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Tag: climate change

  • 4 Climate Policies to Celebrate This Thanksgiving

    Policy plays an enormous role in the future of our planet. Check out this great list from Mother Jones of four recent environmental policies we should all be thankful for. [caption id="attachment_313603" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo credit: Shutterstock[/caption] 1. The U.S. and the World Bank will avoid financing coal-fired power plants abroad. Burning coal is among…

  • NY Times’ Climate Coverage Suffers After Dissolving Environmental Team and Green Blog

    By Laura Santhanam  The New York Times has produced less environmental news coverage overall since dismantling its reporting team and blog devoted to this issue area earlier this year, the newspaper’s public editor said. [caption id="attachment_313491" align="alignnone" width="500"] The New York Times axed its Green blog in early 2013, citing low readership.[/caption] In her Nov. 23 column, New…

  • Protestors Shine Light on Trans-Pacific Partnership’s Secret Corporate Coup

    By James Trimarco  When negotiators from the 12 countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership gathered last week in Salt Lake City, UT, they were met by the TPP Welcoming Committee, a coalition of environmental, social justice and labor groups who did their best to show that there is opposition to the deal in the U.S. [caption…

  • U.S. Methane Emissions 50 Percent Higher Than EPA Estimates

    Emissions of methane from fossil fuel extraction and refining activities in the South Central U.S. are nearly five times higher than previous estimates, according to researchers at Harvard University and seven other institutions. Their study, published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), also suggests that the contribution from livestock operations…

  • Last Minute Deal Reached at UN Climate Talks, Falls Far Short of Expectations

    By Paul Brown For the first time, all countries of the world have agreed to make contributions in cutting greenhouse gas emissions to prevent the planet’s temperature rising above the 2°C danger limit previously agreed by politicians. [caption id="attachment_313213" align="alignnone" width="500"] With corporations—incluidng steel giant Arcelor Mittal, General Motors and Emirates—sponsoring the UN climate talks…