Comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation could create 2 million jobs, cut 2 billion tons of pollution and save 2 trillion dollars. We cannot wait any longer to put our nation on a path to cleaner energy.
Posted March 14, 2012 by Nathanael Greene in Solving Global Warming
We have a choice when it comes to climate and clean-energy friendly policies. We can allow fossil fuel companies, entrenched special interests, and their supporters in Congress to block our progress on renewable energy and take our country in a...continued→
Posted November 4, 2011 by Amrita Batra in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
Climate India at ‘extreme risk’ from climate change “A third of humanity, mostly in Africa and South Asia, face the biggest risks from climate change but rich nations in northern Europe will be least exposed, according to a report released...continued→
Posted November 2, 2011 by Amrita Batra in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Solving Global Warming
Climate Climate change triggers new infectious diseases “Climate change is resulting in the emergence of new infectious diseases and increase in insensitivity of new pathogens. According to Dr Seyed E. Hasnain, chairman of the Committee on Climate Change and Impact...continued→
Posted November 2, 2011 by Amrita Batra in Curbing Pollution, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
Climate India, SA and Brazil demand pact on second phase of Kyoto Protocol “The statement, agreed to by the heads of three of the four BASIC countries, including Indian PM Manmohan Singh, demanded an agreement on second phase of Kyoto...continued→
Posted August 18, 2011 by Shravya Reddy in Environmental Justice, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, The Media and the Environment
Climate India Protests to Prevent UN Stopping Supply of HFC-23 Carbon Credits “India lodged a formal complaint to prevent the United Nations emissions market regulator from stopping issuances of credits derived from projects that cut hydrofluorocarbon-23 gas. “India considers such...continued→
Posted August 12, 2011 by Henry Henderson in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
Illinois Senator Mark Kirk released the first of what is promised to be an annual “Report Card for Lake Michigan” this week. Senator Kirk is a long-time Great Lakes advocate, having targeted sewage management, beach water quality, industrial pollution...continued→
Posted July 28, 2011 by Shravya Reddy in Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
Climate U.S., India laud bilateral energy ties “Washington is pleased with the progress made in the clean and renewable energy sector by India, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. Clinton, in a visit to New Delhi, noted there were...continued→
Posted April 19, 2011 by Laurie Johnson in Curbing Pollution, Solving Global Warming
Last week, at an Energy and Environment subcommittee hearing, Representative Cory Gardner (R-Colorado) leveled the age-old red herring “regulation-kills-jobs” accusation against environmental regulation. From seatbelts, to asbestos, to environmental protection, opponents of health and safety laws like Gardner always raise...continued→
Posted March 23, 2011 by Adrianna Quintero in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment
This morning I participated in a press telebriefing about the impacts of air pollution on Latino communities and just how serious proposals to weaken EPA will be to vulnerable populations. The briefing was hosted by the Center for American Progress...continued→
Posted March 8, 2011 by Laurie Johnson in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment, Solving Global Warming
Last week the Heritage Foundation released a critique of a report by EPA assessing the benefits and costs of the 1990 Clean Air Act amendments (click here for my summary). They should have done a little homework first, perhaps an...continued→
