Japan will unlikely be able to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 25 percent under 1990 levels by 2020, Environment Minister Goshi Hosono said Friday, the clearest sign yet that the world’s number four emitter will have to renege on its 2009 emissions cut pledge. http://www.pointcarbon.com/news/1.1935357 EU leaders set to …
Black brant geese show lifetime relationship good for goose and gander
ScienceDaily: Top Environment News ——————————————————————————– Black brant geese show lifetime relationship good for goose and gander Posted: 20 Jun 2012 07:10 AM PDT Not all birds mate for life, but for those species that do, wildlife biologists have found a clear benefit to the birds from such long-term relationships: Greater …
Latin America and the Caribbean face massive economic damages from global warming, report warns
June 5, 2012 – Click for the story Region needs to dramatically increase its investment in climate change adaptation and mitigation in the coming decades Latin America and the Caribbean face annual damages in the order of $100 billion by 2050 from diminishing agricultural yields, disappearing glaciers, flooding, droughts and other …
Dumping Solar: Downstream U.S. Solar PV Businesses Join CASM, Case Against China?s Unfair Trade Practices
Alternative Energy Energy – May 10 Posted: 10 May 2012 01:00 AM PDT Filed under: Energy News Dumping Solar: Downstream U.S. Solar PV Businesses Join CASM, Case Against China?s Unfair Trade Practices Posted: 10 May 2012 12:00 AM PDT Filed under: Energy News NREL Publishes Cradle-to-Grave Assessment of Greenhouse Gases …
WHEB aims at Henderson, Aviva assets as it snatches team
WHEB aims at Henderson, Aviva assets as it snatches team WHEB Group has hired the majority of Henderson Global Investors’ sustainable and responsible investment team, in a move aimed at disgruntled SRI investors. More >>> German solar subsidy cuts postponed The solar subsidy cuts proposed by the German government will …
A profound contradiction at the heart of climate change policy
December 8, 2011 8:25 pm A profound contradiction at the heart of climate change policy By Nicholas Stern As the negotiations at the UN climate change summit in Durban reach the critical stage, we must not overlook a fundamental contradiction between the way global fossil fuel reserves are evaluated and …
Renewable Power Trumps Fossils for First Time as UN Talks Stall
Renewable Power Trumps Fossils for First Time as UN Talks Stall By Alex Morales – Nov 25, 2011 8:13 AM ET Enlarge image Renewable Power Trumps Fossils for First Time Blades for Vestas Wind Systems A/S wind turbines are stored at the company’s factory in Tianjin, China. The findings indicate …
Changing the Game of Finance
Invited paper for “The World as We Want It to Be” SRI in the Rockies 20th Anniversary, October 25-28, 2009. By Hazel Henderson © 2009 www.hazelhenderson.com Marking the 20th Anniversary of SRI in the Rockies offers more than an opportunity to review the hard-won progress of investors to prove that …