NY Times Editorial Makes The Climate Case Against Keystone

The March 11 editorial in the New York Times says the overriding reason President Obama should reject the Keystone XL pipeline is climate change.

http://theenergycollective.com/josephromm/197221/climate-case-against-

Obama Nominee for EPA Has Track Record of Safeguarding Health and the Environment

President Obama has announced he is nominating Gina McCarthy to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. McCarthy's track record of standing up for clean air, climate action, and public health shows that we can count on her to protect our environment and communities.

http://theenergycollective.com/francesbeinecke/194791/obama-nominee-ep

The Importance (or not) of Climate Change Rallies

Seems every day there is a new rally related to the environment. But in the 21st century, should we re-evaluate the effectiveness of a rally?

http://theenergycollective.com/globalwarmingisreal/187946/importance-o

Will Climate Change Hawk Kerry Kill Keystone XL?

The Senate confirmed John Kerry as a Secretary of State by a vote of 94 to 3. I believe this is a turning point in the fight to stop the Keystone XL pipeline. Once again, I do not think that a man who had dedicated his Senate career to fighting catastrophic climate change would start his term as Secretary approving the expansion of one of the dirtiest sources of fossil fuels in the world.

http://theenergycollective.com/josephromm/178816/kerry-keystone-xl-pip

Nicholas Stern: I Got It Wrong On Climate Change-It's Far, Far Worse

Looking back, I underestimated the risks. The planet and the atmosphere seem to be absorbing less carbon than we expected, and emissions are rising pretty strongly. Some of the effects are coming through more quickly than we thought then.

http://theenergycollective.com/josephromm/178351/nicholas-stern-i-got-

Media Bias in Covering Obama Climate Change Policy?

I understand why fossil-fuel-funded conservatives assert that climate change is "liberal." By why do the Associated Press and Washington Post fall into the label trap? Now even Rasmussen, a firm with a well-known conservative bias, found in a poll the day before the election that 68% of American voters see global warming as a "serious problem."

http://theenergycollective.com/josephromm/177621/washpost-and-ap-obama

Why Does the U.S. Lack an Objective and Coherent Climate Policy?

The Federal Government has yet to approve a specific climate policy. Since the U.S. Senate rejected the 1997 Kyoto Protocol no Administration has formally proposed a climate policy to Congress. The Federal Government has, however, developed many non-climate energy regulations that have significantly reduced U.S. carbon emissions over past 30 years. And, since the Supreme Court empowered the EPA to control carbon emissions, the U.S. is being subjected to miscellaneous carbon reduction regulations without well defined climate policy objectives. Why does the U.S. still lack an effective climate policy today?

http://theenergycollective.com/jemillerep/165566/draft-posting-progres

Fiscal Cliff Threatens Environmental Protections

If Congress fails to reach an agreement, automatic, across-the-board spending cuts would kick in, making it much harder for the government to deliver the health and environmental protections people value. We would feel these punishing cuts in our daily lives.

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theenergycollective_allposts/~3/i9HNxT_pjWg/fiscal-cliff-threatens-environmental-protections-voters-supported

http://theenergycollective.com/josephromm/142946/fiscal-cliff-threatens-environmental-protections-voters-supported

Capitalism, Energy, and Climate Change (Occupy Boston FSU)

Climate change is one of the most dangerous effects of corporate greed. Huge profits result from the ever-growing use of coal, oil, and natural gas, supported by a business-environment. Yet if current trends are allowed to continue, global warming will cause rising temperatures and sea levels, and increasingly frequent extreme weather events, undermining the environment that our lives depend on. Climate "tipping points," leading to abrupt, irreversible harm, could occur within the lifetime of today's young adults. There is an urgent need for radical change, for reconstruction of the economy to meet human needs and protect the earth's environment.

This class discusses:

What's the problem?

• Review of scientific aspects of climate change

Why is it so profitable to destroy the environment?

• Subsidies to energy industries
• Failure to make polluters pay for pollution
• History of industrialization leads to bias in favor of dirty technologies

What do we need to build a sustainable economy?

• The potential for efficiency and renewable energy
• Electricity without fossil fuels
• Rethinking and rebuilding transportation

What will it take to get there?

• Defeating the energy industry and it's supporters in Congress
• Building a clean energy infrastructure
• Global agreement
• Cooperation and funding for spreading best practices and most advanced technologies around the world

What will it cost?

• Very little, compared to the cost of ever-increasing environmental destruction!

Frank Ackerman is a senior economist and director of the Climate Economics Group at the Stockholm Environment Institute's U.S. Center, a research institute at Tufts University. He is the author of numerous books, articles, and reports on climate, energy, and environmental policy; his latest book is: "Can We Afford the Future? The Economics of a Warming World." He was a founder and editor of Dollars & Sense magazine, and is active in Economists for Equity and Environment (E3 Network). He has a PhD in economics, Harvard University. He writes for Triple Crisis, Grist, and other blogs.

Vital Climate Graphics @ UNEP

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Vital Climate Graphics @ UNEP

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This is an extensive set of pictures displaying the effects of climate change.

The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI)

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The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI)

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The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting environmentally sustainable societies. EESI believes meeting this goal requires transitions to social and economic patterns that sustain people, the environment and the natural resources upon which present and future generations depend. EESI produces credible, timely information and innovative public policy initiatives that lead to these transitions. These products take the form of publications, briefings, work shops and task forces.

EESI carries out policymaker education and analysis projects in the areas of energy efficiency and renewable energy, global climate change, agriculture, biofuels, smart-growth, and clean bus technologies. Cross-cutting efforts are focused on alternative environmental strategies.

Fiscal Cliff Threatens Environmental Protections

If Congress fails to reach an agreement, automatic, across-the-board spending cuts would kick in, making it much harder for the government to deliver the health and environmental protections people value. We would feel these punishing cuts in our daily lives.

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/theenergycollective_allposts/~3/i9HNxT_pjWg/fiscal-cliff-threatens-environmental-protections-voters-supported

http://theenergycollective.com/josephromm/142946/fiscal-cliff-threatens-environmental-protections-voters-supported