Cap-and-trade calamity? Au contraire. While the US flounders on regulating carbon, France’s Nicholas Sarkozy is pushing forward with new carbon tax legislation that will only add to France’s edge in the emerging green economy.
After Van Jones Resigns, His ‘Homeboys’ Keep on ‘Greening the Ghetto’
September 10, 2009 By 1 Comment
Ousted White House adviser Van Jones’ green-collar ghettos legacy lives in a Los Angeles-area program that trains former gang members to install solar panels.
International Treaty Establishes Plant Arks around Globe
September 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
China has lost nearly 90% of the wheat varieties that were grown across the country sixty years ago and India grows only 10% of the rice varieties that appeared in its fields a hundred years ago.
Fifth Judge for Chevron Amazon hearing withdraws
September 7, 2009 By 6 Comments
Judge Juan Nunez has recused himself in the case which focuses around claims that Chevron has been environmentally irresponsible in Ecuador’s Amazonian rainforest. He is the fifth judge to leave the case.
Senate Climate Debate: Six to Watch on the Climb to Sixty
September 6, 2009 By 4 Comments
If the Senate can get 60 votes for climate change legislation, these are the six Senators that lobbyists will be courting, the White House will be pressing, and you should be watching.
India Continues to Argue Against Emission Cuts Even as Emissions are Set to Quadruple by 2030
September 5, 2009 By 3 Comments
Environmental Protest Round-Up 5 September 2009
September 5, 2009 By 1 Comment
September isn’t usually the silly season, but this week’s environmental protests are all weird, wonderful, whacky or … missing!
Angola Aims to Double its Fuel Riches
September 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The tendency of African nations to invest in non-food crop is worrying the FAO which says that private and foreign ownership of large tracts of African land could destabilise local communities who will be deprived of access to water, food and other natural resources
Duke Energy Pulls Support for Dirty ‘Clean Coal’ Lobby
September 2, 2009 By 2 Comments
Duke Energy, the North Carolina-based electric utility announced on Wednesday it would be leaving the clean coal lobbying group, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), over differences with the organizations opposition to clean energy and climate legislation being considered by Congress.
Why American PV Makers Do Not Want Cheap Solar
September 2, 2009 By 2 Comments
Suddenly, “green business” is a little low on green and high on business. Companies that were built to take on Big Oil are now sharpening their elbows in the lobbying fight to make sure that the bottom line does not fall victim to grid enhancements that are built out by someone else.
