econnexus™ » Climate Change

Chris Huhne Says "The State is Obliged to Correct Market Failures"

SoulSurfer — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:46:30 +0000

Regular readers will know that the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change begin in Durban, South Africa in less than a week. At the same time and place the 7th Session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties (CMP7) to the Kyoto Protocol will also take place. The question now is what if anything all these discussions will achieve apart from a modicum of global warming from all the hot air that will doubtless be emitted by the attendees?

More on Chris Huhne Says "The State is Obliged to Correct Market Failures"

Obama U-Turn on Biofuels?

SoulSurfer — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:01:33 +0000

Way back in May 2009 the Guardian reported that:

The Obama administration took on the powerful farming interests in America's heartland today, making clear it does not see corn-based ethanol as part of the long-term solution to climate change.

Hurricane Hanna Helps Out in Our EcoDriving Video

SoulSurfer — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:02:51 +0000

The remnants of Hurricane Hanna arrived on the shores of South West England last weekend. Hanna still packed a bit of a punch, as you can see in this video that we shot at Woolacombe on Sunday:

More on Hurricane Hanna Helps Out in Our EcoDriving Video

Climate Change Hits the Poorest Hardest

SoulSurfer — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:27:53 +0000

In a report on the UNFCCC climate change conference in Bali last December, David B. Sandalow of the Brookings Institution, the influential Washington based think tank, pointed out that:

The most important outcomes of the Bali climate change conference didn’t make the headlines… yet Bali produced three important outcomes. First, developing countries stepped up to the table… Second, a new consensus on deforestation emerged… Finally, “adaptation” moved toward center stage. Today the world faces a sobering reality: even the most aggressive plans will not prevent some amount of global warming in the decades ahead. The consequences for poor developing countries are predicted to be most severe.

Mr. Sandalow quoted Nobel peace prize-winner Al Gore as saying in Bali:

More on Climate Change Hits the Poorest Hardest

How to Take Effective Action to Curb Climate Change

SoulSurfer — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:24:03 +0000

The September 2008 edition of Environment Magazine contains an article entitled "The Short List: The Most Effective Actions U.S. Households Can Take to Curb Climate Change". The article is a collaboration between two scientists who specialize in the psychological aspects of climate change; the reasons why individual citizens do not take actions that would reduce their personal energy consumption, even when such changes can be achieved at no cost or allow money to be saved.

More on How to Take Effective Action to Curb Climate Change

Barack Obama – New Energy for America?

SoulSurfer — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:50:05 +0000

Barack Obama gave a speech on Monday in Lansing Michigan, an area very familiar with the decline in the US automobile industry. He took the opportunity to outline his current energy policy, and he started out by laying his cards on the table:

More on Barack Obama – New Energy for America?

Reasons Why People Hate Reason

SoulSurfer — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:47:07 +0000

This week's issue of New Scientist includes a special section entitled "7 Reasons Why People Hate Reason", plus a couple of other interesting articles.

I urge you to read the special section in it's entirety. It contains articles by nine distinguished figures – linguist Noam Chomsky, neuroscientist Chris Frith, philosopher A.C. Grayling, philosopher Mary Midgeley, sociologist David Miller, mathematical physicist Roger Penrose, bioethicist Tom Shakespeare, artist Keith Tyson, and the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, together with an editorial overview of their contributions that gives the raison d'etre for the articles:

T. Boone Pickens on Al Gore for Energy Czar

SoulSurfer — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:47:08 +0000

In a podcast by Tammy Haddad for National Journal On Air T. Boone Pickens spoke about his "Pickens Plan" and his ideas to solve the "energy issue". It seems the state of Texas has agreed to a $4.9 billion plan to build new transmission lines into the "wind corridor" where he intends to build enormous wind farms. Mr. Pickens said that:

More on T. Boone Pickens on Al Gore for Energy Czar

Al Gore calls for Carbon Free Electricity by 2018

SoulSurfer — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:51:04 +0000

In a speech at Constitution Hall in Washington yesterday former Vice President Al Gore put forward his new vision of how the climate change crisis has deteriorated to the point that:

More on Al Gore calls for Carbon Free Electricity by 2018