G8 Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Does Your iPod have a Carbon Footprint?

Ginna Kelly | Posted 12.23.2009 | Green


Ginna Kelly

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but your iPod has a carbon footprint. The holiday season makes me think about all the gifts I've purchased for loved ones and their greenhouse gas emissions.

White House Whistle-Blower Reveals Bush Admin's Environmental Foibles

New York Times | Felicity Barringer | Posted 07.30.2008 | Green


Jason K. Burnett, Washington's environmental whistle-blower du jour, is an example of a once rare, now almost common, phenomenon: a political appointe...

The G8 Punts on Climate Change

Walden Bello | Posted 07.23.2008 | Green


Walden Bello

The G8's endorsement of a 50% reduction in emissions by 2050 is a giant step backward and may have effectively undermined the prospects for an effective global climate strategy for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol.

Remember Global Warming? That's Okay, Most People Apparently Don't, Either

Mitchell Bard | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics


Mitchell Bard

What has the public reaction to the Bush administration's decision to pass the buck on global warming for a year (a year we may not be able to spare) been? Vast silence.