On November 18th, China and India, the world’s fastest growing countries, both in population and GHG emissions, signed a five-year agreement of cooperate on climate change issues. In the grand schemes of things, this is very large, strategic move. The agreement strengthens the ties between these two countries before, during and after the Copenhagen negotiations. […]
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With the Copenhagen conference just over a month away, there have been a number of developments—both positive and negative—towards achieving a legally binding climate treaty that will guide global action on climate change. Particular attention has been given to the issues of targets and financing. At the recent European Union Summit in Brussels, European leaders […]
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In the summer of 2006 my hometowns of El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico saw something they had not seen before: torrential rains that lasted for about a week. As a desert environment, the region tends to have long periods of drought with a short-lived periods of intense precipitation in the summer months. For example, […]
The automotive industry is a large industry where there is potential for trying improve emissions standards in the United States. The Obama Administration has committed to tougher standards than have been adopted in the past. This sector has the potential to be both economically helpful to citizens as well as lower emissions.The administration has proposed […]
Continue reading about A Bad Role Model: The US Automobile Industry
For many years, I have struggled with the pressing question: how do we enact change? How do I, as an individual, assist in correcting the global climate change problem that we face? Although I hate to say it, I think policy is the most effective avenue to see the change that we want. The initiative […]
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