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Reviving Rainforests: Your Help is Needed

November 21, 2009

Posted by Jacob Scherr

Tags:
biogems, climatechange, forests, globalwarming, wilderness, wildlife, wildplaces

Protecting and restoring the world's rainforests is critical to preserve biodiversity.  Tropical forests are teeming with life - covering just about 6% of the earth's surface they are home to between half and three fourth of all plant and...continued

Windfall or Burden? Two New Reports Focus on "Location Efficiency" and the Real Cost of Housing

November 20, 2009

Posted by Justin Horner in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
california, locationefficiency, smartgrowth, transit, transportation

Both Transform and the Urban Land Institute have recently released reports that look at the Bay Area from a perspective NRDC has been pushing in the public arena for some time: “location efficiency.”  Just as appliances can be more or...continued

American Rights at Work Launches "Not My Chamber" Campaign

November 20, 2009

Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
afl-cio, americanrightsatwork, uschamberofcommerce

The US Chamber's extreme position on climate has been drawing fire for a long time, and dissatisfaction with the US Chamber is growing as more and more businesses say that the Chamber doesn't represent them on climate and other issues. ...continued

Laying the Foundation for US-India Collaboration on Climate Change

November 19, 2009

Posted by Anjali Jaiswal in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
cleanenergy, cleantech, climatechange, copenhagen, copenhagencountdown, india, obama, renewables, singh, solar, wind

On Sunday, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will embark on a five day trip to the United States for the first official state visit of the Obama administration.  The visit will be highlighted with a state dinner with President Obama...continued

South Korea Firmed Up Its Global Warming Commitment

November 19, 2009

Posted by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
global warming pollution, lee myung-bak, southkorea

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has just announced that South Korea would commit to significant steps to address their global warming pollution (as Reuters and the Financial Times reported).  He announced that South Korea would cut their global warming pollution...continued

BREAKING NEWS: RFK, Jr. and Don Blankenship to Debate Energy

November 19, 2009

Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
blankenship, bobbykennedy, cleanenergy, climate, climatechange, coal, dirtycoal, dirtyenergy, donblankenship, energy, globalwarming, mountaintopmining, mountaintopremoval, MTR, rfkjr

This just in: Don Blankenship, CEO of Massey Energy, has accepted the challenge to debate environmental champion Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., senior counsel for NRDC, on energy issues. I was with Bobby last weekend in Nashville at NRDC's Music Saves Mountains campaign event, but at that time Blankenship...continued

The US Chamber's Chronic Reliance on Biased Policy Analysis

November 19, 2009

Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
ACCF, heritagefoundation, NAM, nationalassociationofmanufacturers, uschamberofcommerce

The US Chamber's recently exposed interest in commissioning a study to put health reform in a bad light isn't the first time the federation has shown its willingness to trumpet questionable analyses about proposals it doesn't like. Heck, the US...continued

Duke Energy Cut Its Payments to the US Chamber Over Climate

November 19, 2009

Posted by Pete Altman in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
alcoa, Apple, cisco, dow, duke, entergy, Exelon, ge, generalelectric, johnson, microsoft, MohawkPaper, Nike, nrg, pepco, PG&E, PNM Resources, PSEG, royaldutchshell, seventhgeneration, uschamberofcommerce

Looks like we'll have to add a new category to our US Chamber Climate Credibility Crisis Counter (honk if you love alliteration.) As the Wall Street Journal recently reported, Duke Energy has cut the electric utility's contributions to the Chamber...continued

Clean Energy Promises Abundant Opportunities for Job Growth and Farm Revenues in Arkansas — the 'Natural' State

November 19, 2009

Posted by Pierre Bull in Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
arkansas, bioenergy, biofuels, energyandclimate2009, energyefficiency, energyimports, renewable, windenergy

(From the new Arkansas Clean Energy Report, Figure 1: Mean wind density at 100 meters) ". . . Arkansas has the opportunity to build a strong long-term economy on the solid foundation of its bountiful renewable resources." Today we...continued

Now is the time for Cape Wind

November 19, 2009

Posted by Peter Lehner in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
capewind, congressmanmarkey, copenhagen, kategalbraith, nantucketsound, nytimes, renewableenergy, secretarysalazar, windturbines

Today in the NY Times, there's an exciting article about efforts to develop deepwater, floating wind turbines. The article makes it clear that there are still engineering and major costs hurdles, but I'm hopeful that one day floating wind farms...continued

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