Topic: climate change

Washington, DC - 08/25/2008 - Joshua S. Reichert, managing director of the Pew Environment Group, issued the following statement in response to President Bush’s announcement today of three new areas in U.S. ocean waters that will be assessed for possible protection as marine sanctuaries or monuments. “Two years ago President Bush set a new standard for global ocean protection when he...and education, and monument management. “Overfishing, pollution, coastal development, climate change and other threats are pushin...

There are always winners and losers when people change their purchasing habits. For many, joining the locavore movement involves the blithe assumption that they're taking business away from factory farms that are hurting the environment. Even Wikipedia points out that notion. Local food is, by definition, food locally grown. Many local food proponents tend to equate it with food produced by... In Europe, it's now politically acceptable to go a step or two further in the name of combating climate change. An increasing number...

(Salem) – Governor Ted Kulongoski has charted a course to a more secure, clean energy future for Oregon, but today we face soaring energy prices that are hurting our families and our businesses. To discuss this challenge, Governor Kulongoski will convene a summit on Oregon’s energy future this Wednesday, August 27. The purpose of the summit is to seek a variety of perspectives on one... The panel will also provide an overview of the success of recent state policies to address climate change and policy priorities in thi...

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Meredith R., who chairs the n'hood Sustainability Committee, passes this along: We've got some big news! Secretary of State Bill Bradbury has arranged with the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association to give his climate change presentation to a crowd of SE Portland...

Generally considered synonymous with the fabled “Washington Consensus,” neoliberalism has been on the ascendancy since the early 1990s with the fall of the Soviet Union and subsequent weakening of state control in many economies, most notably China and India. The basic neoliberal agenda is to keep government as minimally involved in the economy as possible, to promote private... is whether the increased challenges of such externalities as environmental degradation, global climate change, poverty and inequality...

On Sunday I wrote about the tragic flaw of the Democratic Party: lack of unity. Just two days later and another Democrat displays a shocking level of political ignorance and disloyalty to his party. Disturbingly, this guy used to be a fairly high-level Democrat: But Mr. Clinton also lauded Mr. Obama’s rival, Senator John McCain, and said that either candidate would be progressive on the issue...climate change. “Obviously, I favor Senator Obama’s energy positions, and Democrats have...

...the usual trend for thunderstorms in Central Oregon is to have them develop in late morning through early afternoon and then peter out when Prime Time looms. It's rather convenient, actually, from a TV viewing standpoint. Once in a great long while - like every two or three years - there may be some early morning thunderstorms that liven up that whole getting-out-of-bed thing and maybe a few...ELEVATIONS. We are always cautioned, and rightfully so, to resist drawing conclusions about climate change based on individual events....

I don't have a lot to say about "Bishop Hill's" alleged history of the Hockey Stick Affair. The first thing that jumps out at me is that Bishop Hill reconstructed his account from Climate Audit. It's a long tale - and the longest posting I think I've ever written and piecing it together from the individual CA postings has been a long, hard but fascinating struggle. Therefore it seems it must have...I'm a journalist, not a historian, so I only write first drafts. But if reporting in the swamps of climate change science has taught me...