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How Carbon Markets Work in Europe
WorldChanging Team, 20 Nov 09 by Eric de Place In spite of what you may have heard, Europe's carbon market is working beautifully. The EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) has been operational since 2005 and we're now getting a good look at how it...
With Copenhagen Pact Stalled, Leaders Look for Climate Treaty in 2010
Yale Environment 360, 18 Nov 09 With the announcement by President Obama and other world leaders this weekend that no binding climate agreement will be reached in Copenhagen next month, numerous officials expressed hopes that a treaty to limit greenhouse gas emissions could be signed...
The Fire this Time: Copenhagen and the War for the Future
Alex Steffen, 17 Nov 09 That which is unsustainable cannot go on. Unsustainable things that are propped up too long snap and collapse suddenly. Our way of life is unsustainable. The sooner we transform our economy into one that can generate sustainable prosperity, the...
World Leaders say Copenhagen to be a Steppingstone to Final Climate Deal
Joe Romm, 16 Nov 09 Some very good news on the international front, as the UK Guardian reports today: During a hastily convened breakfast meeting in Singapore, the US president supported a Danish plan to salvage something from the moribund negotiations by aiming for a...
Pervasive Plastics: Why the U.S. Needs New and Tighter Controls
Yale Environment 360, 16 Nov 09 by John Wargo Long a ubiquitous part of modern life, plastics are now in everything from diapers to water bottles to cell phones. But given the proven health threats of some plastics — as well as the enormous environmental...
