My colleague Tom Lovejoy, Biodiversity Chair at the Heinz Center and head of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel for Global Environment Facility, has an excellent reminder in his New … Read more
Conservation
Promising News from Arkansas for Senate Climate Bill
As Senators Kerry, Graham and Lieberman unveiled their Senate clean energy and climate framework yesterday, prospects for progress got a boost from Arkansas Senators Lincoln and Pryor.
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Climate Denial Event Gets Derailed, Then Speaker Goes Unhinged
Americans for Prosperity had hoped to get their climate denial message webcast to over 40 events back here in the United States. Instead, those events witnessed students demanding clean energy — and one of the AFP speakers coming unhinged. Read more
Standing Up for the Roan Plateau
In a recent Men’s Journal article, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar described the Roan Plateau in Colorado as “one of those treasured landscapes of America,” and “a place … Read more
Will We Stand With Them?
I’m so inspired by these courageous young leaders who are already making their voices heard in Copenhagen. 50 student leaders from American NGOs showed up to protest a weak presentation … Read more
Highlight of the Week: Obama Bumps Up Copenhagen Slate as EPA Rules on Carbon
The president is changing his travel plans. President Obama will now head to the international climate summit in Copenhagen during the critical closing days of the summit, rather than at … Read more
Economic Message of the Week: $600M to Build Renewable Energy Plants
The federal government has announced plans to spend nearly $600 million to help build renewable energy plants. The government will join forces with private companies to establish 19 biorefinery projects across 15 … Read more
Editorial of the Week: Seize the Moment on Climate Change in the Miami Herald
Today 56 newspapers in 45 countries take the unprecedented step of speaking with one voice through a common editorial. We do so because humanity faces a profound emergency. The dangers … Read more
EPA Rules Carbon Pollution a Public Hazard
As President Obama prepares to commit the U.S. to carbon pollution cuts at the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, a crucial Environmental Protection Agency ruling stresses the … Read more
2000s Warmest Decade Ever
As 2010 approaches, world leaders would do well to consider a wide-reaching New Year's resolution: curb the carbon pollution that has helped make the 2000s the warmest decade on record. According to … Read more
