos Switzerland, acknowledged that climate change has very significant economic ramifications.
All-In on Climate: Failure is No Longer an Option
| January 24, 2013
President Obama’s decision to make climate change and energy a centerpiece of his Inaugural Address has taken political analysts and partisans on both sides of the issue by surprise.
Green Inauguration of President Obama: “Faith in America’s Future”
| January 22, 2013
The public Presidential inauguration ceremony took place on Monday, January 21, and event organizers paid unprecedented attention to environmental sustainability.
Jumping the 2 Degree Cap
| January 16, 2013
A new study finds that Pacala and Socolow’s climate predictions may have been too optimistic, and that inaction over the past 9 years since the report was published have created a more dire situation for avoiding climate change.
Legally Binding Treaty to Reduce Mercury Emissions
| January 15, 2013
On Sunday January 13 delegates from more than 130 nations began a final round of negotiations with the intent of creating the world’s first legally binding treaty to reduce mercury emissions.
President Obama Set to Nominate Gregoire as Head of EPA
| January 9, 2013
President Obama may nominate outgoing Democratic Washington governor Chris Gregoire as the chief of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Gregoire was first elected to the position of Governor of Washington in 2004 and won re-election by a slim margin in 2008.
DEBATE: McKibben vs. Epstein – Are Fossil Fuels a Risk to the Planet? (Video)
| December 30, 2012
Bill McKibben and Alex Epstein square off on fossil fuels. Do they make the planet a worse place to live or a better place to live?
EPA Chief Forced Out By Dirty Industries and Anti-Environment Republicans
| December 28, 2012
Late in December, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson announced that she will be stepping down after a little less than four years in the job. From the outset Jackson, a chemical engineer, was plagued by conservative critics who did not want the EPA to play a prominent role in environmental protection.
German Answers for America’s Energy Stalemate
| December 22, 2012
I visited Berlin a week after President Obama’s reelection, and came away envious of the strategic clarity and political consensus that mark Germany’s new energy strategy.
Greenpeace International Representative Kumi Naidoo on the Failure of COP 18 (Video)
| December 16, 2012
Kumi Naidoo from Greenpeace gives a brief at the end of the COP 18 negotiations in Doha. As he reviews in this video, the science is clear, we must act now! It will cost 60 billion to clean up after Hurricane Sandy but delegates are reluctant to pony up the same amount of money for climate change finance.
