Poznan Climate Change Conference

Progress on Climate Change in Poznan, Did the Media Miss It?

Frances Beinecke | Posted 01.19.2009 | Green


Frances Beinecke

Most of the news coverage conveyed a state of limbo, if not retrenchment. There is truth in those stories, but they leave much unsaid.

Talking About Talking

Matthew Owen | Posted 01.19.2009 | Green


Matthew Owen

While the countries talk the talk, the deteriorating earth and environment get neglected.

Message from Poznan: Time for Mass Mobilization to Stop Global Warming Emissions

Betsy Taylor | Posted 01.15.2009 | Green


Betsy Taylor

It's going to take a lot more than the... chaotic process I watched in Poznan over the past two weeks for us to cut global warming emissions as deeply and quickly as scientists say is necessary.

Kiss of Death for Carbon Capture?

Graham Hill | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green


Graham Hill

Carbon capture. The Norwegians love it, as does every utility bent on building coal-fired generation. It's like a free "Get out of Jail" card, and probably the biggest bunch of hot air ever.

Poznan Climate Change Conference: All You Need To Know

Huffington Post | Johanna Smith | Posted 01.11.2009 | Green


WHAT WENT DOWN IN POZNAN? Poznan, Poland hosted the 2008 United Nations Climate Conference, which began on December 1 and ends today. Over 10,000 peop...

Poznan Forest Deal Gives A Voice To Residents

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 01.10.2009 | Green


POZNAN, Poland — Negotiators broke an impasse Wednesday on including forest conservation in a new climate change agreement, guaranteeing a voice...

Putting America on a Carbon Diet

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 01.07.2009 | World


Gillian Caldwell

We need to start a carbon diet, and not let the US reach for that donut. Delaying serious short-term cuts in carbon emissions is like saying we will start our diet next January. Why not this January?

Solar Car Ends Trip Around The World At Climate Talk Site

AP | VANESSA GERA | Posted 01.04.2009 | Green


POZNAN, Poland — If a solar-powered car can drive 32,000 miles (52,000 kilometers) around the globe without using a drop of oil, perhaps it can ...

What To Do, What To Do About Gas From Livestock Poop

New York Times | ELISABETH ROSENTHAL | Posted 01.04.2009 | Green


The cows and pigs dotting these flat green plains in the southern Netherlands create a bucolic landscape. But looked at through the lens of greenhouse...

Rain Forests to Headline at Poznan...

Bill Chameides | Posted 01.03.2009 | Green


Bill Chameides

Dr. Bill Chameides, recently appointed to America's Climate Choices, is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the dean of Duke University's...

President Obama Should Host a UNFCCC Climate Change Summit

Ben Carmichael | Posted 01.02.2009 | Green


Ben Carmichael

President-elect Obama has pledged that his administration will mark a "new chapter in America's leadership on climate change." The question is: What will open that first chapter?

Scientists Warn UN Not To Derail Green Projects

AP | GEIR MOULSON | Posted 01.01.2009 | Green


POZNAN, Poland — Negotiators kicked off the final yearlong push Monday for a new climate change treaty _ but with the U.S. government in transit...