A civil society analysis of mitigation issues in the Durban talks
This briefing reviews the state of the existing forest carbon market as well as the costs and benefits of a carbon offset approach for developing countries, indigenous peoples and local communities to inform policy debates at the Durban climate talks. Des
Re: EPA’s “Accounting Framework for Biogenic CO2 Emissions from Stationary Sources.”
Letter asking Congress to reject efforts to continue or expand federal support for corn ethanol in any appropriations, tax or debt reduction package.
Letter urging Obama to employ any legal means to put a halt to hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”), a highly controversial and dangerous method of “natural” gas exploration, until and unless the environmental and health impacts of this process are well unde
Opposition to H.R. 3210, the Retailers and Entertainers Lacey Implementation and Enforcement Fairness (RELIEF) Act
The State of California is poised to become the first cap and trade market to accept forest carbon offset credits for compliance purposes. This briefing paper details the related problems and risks.
Letter objecting to the complete exclusion of observers from the second day of the Carbon Fund meeting in Barcelona.
Re: Conversion of “marginal lands” for the purpose of biofuel production.