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Seattle, Washington February 3, 2010
Seattle area green building has taken many of its early steps toward urban development that includes broad use of sustainable materials, pervious paving, and low VOC finishes. We continue to see greater focus in Seattle’s walkable neighborhoods, a commitment to...
Just days before coming to vote, environmental groups like the Sierra Club are moving to stop new legislation in California that would make energy efficiency and water conservation part of the standard building code. Critics say that this code falls short of standards set by some municipalities, and...
Climate change skepticism is likely to surge through 2010, crippling hopes of preventing the worst effects of global warming said UN Climate Chief Rajendra Pachauri. The IPCC Director cited "powerful vested interests" that he says will be working overtime all through the year to confuse the public a...
Just hours before corporate CEO's arrived in Copenhagen to begin weighing in on the proposed COP15 treaty, Danish police rounded up climate activists planning to take to the street and detained at least 40 individuals. The police say there was no reports of violence, and that the arrests were preven...
Reported in the environment section of The New York Times and derided in the editorial section of The Guardian, a small meeting of some of the world's most outspoken climate skeptic scientists convened to discuss the difficulties facing those who share their position. "They’ve got us outnumbered, bu...
Billionaire philanthropist and political activist George Soros held a press conference this morning to unveil a plan that he believes could narrow the political distance between developing and developed nations. Recognizing the deadlock caused by the desire of developing nations for climate funding...
Todd Stern, the Obama Administration's chief negotiator stated the president's position on suggested "climate reparations" to the Chinese delegation: "I don't envision public funds, certainly not from the U.S., going to China."
US President Barack Obama dispatched his top aides to represent him in the final days of the first week's negotiations at Copenhagen. According to the conference's schedule, these next two days of negotiations are focused on arriving at a consensus on a framework so that next week's negotiations can...
Danish police are preparing for a wave of violent protester action in Copenhagen, already detaining 200 demonstrators in their state-provided quarters to search their belongings for devices that could be used to facilitate illegal activity. Power tools, like an angle grinder, and some "wooden props"...
Fresh data from the International Weather Service shows that this decade may end up being the warmest one on record, raising tension in negations between developed nations and developing countries in low-lying or rapidly-desertifying areas. Delegates from these nations, like Sudan's Lumuba Di-Aping,...
