by Ben Block on November 20, 2009
Without Senate leadership on climate change, U.S. negotiators will not likely approve legally
binding emission reductions in Copenhagen,
Denmark, next
month.
by Ben Block on November 17, 2009 Norway announced last week a $30
million commitment to help Guyana implement an avoided deforestation
plan. Guyana, a heavily forested country, is unique among recipients
of deforestation-related carbon funding.
by Anna da Costa on October 28, 2009
A high-level technology summit
in Delhi made progress on several key issues
that will confront governments at the international climate negotiations in December.
by Ben Block on October 26, 2009
The latest Pew survey finds that fewer U.S.
residents consider climate change to be a "serious" threat, compared to
previous surveys. The results suggest that those who disseminate climate science are losing ground, analysts said.
by Ben Block on October 21, 2009
U.S.
consumers pay less for their energy than consumers in most
industrialized nations. Yet electricity and fuel prices typically fail to
reflect the full cost of energy production and consumption, especially in terms
of health effects.
by Ben Block on October 19, 2009 A coalition of businesses,
environmentalists, and scientists is uniting to request that U.S.
climate policy help tropical nations protect their forests as an
affordable carbon offset strategy.
Plans are forming behind the scenes for a gathering reminiscent of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro to address environmental issues that have lost international attention in recent years.
As Europe's energy future
shifts offshore, wind developers have found that mastering European waters is
more challenging than many expected, especially as projects are sited farther
out and built with larger turbines.
by Anna da Costa on October 5, 2009
As international climate
negotiations progress, India
has shown signs of more proactive engagement both internationally and at home.
by Yingling Liu on October 2, 2009
A government warning against overinvestment in the Chinese polysilicon
industry is helping to phase out smaller producers that use less sophisticated
technologies and have higher operating costs.
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