The Environment and Public Works Committee of the US Senate was scheduled to begin mark-up on the Boxer-Kerry climate bill today, but was thwarted as all seven Republican members made good on last week’s threat to boycott the meeting. Members of the Republican minority also boycotted the committee’s October 27 open hearing on climate and [...]
The largest photovoltaic solar power plant in the US went online this Tuesday, eighty miles southeast of Tampa, amid the citrus trees and cattle farms of Arcadia, Florida.
With its 25-megawatt output capacity, the Desoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center built by Florida Power and Light generates nearly twice as much power as the facility it [...]
Earlier this month, US President Obama signed an Executive Order on Federal Sustainability commmiting the Federal government to lead by example, adopting more eco-friendly practices and helping build a clean energy economy.
As part of its effort, the administration launched the GreenGov Challenge, in which Federal employees and members of the military are encouraged to participate [...]
A new poll by the Pew Research Center indicates that US public confidence in evidence of global warming has declined sharply over the past 18 months, and fewer now believe that it poses a serious problem.
To the question, “Is there solid evidence that the earth is warming:”
57 percent answered ‘yes,’ compared to 71 percent in [...]
This Saturday, October 24th, the International Day of Climate Action, will inspire over 4000 actions in 170 countries, aimed at focusing attention on the number 350. This day may be the most widespread day of environmental activism in history, with the intention of urging world leaders to support a clear solution to the climate crisis: [...]
Copenhagen Talks Last Chance: Gordon Brown
There are now fewer than 50 days to set course of next 50 years and more, PM tells environment ministers from 17 countries responsible for 80% of greenhouse gas emissions
Gordon Brown today warned that the world is on the brink of a “catastrophic” future of killer heatwaves, floods and droughts [...]
Maldives Cabinet Holds Underwater Meeting
This morning’s announcement from Oslo:
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama’s vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.
Obama [...]
Transcript of yesterday’s speech follows, with video after the jump.
Good morning. I want to thank the Secretary-General for organizing this summit, and all the leaders who are participating. That so many of us are here today is a recognition that the threat from climate change is serious, it is urgent, and it is growing. Our [...]
Not So Virtual Carbon Emissions
According to a report published by the Climate Group, a think-tank based in London, computers, printers, mobile phones and the widgets that accompany them account for the emission of 830m tonnes of carbon dioxide around the world in 2007. That is about 2% of the estimated total of emissions from human [...]
Treatment of “detainees” and “enemy combatants” under the Bush administration following the attacks of September 11, 2001, returned to the news last week with the release of the previously classified, 2004 CIA Inspector General’s Report on Torture and the Dept. of Justice’s announcement that it would investigate abuses beyond those sanctioned by the previous administration.
Enough [...]
The chant that came to define the McCain-Palin campaign’s energy policy during the 2008 U.S. presidential race may no longer be just a slogan to rouse the faithful for those who live near Santa Barbara, California.
In reaching an agreement Monday night to address the State of California’s $26 billion budget deficit, “Democrats agreed to Republican [...]
