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OPINION: Turn up the Heat in the Climate Battle

by Michael Renner on June 29, 2009
Put legislators and corporate executives on notice: politics as usual will not save the planet. It is time to turn up the heat in the fight against global warming.

Interview with IRENA Director General Nominee Hélène Pelosse

by Ben Block on June 25, 2009
IRENA members are meeting this weekend in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to choose a headquarters and select a director-general. Hélène Pelosse, French Minister of State's deputy head of staff of international affairs, is one of four director-general nominees.

Interview with IRENA Director-General Nominee Arthouros Zervos

by Ben Block on June 24, 2009
IRENA members are meeting this weekend in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to choose a headquarters and select a director-general. Arthouros Zervos, the Global Wind Energy Council chairman, is one of four director-general nominees.

Interview with IRENA Director General Nominee Hans Jǿrgen Koch

by Ben Block on June 24, 2009
IRENA members are meeting this weekend in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt to choose a headquarters and select a director general. Hans Jǿrgen Koch, a former International Energy Agency director, is one of four director general nominees.

IRENA Politics May “Taint” Agency, Advocates Say

by Ben Block on June 23, 2009
Clean energy advocates worry that military support or investments in non-renewable energy sources may influence where the International Renewable Energy Agency is headquartered.

Climate Change Melts the Rockies

by Press on June 17, 2009
A perfect storm in the Rocky Mountains driven by population growth, a warming climate, and economic development has put both the region's ecosystems and its economy in jeopardy, according to the latest issue of World Watch magazine.

Climate Debate Overlooks Small Businesses

by Ben Block on June 15, 2009
Small companies are mostly disengaged from the climate debate, businesses advocates say, yet environmentally conscious, small enterprises could become influential supporters of climate legislation.
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