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New Zealand Bans New Fossil Fuel Power Plants!
2007-10-16 19:36:00
New Zealand electricity producers face a 10-year moratorium on all new gas- or coal-fired power plants to help the country reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The nation's Prime Minister also commits to 90% renewable electricity by 2025. Electricity producers in New Zealand are now barred from constructing any new fossil fuel power plants for the next ten years, according to Bloomberg.com. New Zealand already produces about 70 percent of its power from non-polluting and renewable energy sources, including wind, hydro-electric and geothermal generators. New Zealand's Prime Minister, Helen Clarke, recently announced intention to commit to 90% renewable electricity by 2025 and the government is blocking construction of new gas-fired power plants to speed investment in wind and geothermal energy. Eventually, the Prime Minister (pictured below) would like to see the country carbon-neutral. I have set out the challenge to our nation to become the first truly sustainable nation on earth...
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Government's Responsibility To Cleantech
2007-10-04 23:43:00
Here's an intriguing idea: rather than letting market forces work on the question of cleantech and alternative energy, the US federal government should throw its considerable weight behind a massive cleantech and alteng effort--to the tune of $300 billion. Aimed at bringing about rapid and sweeping change to the energy economy--as well as the building, automotive, and electronics industries--such an effort could produce dramatic changes in how we live within a decade or two and perhaps both radically reduce emissions and fossil fuel reliance. Such is the dream of maverick environmentalists Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger. Wired's article in the link above does an excellent job of deconstructing the personalities of Nordhaus and Shellneberger, the perceived reaction to their dream, and the book which is based on it, Break Through. They occupy an intriguing middle ground--on the one hand, far to the left of those who suggest that any such changes can happen purely on the ...
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Government's Responsibility To Cleantech
2007-10-04 23:43:00
Here's an intriguing idea: rather than letting market forces work on the question of cleantech and alternative energy, the US federal government should throw its considerable weight behind a massive cleantech and alteng effort--to the tune of $300 billion. Aimed at bringing about rapid and sweeping change to the energy economy--as well as the building, automotive, and electronics industries--such an effort could produce dramatic changes in how we live within a decade or two and perhaps both radically reduce emissions and fossil fuel reliance. Such is the dream of maverick environmentalists Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger. Wired's article in the link above does an excellent job of deconstructing the personalities of Nordhaus and Shellneberger, the perceived reaction to their dream, and the book which is based on it, Break Through. They occupy an intriguing middle ground--on the one hand, far to the left of those who suggest that any such changes can happen purely on the ...
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Schwarzenegger's Opportunity
2007-09-25 23:59:00
Will he or won't he? Governor Schwarzenegger of California has a unique opportunity coming up. Right now, three bills sit on his desk that could blaze a brand new trail for green building standards in the Unit ed States and help cement California's place in the lead on environmental issues. Not that they haven't been there for years and years, but green building is one of those areas that not enough people are paying attention to in terms of potential climate change impact. For example, though some have mocked the banning of incandescent lightbulbs in Australia as too draconian, a less visible regulation such as one requiring builders only install CFL lighting in new homes would itself have a tremendous impact on energy use and emissions. I count almost 40 internal light fixtures in my (rather modest) home, about half of which I've changed to CFL at this point. Starting out with CFL, which would add maybe $80 to builders' costs could save the homebuyer money and signific...
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Schwarzenegger's Opportunity
2007-09-25 23:59:00
Will he or won't he? Governor Schwarzenegger of California has a unique opportunity coming up. Right now, three bills sit on his desk that could blaze a brand new trail for green building standards in the United States and help cement California's place in the lead on environmental issues. Not that they haven't been there for years and years, but green building is one of those areas that not enough people are paying attention to in terms of potential climate change impact. For example, though some have mocked the banning of incandescent lightbulbs in Australia as too draconian, a less visible regulation such as one requiring builders only install CFL lighting in new homes would itself have a tremendous impact on energy use and emissions. I count almost 40 internal light fixtures in my (rather modest) home, about half of which I've changed to CFL at this point. Starting out with CFL, which would add maybe $80 to builders' costs could save the homebuyer money and signific...
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Look Who's Writing Global Warming Legislation (Hint: It's Not Who
2007-09-20 20:22:00
Hill Heat's the Cunctator takes a look at which 'congress critters' have been writing global warming legislation, and it's probably not who you'd want! When it comes to perhaps the most important legislation of the century - legislation to solve the climate crisis - who's holding the pen? You would hope it would be people like Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair, Senator Barbara Boxer, or House climate change champion Henry Waxman. Well, while the two have sponsored the best climate change proposals currently floating around Congress, it's unfortunately not the likes of Boxer and Waxman who are drafting the default global warming legislation that will likely be taken up by both the House and Senate this fall/winter. According to the Cunctator, it's actually the pro-coal, pro-Detroit, anti-environment type who's got the pen, and that spells trouble for all of us. From the Cunctator's DailyKos journal: In the House, jurisdiction over cap-and-trade ...
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Look Who's Writing Global Warming Legislation (Hint: It's Not Who You Might
2007-09-20 20:22:00
Hill Heat's the Cunctator takes a look at which 'congress critters' have been writing global warming legislation, and it's probably not who you'd want! When it comes to perhaps the most important legislation of the century - legislation to solve the climate crisis - who's holding the pen? You would hope it would be people like Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair, Senator Barbara Boxer, or House climate change champion Henry Waxman. Well, while the two have sponsored the best climate change proposals currently floating around Congress, it's unfortunately not the likes of Boxer and Waxman who are drafting the default global warming legislation that will likely be taken up by both the House and Senate this fall/winter. According to the Cunctator, it's actually the pro-coal, pro-Detroit, anti-environment type who's got the pen, and that spells trouble for all of us. From the Cunctator's DailyKos journal: In the House, jurisdiction over cap-and-trade ...
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APEC Drafts Climate Change Resolution
2007-09-08 05:06:00
In a rather dramatic statement this week, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit seemed to come to a consensus on a draft statement regarding the energy intensity goals for the member nations. Meeting in Sydney, the 21member nations have sought to come to an energy intensity reduction agreement as a cornerstone to the summit. The draft is a compromise between the rich and developing nations, though somewhat a victory fo the United States and Australia which sought to get China to agree to firmer goals than they agreed to under the Kyoto Protocol. The non-binding resolution would seek to bring reductions of 25% energy intensity by 2030, in line with what many other nations and American states have proposed or mandated on their own. Although it would be nice to see a global standard set forth and negotiated by a body such as the UN, the drama surrounding the Kyoto Protocol--and the subsequent shortfall on goals in many signatory nations--highlights some of the problems wi...
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APEC Drafts Climate Change Resolution
2007-09-08 05:06:00
In a rather dramatic statement this week, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit seemed to come to a consensus on a draft statement regarding the energy intensity goals for the member nations. Meeting in Sydney, the 21member nations have sought to come to an energy intensity reduction agreement as a cornerstone to the summit. The draft is a compromise between the rich and developing nations, though somewhat a victory fo the United States and Australia which sought to get China to agree to firmer goals than they agreed to under the Kyoto Protocol. The non-binding resolution would seek to bring reductions of 25% energy intensity by 2030, in line with what many other nations and American states have proposed or mandated on their own. Although it would be nice to see a global standard set forth and negotiated by a body such as the UN, the drama surrounding the Kyoto Protocol--and the subsequent shortfall on goals in many signatory nations--highlights some of the problems wi...
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Bjorn Lomborg's Cool It Spouts More Hot Air
2007-09-06 20:41:00
Like his earlier work, The Skeptical Environmentalist, which prominent Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson called a sordid mess and was found to have cherry-picked the facts, Bjorn Lomborg's latest effort, Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming is just more hot air. Lomborg's basic thesis, that scare-monger environmentalists have over-hyped the threat of climate change and that we shouldn't take any serious action to tackle the climate crisis because doing so would harm economic growth that poor people need requires a particularly slanted view of the world and rests on 'facts' selectively picked to support his arguments as he ignores a vast body of science. As economist Eban Goodstein's writes in his review of Cool It in Salon: In Cool It, Lomborg has three messages. First, the planet will warm up no more than 4.7 degrees Fahrenheit this century, and on balance, this will be bad, but not too bad. Second, all benefit-cost models show that serious li...

Bjorn Lomborg's Cool It Spouts More Hot Air
2007-09-06 20:41:00
Like his earlier work, The Skeptical Environmentalist, which prominent Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson called a sordid mess and was found to have cherry-picked the facts, Bjorn Lomborg's latest effort, Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming is just more hot air. Lomborg's basic thesis, that scare-monger environmentalists have over-hyped the threat of climate change and that we shouldn't take any serious action to tackle the climate crisis because doing so would harm economic growth that poor people need requires a particularly slanted view of the world and rests on 'facts' selectively picked to support his arguments as he ignores a vast body of science. As economist Eban Goodstein's writes in his review of Cool It in Salon: In Cool It, Lomborg has three messages. First, the planet will warm up no more than 4.7 degrees Fahrenheit this century, and on balance, this will be bad, but not too bad. Second, all benefit-cost models show that serious li...

The Human Face of Climate Change (Or Why I'm Fasting Today)
2007-09-05 02:54:00
When you think about the climate crisis, which of these two images stands out as the face of climate change? Chances are, the polar bear cub is more closely associated with global warming in your mind than the two Sudanese children on the right. Global warming may threaten one quarter to one half of all species on the planet with extinction if left unchecked, and the unprecedented human-caused loss of so many of our cousins on this small blue globe certainly conjures up images of one of the most charismatic species threatened by our warming planet: the polar bear. But what about the human face of climate change? Global warming certainly poses an unprecedented environmental and ecological catastrophe and preserving the habitats and species threatened by the climate crisis may be motivation enough to tackle the challenge. But the climate crisis doesn't just threaten cute and cuddly animals and their less charismatic cousins. I would argue that the real face of climate change is,...
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The Human Face of Climate Change (Or Why I'm Fasting Today)
2007-09-05 02:54:00
When you think about the climate crisis, which of these two images stands out as the face of climate change? Chances are, the polar bear cub is more closely associated with global warming in your mind than the two Sudanese children on the right. Global warming may threaten one quarter to one half of all species on the planet with extinction if left unchecked, and the unprecedented human-caused loss of so many of our cousins on this small blue globe certainly conjures up images of one of the most charismatic species threatened by our warming planet: the polar bear. But what about the human face of climate change? Global warming certainly poses an unprecedented environmental and ecological catastrophe and preserving the habitats and species threatened by the climate crisis may be motivation enough to tackle the challenge. But the climate crisis doesn't just threaten cute and cuddly animals and their less charismatic cousins. I would argue that the real face of climate change is,...
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Warnings From a Warming World: Hurricane Felix Makes Landfall as Second Cat
2007-09-04 20:33:00
Making landfall today as a devastating Category 5 storm, Hurricane Felix is the second Cat 5 Atlantic hurricane to make landfall in as many weeks, carving a path of destruction across Central America. As Chris Mooney points out at the Daily Green, Nature isn't messing around this year in the Atlantic hurricane basin. So far, we've already seen six named storms and two hurricanes, both making landfall as devastating Category 5 storms, shattering records and making landfall within two weeks of each other. And there's still a long way to go until the 2007 hurricane season has subsided. Like Hurricane Dean, which ripped across Mexico's Yucatan Penninsula on August 21st (see previous post), Hurricane Felix hit the coast of Nicaragua with Category 5 strength (Hurricane Katrina was made landfall near New Orleans as a Category 4 storm, for comparison), shattering several records. Also like Hurricane Dean, the appearance of a second, record-breaking storm in as many weeks must g...
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Warnings From a Warming World: Hurricane Felix Makes Landfall as Second Cat
2007-09-04 20:33:00
Making landfall today as a devastating Category 5 storm, Hurricane Felix is the second Cat 5 Atlantic hurricane to make landfall in as many weeks, carving a path of destruction across Central America. As Chris Mooney points out at the Daily Green, Nature isn't messing around this year in the Atlantic hurricane basin. So far, we've already seen six named storms and two hurricanes, both making landfall as devastating Category 5 storms, shattering records and making landfall within two weeks of each other. And there's still a long way to go until the 2007 hurricane season has subsided. Like Hurricane Dean, which ripped across Mexico's Yucatan Penninsula on August 21st (see previous post), Hurricane Felix hit the coast of Nicaragua with Category 5 strength (Hurricane Katrina was made landfall near New Orleans as a Category 4 storm, for comparison), shattering several records. Also like Hurricane Dean, the appearance of a second, record-breaking storm in as many weeks must g...
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UK Liberal Democrats Call for Carbon Neutral Britain
2007-08-29 22:23:00
Last week, I argued that the right national target in the fight against global warming should be complete carbon neutrality. Apparently the UK's Liberal Democrats party has the same target in mind! Call ing for a 100 per cent carbon free Brtain by 2050, the UK's Liberal Democrats party unveiled a series of proposals yesterday aimed at transforming Britain into an international leader in the fight against the climate crisis. Pollution doesn't respect national boundaries, said Liberal Democrat party leader, Menzies Campbell. Climate change is a global problem that requires an international solution. Britain should not be a bit player in finding that solution; we should be leading the pack. The Liberal Democrats, the UK's third largest political party (wikipedia entry here for ignorant yanks like me), will debate the proposals, outlined in a paper called Zero Carbon Brtain - Taking a Global Lead, at their party conference in Brighton next month. The plan calls for: Major i...

UK Liberal Democrats Call for Carbon Neutral Britain
2007-08-29 22:23:00
Last week, I argued that the right national target in the fight against global warming should be complete carbon neutrality. Apparently the UK's Liberal Democrats party has the same target in mind! Calling for a 100 per cent carbon free Brtain by 2050, the UK's Liberal Democrats party unveiled a series of proposals yesterday aimed at transforming Britain into an international leader in the fight against the climate crisis. Pollution doesn't respect national boundaries, said Liberal Democrat party leader, Menzies Campbell. Climate change is a global problem that requires an international solution. Britain should not be a bit player in finding that solution; we should be leading the pack. The Liberal Democrats, the UK's third largest political party (wikipedia entry here for ignorant yanks like me), will debate the proposals, outlined in a paper called Zero Carbon Brtain - Taking a Global Lead, at their party conference in Brighton next month. The plan calls for: Major i...
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Putting Aside Percentages - the Right Target in the Fight Against Global Wa
2007-08-24 21:29:00
A new rallying cry for the climate solutions movement: A carbon neutral future for ourselves and our children! When it comes to fighting global warming, there tends to be a lot of different percentages and years thrown around: California is planning to reduce global warming pollution 25% by 2020; Oregon's legislature adopted 10% below 1990 levels as the state's 2020 objective; bills floating around Congress push targets ranging from a mere return to 1990 pollution levels by 2020 to a cut of 80% by 2050. Lost amidst all of these percentages and years, those of us committed to building a movement for solutions to the climate crisis have struggled to find a rallying cry. In an effort to 'mainstream' the currently-most-aggressive legislation in Congress, the nationwide Step it UP day of action rallied behind a call for Congress to 'Step it UP!' and cut carbon emissions 80% by 2050. Step it UP was arguably quite successful in this goal: co-sponsorship and support for the Boxer-...
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Putting Aside Percentages - the Right Target in the Fight Against Global Wa
2007-08-24 21:29:00
A new rallying cry for the climate solutions movement: A carbon neutral future for ourselves and our children! When it comes to fighting global warming, there tends to be a lot of different percentages and years thrown around: California is planning to reduce global warming pollution 25% by 2020; Oregon's legislature adopted 10% below 1990 levels as the state's 2020 objective; bills floating around Congress push targets ranging from a mere return to 1990 pollution levels by 2020 to a cut of 80% by 2050. Lost amidst all of these percentages and years, those of us committed to building a movement for solutions to the climate crisis have struggled to find a rallying cry. In an effort to 'mainstream' the currently-most-aggressive legislation in Congress, the nationwide Step it UP day of action rallied behind a call for Congress to 'Step it UP!' and cut carbon emissions 80% by 2050. Step it UP was arguably quite successful in this goal: co-sponsorship and support for the Boxer-...
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Warnings from a Warming World: Hurricane Dean Breaks Records, Third Most In
2007-08-21 20:42:00
Hurricane Dean sets several records as many ponder the connection between Global Warming and stronger hurricanes Hurricane Dean made landfall early this morning as a fierce category five storm, slamming into the southern end of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula with 160+ mph winds and lashing rains. The major hurricane has set several records and, like Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, caused many to take a closer look at the connection between global warming and more intense and devastating hurricanes. Here are the key records that Dean either broke or otherwise affects:1. With a minimum central pressure of 906 millibars, Dean was the ninth most intense hurricane ever observed in the Atlantic basin (for comparison Hurricane Katrina's minimum pressure was 902 millibars). 2. That 906 millibar pressure reading was at landfall, making Dean the third most intense landfalling hurricane known in the Atlantic region and the first Category 5 storm at landfall since 1992's Hurricane Andre...
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Warnings from a Warming World: Hurricane Dean Breaks Records, Third Most In
2007-08-21 20:42:00
Hurricane Dean sets several records as many ponder the connection between Global Warming and stronger hurricanes Hurricane Dean made landfall early this morning as a fierce category five storm, slamming into the southern end of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula with 160+ mph winds and lashing rains. The major hurricane has set several records and, like Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, caused many to take a closer look at the connection between global warming and more intense and devastating hurricanes. Here are the key records that Dean either broke or otherwise affects:1. With a minimum central pressure of 906 millibars, Dean was the ninth most intense hurricane ever observed in the Atlantic basin (for comparison Hurricane Katrina's minimum pressure was 902 millibars). 2. That 906 millibar pressure reading was at landfall, making Dean the third most intense landfalling hurricane known in the Atlantic region and the first Category 5 storm at landfall since 1992's Hurricane Andre...
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Before We Get Drunk on Ethanol, Let's Make Sure We Get It Right
2007-08-21 03:10:00
Not all biofuels are created equal: in fact, depending on how they are produced, biofuels like ethanol and biodiesel can be environmentally destructive, raise the price of food, and even hurt efforts to tackle global warming. Biofuels - ethanol and biodiesel - present a potentially important (partial) solution to concerns about global warming and our over-reliance on oil. However, to paraphrase a great LA Times op ed on the ethanol craze, alcohol is best enjoyed in moderation, and the same goes for these alcohol-based biofuels. So before we all get drunk on ethanol, we'd better take a close look at the benefits and potential drawbacks of biofuels and make sure we get it right. The Benefits - In Pursuit of Energy Independence and a Safe Climate Biofuels offer the potential to displace foreign oil and depleting fossil fuels with a more sustainable and domestic fuel while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Still, depending on how they are produced, ethanol and biodiesel require ...
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Before We Get Drunk on Ethanol, Let's Make Sure We Get It Right
2007-08-21 03:10:00
Not all biofuels are created equal: in fact, depending on how they are produced, biofuels like ethanol and biodiesel can be environmentally destructive, raise the price of food, and even hurt efforts to tackle global warming. Biofuels - ethanol and biodiesel - present a potentially important (partial) solution to concerns about global warming and our over-reliance on oil. However, to paraphrase a great LA Times op ed on the ethanol craze, alcohol is best enjoyed in moderation, and the same goes for these alcohol-based biofuels. So before we all get drunk on ethanol, we'd better take a close look at the benefits and potential drawbacks of biofuels and make sure we get it right. The Benefits - In Pursuit of Energy Independence and a Safe Climate Biofuels offer the potential to displace foreign oil and depleting fossil fuels with a more sustainable and domestic fuel while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Still, depending on how they are produced, ethanol and biodiesel require ...
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Greening the Army
2007-08-18 20:26:00
For a while now, I've been a proponent of the public sector--that is, government on every level--being a customer of cleantech, not only for the purposes of spurring innovation and monetizing potential markets, but also on the principals that it is our government and they should be as green and clean as we expect ourselves to be. Plus, we're talking a ton of buildings, employees, and vehicles that may well be consuming far more energy than they need to. So, it seems the Army is getting into the act with its next generation of ground vehicles (the MGV program), making the whole line hybrid electric. Now, part of this move is tactical. As forces are discovering in Iraq, going with quieter vehicles tends to make it easier to sneak into position when conducting an offensive. And the electric vehicles would be quieter, potentially much quieter. In the article, the Army's project manager for the MGV line is quoted as saying that the engine will be entirely decoupled from the ...
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Greening the Army
2007-08-18 20:26:00
For a while now, I've been a proponent of the public sector--that is, government on every level--being a customer of cleantech, not only for the purposes of spurring innovation and monetizing potential markets, but also on the principals that it is our government and they should be as green and clean as we expect ourselves to be. Plus, we're talking a ton of buildings, employees, and vehicles that may well be consuming far more energy than they need to. So, it seems the Army is getting into the act with its next generation of ground vehicles (the MGV program), making the whole line hybrid electric. Now, part of this move is tactical. As forces are discovering in Iraq, going with quieter vehicles tends to make it easier to sneak into position when conducting an offensive. And the electric vehicles would be quieter, potentially much quieter. In the article, the Army's project manager for the MGV line is quoted as saying that the engine will be entirely decoupled from the ...
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What to Do About Global Warming: A Basic Framework for a Good Cap-and-Trade
2007-08-15 02:06:00
David Roberts at GristMill has been writing a series of thoughtful posts on the potential actions the 110th Congress may take to address climate change. As he recognizes in this post, we're now moving beyond simply demanding that Congress do something about global warming and have start thinking about what we want that something to look like. If we can't articulate some simple principles, we risk having growing momentum and calls for action co-opted to pass a weak, ineffective climate bill that fails to get the job done at the same time that Congress declares victory and tells us to pack up and go home. As David writes, We need the grassroots to be engaged, pushing back against the many half-ass measures on offer, lobbying on behalf of good measures. And to do that, to engage with the incredibly 'wonky' and complex yet enormously relevant topic of cap-and-trade proposals, people need some simple guidelines to help them see if a climate proposal is a good one or not. We nee...
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What to Do About Global Warming: A Basic Framework for a Good Cap-and-Trade
2007-08-15 02:06:00
David Roberts at GristMill has been writing a series of thoughtful posts on the potential actions the 110th Congress may take to address climate change. As he recognizes in this post, we're now moving beyond simply demanding that Congress do something about global warming and have start thinking about what we want that something to look like. If we can't articulate some simple principles, we risk having growing momentum and calls for action co-opted to pass a weak, ineffective climate bill that fails to get the job done at the same time that Congress declares victory and tells us to pack up and go home. As David writes, We need the grassroots to be engaged, pushing back against the many half-ass measures on offer, lobbying on behalf of good measures. And to do that, to engage with the incredibly 'wonky' and complex yet enormously relevant topic of cap-and-trade proposals, people need some simple guidelines to help them see if a climate proposal is a good one or not. We nee...
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An Interview with Docter James Hansen
2007-08-13 21:26:00
[It's Getting Hot In Here has a great interview with Dr. James Hans en, widely regarded as America's top climate scientist. Dr. Hansen discusses a moratorium on coal-fired power plants, the role of 'clean coal' technology, and youth participation in the climate solutions movement. Special thanks to Whit Jones and the It's Getting Hot In Here community for putting together this interview...] Last weekend Iowa native Dr. James Hansen of NASA's Goddard Institute made a homecoming trip to the Hawkeye state to join the March to ReEnergize Iowa and deliver the keynote address at the final rally. See the complete transcript of his speech here and read about the rally in the Des Moines Register. Dr. Hansen echoed his call for a moratorium on coal and increased youth participation in the preservation of our future. The It's Getting Hot In Here community generated a list of questions that were delivered to Dr. Hansen and his responses are included below. Please be sure to leave your t...
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An Interview with Docter James Hansen
2007-08-13 21:26:00
[It's Getting Hot In Here has a great interview with Dr. James Hansen , widely regarded as America's top climate scientist. Dr. Hansen discusses a moratorium on coal-fired power plants, the role of 'clean coal' technology, and youth participation in the climate solutions movement. Special thanks to Whit Jones and the It's Getting Hot In Here community for putting together this interview...] Last weekend Iowa native Dr. James Hansen of NASA's Goddard Institute made a homecoming trip to the Hawkeye state to join the March to ReEnergize Iowa and deliver the keynote address at the final rally. See the complete transcript of his speech here and read about the rally in the Des Moines Register. Dr. Hansen echoed his call for a moratorium on coal and increased youth participation in the preservation of our future. The It's Getting Hot In Here community generated a list of questions that were delivered to Dr. Hansen and his responses are included below. Please be sure to leave your t...
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Step it UP 2: Bigger, Badder and In Search of a Leader!
2007-08-13 20:55:00
Announcing Step it UP! 2, November 3rd, 2007. The sequel will be even bigger and badder than the original - but only with your help! On April 14th, 2007, hundreds of thousands of citizens joined forces to send a loud and clear message to Congress: Step it UP, Congress: Cut Carbon 80% by 2050. Students joined seasoned activists alongside everyone from soccer moms to hippies at over 1,400 different rallies and events held across the United States as part of the national Step it UP! 2007 day of action. At city squares and village greens, on the tops of mountains and along threatened coastlines - there were even events underwater (check out this slideshow) - concerned citizens all across the country came together in what became the largest day of environmental protest since Earth Day 1970. We came together to draw a line in the sand and demand action to address the climate crisis. Step it UP! 2007 gathered national and local media attention. We engaged our elected officials - many ...
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