No more nuclear power for Switzerland
If the folks who make those perfect little clocks and watches don’t trust nuclear power, why on earth do we?
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UN chief says world environmental model is a “Global suicide pact”
Harsh words from the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon. Speaking to world economic and political leaders in Davos, Switzerland, he said we need a revolution in environmental thinking or face global disaster. “Let me highlight the one resource that is scarcest of all: Time. We are running out of time. Time to tackle climate change. Time […]
Environment Versus The Bottom Line – Weird Wall Street Trading Markets
The longer I am here at the Wall Street Green Trading Summit, the less this feels like anything to do with environmentalism. At some point, when does off-setting stop being feasible, and when does carbon reduction become the name of the game?
Fixing Our Electric Grid and Solar Panels for All (even the underfunded)
The summit is over for today, but I wanted to throw some concluding thoughts out after an afternoon spent discussing good business models for producing alternative energy and for overhauling our current electrical grid.
Trading Carbon at the Wall Street Green Trading Summit
Excuse Me, Waiter? What Year is this Carbon?
Live from the Wall Street Green Trading Summit
We’re coming at you live with special Red, Green, and Blue coverage from New York’s very own Wall Street Green Trading Summit.
China Blames West for Putting Climate Talks in Danger of ‘Disastrous Failure’
Ever since negotiations for a successor to the Kyoto Protocol begun last year, we’ve been waiting to hear about progress. But as Yu Qingtai, China’s special representative for climate change talks says, things are looking a little gloomy.
Trade and Climate Policies Must Be Linked in Post-Kyoto World
China, and the mixed responsibilities in ensuring that their export and trade industry does not single-handedly doom the planet to a carbon ridden future.
International Climate Negotiations Criticized by Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous groups from the Americas, Africa and Asia are worried that, if industrialized nations are allowed to purchase carbon rights from their forests, they will lose out, seeing ownership change hands without them even being consulted.
Climate Change Discussions Gaining Momentum in Africa
Africa has so far gone relatively unnoticed in climate change debates, perhaps because it’s seen as a place involved in too many civil wars and too much poverty to be a player in international agreements.