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The World Bank’s Climate Change Shenanigans
The World Bank is one of the most well known providers of financing to developing countries for “development” projects. But over the years, the Bank has shown time and again that it sees developmen…
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Climate-Affected Communities Speak Out
UN climate conferences are a bit overwhelming. The negotiations, which are divided into several tracks that go on simultaneously throughout the two weeks, are awash in a sea of acronyms (SBSTA, SBI…
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Australia Ratifies Kyoto, and the US is ALONE
Australia has now ratified the Kyoto Protocol and the United States is left as the only major country refusing to join the agreement. A recent change in government in Australia means that the US is…
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The Start of Talks
Negotiations started today in Bali, Indonesia at the 13th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Over the next two weeks, countries are working to agree to a mandat…
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Fighting for Pavley
California’s Pavley Law, which would limit CO2 emissions of cars and trucks in…
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EPA Study Underlines Need for Ban on Dangerous Fire Retardants
The report, published in the August 15 edition of Environmental Science and Technology, is the latest to…