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Hot water for Chile’s slums, courtesy of the sun
Written on 15 Mar, 2010 at 13:44 in Blogs | viewed times | 0 Comments
By Helen Hughes — Special to GlobalPost SANTIAGO, Chile — Jacquelin Marin has no running hot water at home. For a while, she had no real home at all. ... (Continue reading)
Too few women in U.N. climate jobs? Ban names 19-man panel
Written on 12 Mar, 2010 at 7:42 in Blogs | viewed times | 0 Comments
A women’s group is criticising the United Nations for appointing only men to a 19-strong panel of experts to work out how to raise billions of dollars to fight climate change. “A planet of men? Since when?” asks the German-based Gender CC — Women... (Continue reading)
Can the U.S. compete with China in the green economy?
Written on 11 Mar, 2010 at 14:28 in Blogs | viewed times | 0 Comments
Fred Krupp is president of the Environmental Defense Fund . The views expressed are his own. It’s as though three mammoth challenges facing America are intertwined like the strands of a rope: reducing our dependence on Mideast oil; creating... (Continue reading)
Arctic leaking methane: but since when?
Written on 8 Mar, 2010 at 4:10 in Blogs | viewed times | 0 Comments
Scientists studying remote Arctic seas north of Siberia have found high levels of the powerful greenhouse gas methane , in some places bubbling up from the seabed. But is it new (extremely alarming as a possible sign of climate change), impossible to know how... (Continue reading)
Obama, politics and nuclear waste
Written on 5 Mar, 2010 at 11:34 in Blogs | viewed times | 0 Comments
-Bernd Debusmann is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own- The project involved more than 2,500 scientists. ... (Continue reading)
Flood drowns Taipei in cinematic wake-up call
Written on 5 Mar, 2010 at 4:08 in Blogs | viewed times | 0 Comments
American sci-fi blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow warned global audiences about climate change as it showed New York smothered by ice as temperatures plunged worldwide. But the 2004 movie evidently made little impact on growth-crazy Asia, which has gone... (Continue reading)
Senator Graham shouts “Play Ball!”
Written on 3 Mar, 2010 at 9:27 in Blogs | viewed times | 0 Comments
Asher Miller is executive director of think tank Post Carbon Institute . Any opinion expressed here is his own. It should come as no surprise to anyone paying attention to the politics of climate legislation to hear Senator Lindsey... (Continue reading)
Top 5 greenest cities in the world
Written on 1 Mar, 2010 at 12:13 in Blogs | viewed times | 0 Comments
This article by Beth Hodgson originally appeared in GlobalPost . Over the last few months, we’ve seen serious discussions taking place globally as countries and cities pledge to go green. Some cities have made greener strides than others, which... (Continue reading)
Caveat investor: Wind may let you down
Written on 26 Feb, 2010 at 8:36 in Blogs | viewed times | 0 Comments
John Laforet is president of Wind Concerns Ontario , a coalition of 42 grassroots organizations aiming to curtail development of wind farms in the central Canadian province of Ontario. He is also running for municipal public office . Governments... (Continue reading)
Is Bloom Energy the next GE?
Written on 23 Feb, 2010 at 14:55 in Blogs | viewed times | 0 Comments
The blogosphere is rumbling with anticipation of the “Bloom Box” , a pint-sized “power plant” that could change the way we power our homes and offices forever. The buzz began Sunday when 60 minutes aired an exclusive profile of... (Continue reading)
