Green Scissors 2011 tackles environmentally harmful spending in four major areas: energy, agriculture, transportation, and land and water.
This report examines the harmful impacts of short sea shipping in California and proposes ways to reduce them.
This report examines the underhanded tactics and motivations of TransCanada Pipelines in pushing for approval of its proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline.
How the Renewable Fuel Standard mandates the consumption of biofuels that contribute to climate change.
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
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
How can the World Bank Group lead on climate finance without an energy strategy to decarbonize its lending portfolio?
This report provides recommendations for minimizing the environmental risks associated with polar shipping.
Carbon trading systems are complex, and the more complex they are, the easier they are to manipulate
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.