Conservation

Did You Get That Handbag From…The Amazon Rainforest?

 |  Dec 12, 2009

Here in Copenhagen, while negotiators hash out the details of an international climate agreement, thousands of organizations and businesses from all over the globe are monitoring the talks and bringing … Read more

Generosity in Copenhagen

 |  Dec 11, 2009

Caught in indescribably desperate times, my great grandmother Moriah Burke departed from the docks of Cork, Ireland and sailed to the United States using the last bit of money her … Read more

Copenhagen: It’s About Wildlife Too

 |  Dec 11, 2009

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

Promising News from Arkansas for Senate Climate Bill

 |  Dec 11, 2009

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

 |  Dec 10, 2009

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

 |  Dec 10, 2009

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?

 |  Dec 10, 2009

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

 |  Dec 10, 2009

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

 |  Dec 10, 2009

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

 |  Dec 10, 2009

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