by Bill Scher | Sep 24, 2014 | Blog, Climate
Last week I noted that "Capping Carbon Costs Nothing", which is something we already knew but received renewed attention with the release of a new report from the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate. As The New York Times summarized, while there is some...
by Bill Scher | Sep 19, 2014 | Blog, Climate
The White House will be applying a "full-court press" on the climate during the United Nations Climate Summit next week. In addition to President Obama's address to the summit, which will detail all that he is trying to accomplish by executive action, the Cabinet will...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 18, 2014 | Blog, Climate
This is a critical week for the planet. A United Nations conference on the climate will be followed on Saturday by the People’s Climate March, which is expected to be the largest environmental march in history. But it would be a grave mistake, for the planet and for...
by Emily Schwartz Greco | Sep 17, 2014 | Climate
Even if climate science is complicated, author Naomi Klein wants you to know that finding a solution to global warming is easy. In her powerful new book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, the Canadian globalization expert drills through the noisy...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 25, 2014 | Climate
If you want to know how bad the climate crisis is, and what you can do about it, check out “Carbon”; the first in a series of short films aimed at exploring crucial issues related to the climate crisis. [fve]http://youtu.be/pP-Twj2lzB8[/fve] Produced by Tree Media,...
by Emily Schwartz Greco | Aug 14, 2014 | Climate, Economy
By Emily Schwartz Greco and William A. Collins With so many homeowners and businesses making greener energy choices, private utilities — along with big oil, gas, coal, and nuclear companies — see the writing on the wall. Unlike some other denizens of the fossil-fueled...
