by Dave Newman | January 8th, 2010
Happy New Year everyone! It is a new year and a new decade and time for our resolutions. My climate resolutions for 2010 are: 1. An international climate agreement. Although unsatisfactory to many, the Copenhagen agreement between China, India, Brazil and the US ... Read More
by Dave Newman | December 18th, 2009
Week two of the climate negotiations in Copenhagen continues to show promise, highlight fundamental disagreements, and cause concern that a global climate agreement will happen. Here's my take on the key areas for the negotiations: Binding emissions reduction targets for developed nations The world (both developed ... Read More
by Dave Newman | December 14th, 2009
At a press conference, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that greenhouse gas emissions threaten human health and the environment. What today's announcement means: A federal government entity finds that greenhouse gases threaten human health and the environment. Six gases are included in the findings: carbon dioxide, ... Read More
by Dave Newman | December 4th, 2009
In the background of U.S. Climate Policy, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is laying the foundation to potentially regulate Greenhouse Gas emissions (GHG). In this week's episode of Dave's Corner, we'll try to explain what this means to U.S. citizens. What is the EPA? The Environmental Protection ... Read More
by Dave Newman | November 23rd, 2009
Economists say climate change will harm the U.S. economy. They conducted a survey with top economic experts to solicit their views on several key questions about climate change that could affect policy. The pool of economists were selected by searching the top twenty-five economics ... Read More
by Dave Newman | November 20th, 2009
What is Climate Counts? Climate Counts is a collaborative effort to bring consumers and companies together in the fight against global climate change. Climate Counts is a nonprofit organization launched with the support of Stonyfield Farm, Inc. What do they do? Climate Counts evaluates the world's largest ... Read More
by Dave Newman | November 10th, 2009
To believe or not to believe, that is the question…or maybe it isn't. A recent news story highlighted at Pew Research Center states that a third of Americans don't believe climate change is a serious problem. Whether you do or don't believe ... Read More
by Dave Newman | November 6th, 2009
What are the Copenhagen climate negotiations? Copenhagen, Denmark is hosting the United Nations Climate Change Conference on December 7-18, 2009. These United Nations Climate negotiations are known as COP15. The negotiations are believed to represent the last chance to achieve a global climate agreement. Since the ... Read More
by Dave Newman | November 4th, 2009
As reported by the Environmental Leader, 29 October 2009, The Security and Exchange commission (SEC) issued a rule reversing a previous position regarding companies responding to shareholder resolutions, including disclosure about climate change. What does the SEC ruling mean? Publicly traded companies are required to report ... Read More
by Dave Newman | October 30th, 2009
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) reports that global deforestation continues at an alarming rate — 13 million hectares per year, or 36 football fields a minute, and generates almost 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. The environmental group says stopping forest loss is one ... Read More
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