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Green Scissors 2011

Green Scissors 2011 tackles environmentally harmful spending in four major areas: energy, agriculture, transportation, and land and water.

Expanding short sea shipping in California: Environmental impacts and recommended best practices

This report examines the harmful impacts of short sea shipping in California and proposes ways to reduce them.

Dirty Business: How TransCanada Pipelines bullies farmers, manipulates oil markets, threatens fresh water and skimps on safety in the United States.

This report examines the underhanded tactics and motivations of TransCanada Pipelines in pushing for approval of its proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline.

Corn ethanol and climate change

How the Renewable Fuel Standard mandates the consumption of biofuels that contribute to climate change.

REDD+ and carbon markets: Ten myths exploded

The United Nations’ negotiations on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation – REDD+ – has become increasingly central in global discussions on climate change. This paper takes on ten misconceptions about the suitability of carbon mar

State the Forest Carbon Markets: A Critical Perspective

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

Unclear on the Concept

How can the World Bank Group lead on climate finance without an energy strategy to decarbonize its lending portfolio?

The Case for a strong Polar Code

This report provides recommendations for minimizing the environmental risks associated with polar shipping.

Ten Ways to Game the Carbon Market

Carbon trading systems are complex, and the more complex they are, the easier they are to manipulate

Synthetic solutions to the climate crisis: The dangers of synthetic biology for biofuels production

This report highlights our concerns with using synthetic biology to develop next-generation fuels. Synthetic biology is a dangerous, untested, unregulated technology that threatens the environment and public health.