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December webinar on corporate climate impact

December 10, 2010 by

Take a study break or celebrate being done with finals by checking out this webinar on climate responsibility! Whether you're an expert on climate change, or just want to know how to be a consumer with a positive impact, this webinar will have something for everyone.  This event is free and online, but space is very limited! Reserve your spot today! Climate Counts Webinar. Tuesday, December 14th, 2010, 8-9 pm EST ClimateCounts.org is a collaborative effort to bring consumers and companies together in the fight against global climate change. The … [Read more...]

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Climate Action Now! Rally Demands Action of Obama

December 2, 2010 by

Yesterday, on Dec 1, groups of environmental organzations and concerned students and community members gathered in front of the White House to demand that President Obama take action on climate finance.  What is climate finance, you ask? Climate finance is the idea that in order for people to adequately adapt to climate change and to take mitigating action against climate change, there needs to be the funds to do so. Proponents of climate finance believe that those funds should come from those nations that have contributed so much to the problems of … [Read more...]

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10/10/10: Big Moment in Climate Change Action

October 14, 2010 by

This past Sunday was 10/10/10.  Not only is this date celebrated by people who think the date is cool, by numerologists who think the date holds universal significance, and environmentalists who choose the date for a world wide day of climate action. 7347 events in 188 countries took place on Sunday to take community actions like planting community gardens, installing solar panels, and cleaning up parks.  This year's event beat 350.org's record of 5200 events in 181 countries, making it the biggest day of action in history.  Some sites have called … [Read more...]

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Cities are the new Eco-friendly

September 21, 2010 by

Below is from  Julia Rotondo: Hi! This is Julia, the new Development and Environment Intern, writing. I'm a graduate student at American University studying global environmental policy with a focus on climate change. Because climate change is such an all-encompassing topic, I'm sure you'll be hearing from me on it again, but I wanted to use today's blog post to talk a bit about the connection between climate change and cities. A first thought, it might seem that cities are the antithesis of everything environmentalists fight for; after all, most … [Read more...]

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Solar on the White House: A Golden Opportunity

September 14, 2010 by

Last week, Bill McKibbon and the people over at 350.org went on a road trip from Unity College in Maine down to the White House in DC, with the goal of bringing one of the Carter solar panels to the Obama Administration for them to put up on the White House.  Sadly, the White House turned down their offer. During Jimmy Carter's presidency, he put up solar panels on the roof of the White House -- making the White House a symbol of what could be the new clean energy future of the United States.  When Ronald Reagan took over the presidency in 1980, those … [Read more...]

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Douglas Kysar’s Idea: Carbon Upsets to People Changing the Game

August 31, 2010 by

Great article by Douglas Kysar over at The Guardian.  Instead of proposing to pretty much keep the status quo and reward those who are already polluting, why not reward those people who are doing something about it? Posted August 29, 2010 at The Guardian. Not carbon offsets, but carbon upsets Cap-and-trade has had the perverse effect of subsidising politically dominant industries. We should try something else. These days, it's hard to have inspiring Mr Chips moments when you teach climate change policy. My students at least seem increasingly … [Read more...]

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No Impact Generation: Just Say No!

August 25, 2010 by
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I have been reading Colin Beavan's book No Impact Man lately.  The book is about a man, Colin Beavan, and his family who decide to undertake the experiment of living with as little impact on the environment as possible.  This mean no trash, no transportation not powered by a human being, and eating sustainably.  For a family living in Greenwich Village in New York, this seems like an impossible task.  But Beavan does it, and learns some valuable lessons along the way.   What intrigues most about Beavan is how similar he is at the beginning of the … [Read more...]

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Importing Water: Another Way to Put off the Problem for a Few Years

August 18, 2010 by

In a recent conversation with my sister about water usage in the US, I said " We need to realize that taking an extra 5 minutes in the shower means that someone else may not have water." She, quite rightly, attacked my simplification of science (it's not as simple as that, it's a complicated interaction of the water cycle, climate change, and water consumption, and a lot of time to get around the world), and I quickly amended my statement. Until I saw this article. Reserachers in California have proposed building a pipeline from the Columbia River in … [Read more...]

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Rep. Pete Stark May be the Biggest Climate Champion in Congress

August 6, 2010 by

When I think of climate change legislation, I think of Senator Kerry (D-MA) and his climate bill that was just killed in the Senate.  I think of the hope for introduction comprehensive climate change legislation that would change the way we do business and provide for developing countries.  Yet Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) has introduced several pieces of legislation in the pat few years directed at doing something about climate change. HR 5783 was introduced earlier this year.  Called the "Invest in our Future Act", the bill seeks to place a 0.005% tax on … [Read more...]

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UPDATE: UN passes the Human Right to Water and Sanitation

July 29, 2010 by

Good news!!!  Just yesterday, the UN passes a resolution to make the right to water and sanitation a human right.  As I mentioned in my last post on the subject, this means that not having access to clean water and/or sanitation can be considered to be a violation of human rights -- something that requires international action according to the UN Declaration on Human Rights. According to Food and Water Watch, 122 states in the UN voted in favor of the resolution, and 41 abstained from voting on it. The bad news in this, is that the US abstained from … [Read more...]

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