US Geological Survey / by Levi D. Brekke, Julie E. Kiang, J. Rolf Olsen, Roger S. Pulwarty, David A. Raff, D. Phil Turnipseed, Robert S. Webb, and Kathleen D. White http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1331/ [Website] Many challenges, including climate change, face the Nation’s water managers. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has provided estimates of how climate … Continue reading »
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Congressional Testimony of Elliot Diringer – Toward a Post-2012 Climate Treaty
United States House of Representatives,Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming / by Elliot Diringer, Vice President, International Strategies, Pew Center on Global Climate Change http://www.pewclimate.org/testimony/diringer/02-04-09 [Press release] Elliot Diringer discusses prospects for the Copenhagen climate talks in testimony before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. (February 4, 2009)
Priorities for Michigan’s Economic Future : Jobs, Education and Protecting Families (State of the State Address)
State of Michigan, Governor Jennifer M. Granholm http://www.michigan.gov/documents/gov/SOS2009_265915_7.pdf [NRDC press release] Governor Granholm spent nearly one-third of this evening’s State of the State address outlining a new energy vision for the state of Michigan. [WSJ Environmental Capital] Michigan just became the latest state to target the role of coal in the energy mix. Gov. Jennifer … Continue reading »
Desalination : An Ocean of Problems
Food and Water Watch http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/pubs/reports/desalination-an-ocean-of-problems {From press release] Food & Water Watch today released a new report that reveals that ocean desalination, an emerging technology often promoted by private corporations as a solution to drought and water shortages, creates a myriad of environmental and social problems. Desalination: An Ocean of Problems finds that desalination—the process … Continue reading »
Searching for Oil : China’s Oil Strategies in Africa
Belfer Center, Kennedy School, Harvard Univ. (Chapter in book, China into Africa: Trade, Aid, and Influence, edited by Henry Lee, Dan Shalmon and Robert I. Rotberg, pages 109-136 — Washington, DC: Brookings Institution) / chapter by Henry Lee. http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/18807/searching_for_oil.html [Website] Pressured by skyrocketing demand, Chinese oil companies have branched out across the globe seeking new … Continue reading »
European Proposal For a Global Pact on Climate Change
Belfer Center, Kennedy School, Harvard Univ. / by Sasha Talcott http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/18808/european_proposal_for_a_global_pact_on_climate_change.html The January 23, 2009, release of the European Union (EU)’s proposal for a global pact on climate change marks a major step on the road to the 15th Conference of the Parties in Copenhagen. The European blueprint raises several interesting issues for further discussion … Continue reading »
New Science for a Secure and Sustainable Energy Future
The Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC), Subcommittee on Facing our Energy Challenges in a New Era of Science http://www.sc.doe.gov/bes/reports/list.html This report summarizes a 2008 study to: (1) assimilate the scientific research directions that emerged from the BES Basic Research Needs workshop reports into a comprehensive set of science themes, and (2) identify the new … Continue reading »
