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The 5th International Gross National Happiness Conference
WorldChanging Team: --John de Graaf Just before Thanksgiving, I attended the 5th International Gross National Happiness Conference, held at Iguassu Falls, Brazil. Several hundred people from...
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India Launches Solar Mission, Seeks International Support
WorldChanging Team: by Anna da Costa After months of speculation marked by rumors, leaks and high-level approvals, India formally launched its national solar mission, known as "Solar...
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Building Sustainability, Block by Block
WorldChanging Team: As a veteran of Seattle’s neighborhood planning process—both as City staff and as a neighborhood planner—I am intrigued by Portland’s Eco District Initiative. It...
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Kenya to Build Huge Wind Farm As Devastating Drought Curtails Hydropower
Joe Romm: In January, a consortium of Dutch and Kenyan investors will begin construction on the $760 million project, which envisions more than 350 wind turbines...
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How to Create 1.7 Million Clean Energy Jobs
Joe Romm: The challenges facing President Obama and the U.S. Congress have not gone away. Paul Krugman worries that “unemployment is likely to stay near its...
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As the World Waits on the U.S., A Sense of Déjà Vu in Denmark?
Bill McKibben: Twelve years ago in Kyoto, the world was poised to act on a climate treaty but looked for a clear signal from the United States....
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Blowing in the Wind
WorldChanging Team: by Roger Valdez Is Oregon's Business Energy Tax Credit program worth the money? A recent article in The Oregonian (“Tax dollars blow away in wind...
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Global Emissions Exceeding 'Carbon Budget' PwC Study Finds
WorldChanging Team: by Ashley Seager World has emitted extra greenhouse gases this century equivalent to the annual totals of China and the United States, PricewaterhouseCoopers research finds...
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Girls Try Bikes, Discover New Freedom
WorldChanging Team: by Sarah Goodyear The question of how to get more women on bikes has received quite a lot of attention recently, in part because of...
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Danes Propose Emissions Goals
Yale Environment 360: Denmark, host of the upcoming climate summit, is proposing that global greenhouse gas emissions be cut by 50 percent below 1990 levels by 2050,...
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Copenhagen conference: The view from America
WorldChanging Team: Barack Obama may be judged harshly by history if the US does not show its hand at the talks This month, South Korea pledged...
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Spencer Weart on Climate Science and Its Skeptics
Joe Romm: Spencer Weart: My most interesting conversations were with historians who have been studying the history of the tobacco companies that did their best, and quite...
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Does Climate Change Cause Armed Conflict?
Worldchanging Intern: Not everyone agrees that there is a direct link between climate change and increased conflict, in an academic debate that goes all the way to...
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Alex Steffen on Live From the Left Coast
WorldChanging Team: Last Wednesday, Alex was on the Live From the Left Coast radio show to talk about the so-called 'scandal' over the hacked emails of global...
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Lancet Study: We Must Reduce Auto Dependency
WorldChanging Team: by Sarah Goodyear Lots of catching up to do after the holiday weekend. Here's a sampling of what's been coming in over the network:...
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The Effects of Climate Change: Stories from Around the World
Joe Romm: President Obama and other world leaders will gather in Copenhagen next week to discuss climate change. Though this is a global issue, it’s also a...
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Major Health Benefits Seen From Reduction of Greenhouse Gases
Yale Environment 360: Slashing carbon dioxide emissions has the added benefit of significantly reducing air pollution and could prevent millions of premature deaths each year, according to...
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Bas Princen, Mokattam Ridge (Garbage City)
Regine Debatty: Last Thursday i went to see Open City: Designing Coexistence, the main exhibition of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR) at the Netherlands Architecture Institute....
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How Cap-and-Trade Markets Work for Acid Rain and Smog
Eric De Place: The evidence from US air pollution markets. Contrary to claims that cap and trade is untested or uproven, there are a half dozen or so...
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New Report: Road Funding From Non-Road Users Doubled in 25 Years
WorldChanging Team: by Elana Schor The myth that U.S. roads "pay for themselves" thanks to user fees is a subject that's likely familiar to many Streetsblog readers...
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