Posted by Heather Allen in Environmental Justice , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
March 8, 2010 is the 99th International Women’s Day a time to reflect on the dynamics between women and the environment. In this post we take a look at the disproportionate impact of climate change and resulting water shortages (and...continued→
Posted by Heather Allen in Health and the Environment
Its budget season in Washington, an opportunity to help shape how the U.S. will spend millions and sometimes billions of funds to improve the lives of the poor around the world. Safe drinking water and adequate sanitation can have the...continued→
Posted by Heather Allen in Solving Global Warming
A big storm is coming to DC - up to 24 inches! People are stocking up on canned goods, and the stores are completely sold out of shovels. I am excited that later today I will be working from home....continued→
Posted by Heather Allen in Solving Global Warming
The White House released a proposed budget for 2011 which includes $1.4 billion to helps provide needed investments in developing countries to address the impacts of global warming pollution, shift to a clean energy future, and reduce the loss of...continued→
Posted by Heather Allen in Solving Global Warming
The BASIC Countries (Brazil, South Africa [Afrique du Sud], India and China) reiterated their commitment to a global climate agreement at their meeting in Delhi on Sunday January 24th. The Ministers issued a joint statement supporting the Copenhagen Accord and...continued→
Posted by Heather Allen in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Reviving the World's Oceans , Solving Global Warming
Given the environmental challenges we face, my new years resolution to go vegetarian this year is a small endeavor. For me, though, it will be quite a shift. In recent years, I have been acturately described as an omnivore. But I am going to take a...continued→
Posted by Heather Allen in Solving Global Warming
In the wee hours of the morning countries united to support the Copenhagen Accord, overcoming a nearly crushing diplomatic challenge. My colleagues Jake Schmidt and David Doniger watched the agreement unfold and sent us copious notes and reports from inside...continued→
Posted by Heather Allen in Solving Global Warming
Thousands of fingers pattering softly on keyboards over the last two days and nights have produced a new round of texts. The documents were released Tuesday morning while my colleagues and I waited in line outside the Bella Center. It...continued→
Posted by Heather Allen in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
Its Day Three of the Copenhagen Climate Talks and adaptation is taking center stage. Delegates at the climate talks are calling for investment in technologies to provide early warning systems, predict crop losses, and provide local solutions. A youth group just called...continued→
Posted by Heather Allen in Solving Global Warming
Here in Copenhagen the hustle and bustle surrounding the climate talks is in full swing. In less than an hour the official opening of the meeting will begin with welcome speeches from the leaders of the negotiation process. You can...continued→
Posted by Heather Allen in Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment
It's a fun way to build awareness for a very serious problem. Safe water and sanitation are the world's most pressing environmental health challenges as NRDC has highlighted here and here. Luckily World Toilet Day celebrations in DC did reach lots of...continued→
Posted by Heather Allen in Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Solving Global Warming
We tend to think of climate change as an air pollution problem, or a threat to our atmosphere, but in fact water and especially watery ecosystems (wetlands, mangroves, mountainous cloud forests, and more) will play a major role in...continued→
Posted by Heather Allen in Environmental Justice , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
Yesterday a Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee held a hearing to discuss helping the "world's most vulnerable nations" to respond to the droughts, floods and refugees created by climate change. In general, the Senators and witnesses agreed that the US should...continued→
Posted by Heather Allen in Curbing Pollution , Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
The typhoon Ketsana is pouring down on Bangkok this morning as I ready myself for day four of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change meetings. Representatives of countries and hundreds of civil society organizations will continue to meet...continued→
