Climate of Change

Dec 30, 2008

Prospects for a new deal on climate change after the UN climate conference in Poland.

Skewed Priorities

Skewed Priorities

Nov 24, 2008

The approximately $4.1 trillion that the United States and European governments have committed to bail out financial firms is 40 times the money they’re spending to fight climate and poverty crises in the developing world.

IPS Mandate for Change Election Series: The Election and Climate Action

Nov 11, 2008

U.S. action on energy and climate change has been a hot topic in this election season. Join us for an in-depth analysis of how the results of the 2008 presidential election will impact national climate and energy policy, and the implications for international climate action.

Panelists: 

Janet Redman, Researcher, Sustainable Energy and Economy Network, IPS
Brent Blackwelder, President, Friends of the Earth US
James Barrett, Executive Director, Redefining Progress
Arjun Makhijani, President, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research

Moderator: Daphne Wysham, Fellow, IPS

This event is part of the Institute for Policy Studies series of provocative brown-bag luncheon discussions of the various issues in the platforms of the Democratic, Republican, Green, and Independent presidential candidates. IPS and Chester Hartman have a new book coming out at the culmination of this brown-bag series, Mandate for Change, which will put forth what we feel are the best and most creative policy solutions for these and other pressing local, national and international issues.

About the Panelists:
Janet Redman is a researcher for the Sustainable Energy and Economy Network at the Institute for Policy Studies, where she provides analysis of the international financial institutions’ energy investment and carbon finance activities. Redman has been active in establishing Climate Justice Now!, a global network of organizations and movements committed to the fight for social, ecological, and gender justice.

Brent Blackwelder, President of Friends of the Earth U.S., is one of the nation’s leading environmental advocates. An architect of significant legislation to protect natural resources and clean up pollution, Blackwelder has presented more than 100 testimonies before Congress on environmental matters and is currently the most senior environmental lobbyist in Washington.

James Barrett is the Executive Director of Redefining Progress, a public policy think tank dedicated to smart economics. Barrett has worked on a variety of issues concerning energy and environmental economics, including the impacts of carbon reduction programs on the U.S. economy, the economic implications of opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration, and the technical and economic feasibility of hydrogen production.

Arjun Makhijani, President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, has produced many studies and articles on nuclear fuel cycle related issues, including weapons production, testing, and nuclear waste, over the past 20 years. Most recently, Dr. Makhijani has authored "Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free: A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy," the first thorough attempt to show how the U.S. could transition to an energy economy based completely on renewable energy by 2050, without any use of fossil fuels, nuclear power, or carbon offsets.

Moderator Daphne Wysham is a fellow and board member of the Institute for Policy Studies, founder and director of the Sustainable Energy & Economy Network, and co-host of Earthbeat Radio. Her research and writings have appeared in local, national and international media.

This event is free and open to the public.

For more information, please contact Janet Redman at janet@ips-dc.org or (202) 234-9382.

Radio Event: Dr. Helen Caldicott at Busboys and Poets

Oct 19, 2008

Renowned lecturer and anti-nuclear crusader, Dr. Helen Caldicott will be joining IPS Fellow and Earthbeat Radio Host Daphne Wysham and Dr. Arjun Makhijani, Founder and President of the Institute for Energy & Environmental Research at the new Busboys and Poets to discuss her recent book, ”Nuclear Power is Not the Answer.”  The new Busboys is located at 1025 5th at K Street, NW.

Named one of the most influential women of the 20th century by the Smithsonian Institute and a Nobel Prize nominee, the Australia-born Caldicott left a medical career that included stints at Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Boston to devote her life to the prevention of nuclear war. She co-founded Physicians for Social Responsibility, an organization of 23,000 doctors committed to educating their colleagues about the dangers of nuclear power, nuclear weapons and nuclear war. Her efforts were the subject of the 1982 Academy Award-winning documentary “If You Love This Planet.” Caldicott has received more than 20 honorary degrees, and has authored seven books.

Earthbeat airs in 49 radio stations in the U.S. and Canada, reaching over 2 million listeners. This broadcast is the first in a series of live lectures we will be airing for distribution internationally. There will be a question and answer period following Caldicott’s talk, and a book-signing. Suggested donation in support of the non-profit Earthbeat Radio is $20. For more information, call 202-789-2227.

 

 

Dirty is the New Clean

Oct 9, 2008

A Critique of the World Bank’s Strategic Framework for Development and Climate Change.

Gores Challenge Puts the Heat On

Aug 16, 2008

Gore’s call for the United States to source all its electricity from clean, renewable energy within a decade is truly revolutionary.

The Waste-Pickers of Delhi

Aug 4, 2008

The original Delhi recyclers have turned garbage into cash for decades. Now, a carbon-credit-generating incinerator may put them out of business.