There are always all sorts of meetings, conferences, conventions and other gatherings ongoing. Here are a few worthy of note. Governors' Global Climate Summit , The Governator, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, will host US governors and some top international policymakers on climate change and energy in LA next week. Governors taking part in this event […]
Poland , The major international climate change meetings of the year are taking place in Poznan, December 1 through 12. This is the last "Conference of the Parties" (COP) to the UNFCCC before the critical COP in Copenhagen in December of 2009. (Here is Poland's website for the conference as well.) In the wake of […]
An item in the "FT" caught my eye recently: Wal-Mart to seek greener supply chain. Fun fact: "In the US alone, Wal-Mart is estimated to sell about $30bn of goods annually that are made by about 30,000 factories in China, or about 10 per cent of all US imports." (I touched on what some retailers […]
John McCain’s Role – Watching John McCain’s concession speech the other night, I was struck by the sincerity in his pledge to help the new President with the work ahead. Here’s an article from AP, via Yahoo, that gives me further food for thought: Democrats say McCain can help mediate standoffs. McCain has a track […]
As you know, Barack Obama yesterday won the Presidency, and the Senate Democrats netted at least five more seats in the Senate and at least 17 seats in the House. As you also know, and as Barbara Boxer so eloquently reminded Jim Inhofe after the 2006 Democratic changeover in the Senate, “elections have consequences.” I said […]
A Splash of Green for the Rust Belt is the title of this terrific article from the "NY Times." What this article does, better than any I've read, is make the reality of job creation in the renewables industry palpable. We've seen a lot of great numbers on this: Daniel Yergin's $7 trillion in renewables […]
Forests – I don’t think I’ve adequately covered the subject of forest loss and its extraordinary impact on warming. 20% of warming induced by people comes from forest destruction. I mentioned the extraordinary losses in Borneo in the last post below. We’ve also touched on some incredible potential for carbon sequestration in the heart of […]
Hawaii – One aspect of these paradise islands that takes away some of the glimmer is their reliance on fossil fuels, all of which is imported. The Hawaiians have resolved to not only shift this state of affairs by transitioning to renewables, but they’re going for all the gusto: They’re shooting for 70% of their energy […]
Here are some great stories from major media that merit a look. Beyond these stories, these publications have consistently great coverage on climate change and matters directly relevant to our subject. There’s also a book here for your consideration. National Geographic – This old and universally respected magazine has had an increasingly high profile on […]
Here are some items that I think are worthy of your attention. As always, there is a lot happening, so I can only hope I'm looking at some of the more interesting and salient issues. Don't forget to visit some of the sites at the Blogroll at right for all sorts of great stories and […]
If you haven't made up your mind and want to see how McCain and Obama are on climate change and the environment, some of this material might help you. If you have made up your mind, this stuff might give you an idea of how President Obama or President McCain might pursue matters of the […]
The museum has been a cornerstone of natural history research and public education since it first opened its doors in 1871. Most people who've grown up in the NY metropolitan area have spent many happy hours there learning and being amazed and tourists come from all over the world. AMNH has a brand-new exhibit on […]
Electric Cars – There’s more good coverage on the promising trend to ZEV surface transportation. See Any colour as long as it is green* from the “FT” yesterday. Mitsubishi is getting out in front of GM and Renault-Nissan on electric cars. The car is small but it’s got range and it’s ten times cheaper to […]
These are some juicy items I've been saving up. They probably should be savored by you and me more fully, "But at my back, I always hear, time's winged chariot hurrying near." PV Paint , This is very beautiful, as an old rugby clubmate of mine might've said: Solar Paint on Steel Could Generate Renewable […]
I went to an interesting confabulation yesterday up at the Earth Institute. Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute, and Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UNFCC, kicked around the relative merits of the financial architecture of the Kyoto Protocol. In a nutshell, Sachs thought the way we've been doing business in terms of […]