I’ve just returned from the 5th Urban Research Symposium in Marseille, which this year focused on cities and climate change. We were presenting our work on the modelling of urban energy systems and it was a great chance to talk shop and see what others were doing in the same area. One of the main th ...
The media's total abdication of its responsibility to report fairly and accurately the Obama administration's plan to sacrifice the American capitalist economy to the false god of manmade climate change is shocking. The House of Representatives disgraced itself rushing a bill off to the Senate that ...
An excellent site (winner of a Webby Award) to learn more about deforestation, conservation and personal involvement. Conservation International (CI) is an organization that is committed to creating a global movement that will help protect and sustain Earth's plant and animal diversity. One of the m ...
sculpture shed, originally uploaded by bridgetmckenz. I’m writing a book about coastal and estuary places that are threatened by rising sea levels, thinking about the value of the cultural heritage in these places, and exploring the role of cultural and creative activists in tackling the problem and ...
Brussels is currently buzzing, and this is not only due to the fact that the sun is shining (a rare event in Belgium). Green Week, an annual event of the Environment Directorate of the European Commission, began on 23 June. Green Week is the biggest annual conference on European environment policy, ...
Following the horrendous vote in the House of Representatives favoring the Cap and Trade bill, eight Republicans who voted for it have been identified (HT to Michelle Malkin). For those of you who see in this bill the erosion of our freedoms and the stifling of our economy in favor of a suffocating ...
If you haven’t heard about the .eco debate, here’s a quick recap: Al Gore and a few other celebrities are backing the idea of a .eco domain registration for the Web that would designate green companies and organizations. Dot Eco LLC, a group run by Hollywood A-listers such as actor Roger Moore and d ...
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: How To Destroy (Almost) Half the Planet for the Low, Low Price of Just 5% of Global GDP One of his Manzi's central points is that climate change just ain't all that damaging, economically speaking: it will reduce global GDP by "only" 5 percent one hundred years ...
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