From the Frontlines: May 20th, 2010
Afghanistan, financial reform, and the nation’s first carbon tax.
From the Frontlines: May 19th, 2010
What the primaries mean, Monsanto’s antics, and young people on immigration.
Kerry, Lieberman Promote Offshore Oil, Coal, Nukes, Offsets in New “Climate” Bill
There’s not much in the bill that will actually fight climate change.
American Power Act
New energy bill mixes support for coal, nuclear, and oil industries with measures meant to reduce pollution and planet-warming emissions.
Senate Introduces Climate Bill
Unfortunately, it’s far from what we need.
Bolivia Climate Conference: Indigenous Peoples Design Roadmap to New World
Indigenous peoples from around the world, including Maori from New Zealand and Gwich’in from the far north in Alaska, came to the World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth to share their wisdom and set new ground rules to ensure the protection of Mother Earth and the survival of the planet.
Cochabamba’s Message: Let the People Speak
The World People’s Conference on Climate Change held last week in Bolivia was an experiment in replacing the less-than-democratic UN process with one that invites public participation. But what’s the difference between Copenhagen and Cochabamba?
Senate Emissions
The Senate climate bill is set to be released on Monday, April 26.
Report from Cochabamba
Daphne Wysham discusses the outcome of the peoples’ climate summit in Cochabamba, Bolivia
Indigenous People Take on the Climate Crisis in Cochabamba
Hopes are high that this summit will represent a turning point the process and product of climate negotiations.
Will America Buy a New Climate Policy?
Congress is deadlocked on the issue of climate change. But a new bill, with bipartisan support, has a good chance of breaking the deadlock and actually reducing U.S. carbon emissions.
Panel Discussion: World Bank, Climate Change, and Climate Finance
Despite widespread civil society opposition in South Africa and abroad, the World Bank just approved a $3.75 billion loan to help South African utility company Eskom build one of the world’s largest coal plants. Please join us for an update on the Eskom loan and on the role of the World Bank in both causing and responding to climate change. The panel will also consider the intersection of the World Bank and international climate negotiations, where the World Bank is vying for a major role in financing adaptation and mitigation efforts in developing countries.
Why is Obama Drilling?
There’s only so much oil in the ground, so what is the Obama administration thinking with its new offshore oil program?
Investing in Green Energy
Here’s one way to address the climate crisis.
We are What We Eat
Get a great new book about how our eating patterns impact the Earth for free.