Terry Tamminen on "The Carbon Cops"
By Admin / On February 4th, 2010
Writing on his Fast Company blog, Lives Per Gallon author Terry Tamminen writes:
What is the Relevance of Vavilov in the Year 2010?
By Gary Paul Nabhan / On January 20th, 2010
Ed. note: Gary Nabhan was recently given the honor of presenting the biennial Vavilov Memorial Lecture in Moscow and offering a similar lecture in Saint Petersburg, and was further honored with the gift of the Vavilov Medal. These are his reflections after years of retracing Vavilov through the centers of food diversity, while writing the book Where Our Food Comes From, and after spending time with the staff of the Vavilov General Genetics Institute in Moscow, and VIR in Saint Petersburg.
Water for Haiti
By Admin / On January 14th, 2010
Peter Gleick on the earthquake crisis in Haiti:
I urge people to make donations to whatever organizations they trust to deliver help. I've donated to the American Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders, but there are many more.
In any disaster like this, after search, rescue, and immediate medical care, clean and safe water becomes a critical need. Without it, water-related diseases rapidly become a serious health threat for the survivors.
Nothing to fear from denialists.
By Admin / On December 17th, 2009
On Grist, Jay Inslee vents about the "birthers" and climate-change deniers:
A youth movement in Copenhagen?
By Admin / On December 15th, 2009
Terry Tamminen on the youth activists at Copenhagen's COP15 talks:
Obvious answers for obvious questions at Copenhagen.
By Wade Davis / On December 14th, 2009
The obvious questions provoke the obvious answers. From my reading of the literature over the last month, and from everything I have learned at Copenhagen, there can be no doubt that the scientific consensus on climate change is consistent and overwhelming. So it leaves us with a quandary. All of these researchers, across a half dozen academic disciplines, are either right or they are terribly wrong.
We have the data on climate change--but can it spur action?
By Chuck Savitt / On December 11th, 2009
In a dramatic break with recent policy, the Environmental Protection Agency has just formally announced plans to regulate climate changing pollution under the Clean Air Act, declaring clear evidence that greenhouse gases "threaten the public health and welfare of the American people." President Obama has pledged to attend the second week of the COP15 climate change talks in Cope
Peter Gleick on water conflicts.
By Admin / On December 10th, 2009
Peter Gleick describes the history of the Water Conflict Chronology and the bottom line for water resources:
The zero-sum game.
By Admin / On December 10th, 2009
Terry Tamminen has a new post on Fast Company's blog about the carbon taxes and cap and trade:
EPA "fighting to make up for lost time."
By Admin / On December 9th, 2009
Over on Post Carbon, Juliet Eilperin notes the EPA's changing stance on greenhouse gases:
Making a pitch to an international community that has demanded bolder action from Washington on climate change, [Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa] Jackson detailed a list of measures ranging from stricter fuel economy standards to the promotion of renewable offshore energy projects.