by Ben Block on June 2, 2009
The International Partnership for Energy Efficiency
Cooperation, the first high-level body focused exclusively on efficiency, will
inventory national policies and share best practices for efficiency standards,
codes, and labels.
by Anna da Costa on May 29, 2009
A leaked government
report offers a glimpse into India's
potential: 200,000 megawatts of solar energy
generation capacity by 2050. But what would it take?
by Michael Renner on May 21, 2009
With
its auto industry reliant on government support, the United States finally mustered the political
strength to overhaul laggard fuel efficiency standards. Still, higher standards
are needed.
by Anna da Costa and Ben Block on May 21, 2009
India
re-elected the United Progressive Alliance. Although the result is unlikely
to shift India's
approach to climate change, several young candidates may influence the
country's stance.
by Ben Block on May 20, 2009
A leading medical journal is urging public health leaders to help society adapt to a warmer planet - calling climate change "the biggest global health threat of the 21st
century."
by Christopher Flavin on May 15, 2009
Renewable power capacity (excluding large
hydropower) increased a hefty 16 percent last year, according to the new REN21 Renewables Global Status Report.
by Anna da Costa on May 14, 2009
The Honey Bee Network connects grassroots innovators and traditional knowledge
holders with the global economic market, diffusing ideas while protecting knowledge rights.
by Ben Block on May 13, 2009
Biofuels may address climate change more effectively if used
to power electric vehicles rather than refined into ethanol fuel.
by Ben Block on May 6, 2009
The world's leading producer of biofuels proposes to include
lifecycle studies of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with biofuel
production to ensure the fuels benefit climate.
by Ben Block on May 1, 2009
Maria Gunnoe, the 2009 Goldman Environment Prize recipient
for North America, has withstood floods,
contamination of her land, and death threats to challenge the coal industry's
practice of mountaintop removal mining.
Shopping Cart
