(Algae Industry Magazine) The Agricultural Research Institute and Cyprus Energy Agency recently held a seminar to present work based on
climate change
Back TO HOMELandmark Agreement With Shareholders: ExxonMobil Agrees to Report on Climate Change & Carbon Asset Risk
(Arjuna Capital/PR NewsWire) In response to a shareholder resolution, ExxonMobil (XOM) – the largest U.S. energy company, for the first
March 21, 2014 Read Full Article
Obama’s Climate Legacy May Come Down to Coal and ‘No’
by Bill Chameides (Duke University) The Obama administration gave environmentalists little to cheer about last week, but the game is hardly
February 05, 2014 Read Full Article
New Study Exposes Flood of Dark Money Feeding Climate Change Denial
(EcoNews) A new study conducted by Drexel University environmental sociologist Robert J. Brulle, PhD, exposes the organizational underpinnings and funding
December 27, 2013 Read Full Article
Fossil Fuel Subsidies Reach $544B
by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com) According to the World Energy Outlook fossil fuel consumption subsidies have reached $544 billion in 2012, up from
December 10, 2013 Read Full Article
Study: US Spewing 50% More Methane than EPA Says
by Seth Borenstein (Associated Press/US News and World Report) The United States is spewing 50 percent more methane — a
November 25, 2013 Read Full Article
Time to Reconsider a Carbon Tax?
by Wallace E. Tyner (PennEnergy/Purdue University) ... First, with the new IPCC report it is abundantly clear that global warming and
November 21, 2013 Read Full Article
A Few More Storms Like Typhoon Haiyan May Finally Make Our Leaders Act on Climate Change
by Jeffrey D. Sachs (The Washington Post/Earth Institute at Columbia University) ...Through all of this, Congress sits supine. And it’s
November 18, 2013 Read Full Article
What Biofuels Can Do
by José R. Moreira (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists) Over the last three decades, the amount of land devoted to food
October 02, 2013 Read Full Article
In the Black: Advanced Biofuels and Chems: Sizzling Carbon and Parity-Pricing Updates
by Jim Lane (Biofuels Digest) A report published by strategic energy consultancy Element Energy finds that by 2030, higher levels
September 18, 2013 Read Full Article
Recent Reports Underscore Urgency of Climate Action and Roles for Biofuels, Agriculture, and Forestry
(Environmental and Energy Study Institute) The President’s call to climate action was supported by several recent government reports regarding: a)
July 09, 2013 Read Full Article
Obama to Announce Tuesday He Will Regulate Existing Power Plants as Part of Climate Strategy
by Juliet Eilperin (The Washington Post) ... In Saturday’s statement, Obama emphasized the economic opportunities that could come from tackling carbon
June 24, 2013 Read Full Article
Advanced Biofuels USA Urges Introspection on Climate Change at Congressional Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency EXPO + Forum in Washington, D.C
by Joanne Ivancic (Advanced Biofuels USA) Robert E. Kozak, Advanced Biofuels USA founder and board member began his remarks at
June 13, 2013 Read Full Article
Global Warming: We'd Better Get A Move On!
by Mike Bryan (Ethanol Producer Magazine) ... Ironically, the effort to reduce global warming through the reduction of CO2 is
March 15, 2013 Read Full Article
As Brazil Ramps up Sugarcane Production, Georgescu and Colleagues Foresee Regional Climate Effects
by Skip Derra (Arizona State University) Conversion of large swaths of Brazilian land for sugar plantations will help the country meet
March 12, 2013 Read Full Article
NRDC Post-State of the Union Poll: 60 Percent of Americans Support Presidential Action to Fight Ravages of Climate Change
(Natural Resources Defense Council) NRDC's polling immediately after the State of the Union made clear that Americans consider climate change
February 15, 2013 Read Full Article
Climate Change and Agriculture in the United States: Effects and Adaptation
(U.S. Department of Agriculture) The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released two comprehensive reports today that synthesize the scientific literature on
February 14, 2013 Read Full Article
You Can't Change the Climate from Inside Washington
by Theda Skocpol (Foreign Policy) If Obama wants to make good on his inaugural promise, he’ll need to remember the
January 25, 2013 Read Full Article
"For Sandy, the Scientists of NOAA Were Our First Responders, Our Scientific Heroes."
Editor's note: I think you will agree that this open letter to the people at NOAA from Peter Saundry, Executive
January 24, 2013 Read Full Article
Black Carbon Ranks as Second-Biggest Human Cause of Global Warming
by Juliet Eilperin (The Washington Post) Soot ranks as the second-largest human contributor to climate change, exerting twice as much
January 16, 2013 Read Full Article
The Market and Mother Nature
by Thomas Friedman (New York Times) Whenever I hear the word “cliff,” I am reminded of something that President Obama’s
January 14, 2013 Read Full Article
Environmentalists Urge Obama to Block Keystone XL and Act on Climate Change
by Suzanne Goldenberg (The Guardian) After a strategy of 'climate silence' during president's first term, activist groups signal intent to
January 14, 2013 Read Full Article
The Political Implications of America's Oil & Gas Boom - James Kwak Interview
by James Stafford (OilPrice.com) ... To help us look at these issues and more we managed to speak with the well
January 12, 2013 Read Full Article
Consumers Take Action on Global Warming
by Joanna Schroeder (DomesticFuel.com) A new national survey conducted by Yale finds that in the last 12 months, three of of 10
December 27, 2012 Read Full Article
Insurance Industry Perspectives on Extreme Weather Events
(Environmental and Energy Study Insitute) The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) organized a briefing on insurance industry perspectives on recent extreme
December 17, 2012 Read Full Article
The Price of Ignoring Climate Change Is Rising; Reducing Petroleum Dependence Is Part of the Solution
(Environmental and Energy Study Institute) Greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations in the atmosphere are continuing to rise, and the world’s leading
November 30, 2012 Read Full Article
Hurricane Sandy: "It's Global Warming, Stupid"
by Garvin Jabusch (Green Alpha Advisors, LLC/Renewable Energy World) On a recent broadcast of the news show Democracy Now hosted by
November 18, 2012 Read Full Article
Obama Delays Action On Climate Change Until After 'Wide Ranging' Talks
(Inside EPA's Clean Energy Report) President Obama is planning to launch wide-ranging talks with experts on what can be done
November 16, 2012 Read Full Article
Carbon Credits Gone Awry: Coolant Companies Raise Output of Harmful Gas
By Elisabeth Rosenthal and Andrew W. Lehren (The New York Times) ...But where the United Nations envisioned environmental reform, some manufacturers
August 09, 2012 Read Full Article
Biomass Burning Really Heats Things Up: New Study Shows Significance of Fire's Brown Carbon for Global Warming
(Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development / Environmental News Network) Emissions from forest fires and other biomass burning has a
July 06, 2012 Read Full Article
Tom Murphy Interview: Resource Depletion is a Bigger Threat than Climate Change
by James Stafford (OilPrice.com) Rising geopolitical tensions and high oil prices are continuing to help renewable energy find favour amongst
March 29, 2012 Read Full Article
Increased Estimates of Air-Pollution Emissions from Brazilian Sugar-Cane Ethanol
C-C. Tsao, J. E. Campbell, M. Mena-Carrasco, S. N. Spak, G. R. Carmichael & Y. Chen (Nature Climate Change) Accelerating biofuel production has been promoted as
December 29, 2011 Read Full Article
Who Will Control the Green Economy?
(ETC Group) New report on Corporate Concentration in the Life Industries From the UN Rio+20 preparatory meetings in New York, ETC
December 27, 2011 Read Full Article
Preparing to Manage Climate Change Financing
by Simon D. Donner, Milind Kandlikar, Hisham Zerriffi (Science Magazine) At the 2010 Cancun Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework
November 18, 2011 Read Full Article
Global Photosynthesis: New Insight Will Help Predict Future Climate Change
(Science Daily) A new insight into global photosynthesis, the chemical process governing how ocean and land plants absorb and release
October 10, 2011 Read Full Article
MIT Adds to the Cap-and-Trade Debate
by James Ott (Aviation Week) A report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) should be required reading for environmental
May 20, 2011 Read Full Article
Sugarcane Cools Climate
(ScienceNewsLine/Carnegie Institution) ...Now scientists from the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology have found that sugarcane has a double benefit.
April 27, 2011 Read Full Article
Study: Gas from ‘Fracking’ Worse than Coal on Climate
by Ben Geman (The Hill) Cornell University professors will soon publish research that concludes natural gas produced with a
April 14, 2011 Read Full Article
Bioenergy Crops Could Lower Surface Temperatures, Stanford Researchers Say
(Stanford University News) Concerns about the impact of corn ethanol on global warming have raised interest in more eco-friendly perennial
March 18, 2011 Read Full Article
Schwarzenegger: Time to Change the Energy Debate
by Martin LaMonica (GreenTech) Green-technology proponents need a better way to make their case, according to Arnold Schwarzenegger...The former California
March 02, 2011 Read Full Article
Sustainability and the Environment I: The Intersection of Biofuels/Bioenergy & Climate Change Legislation
by Brent Yacobucci (Congressional Research Service) The CRS (Congressional research Service) is a “nonpartisan, analytical, research and reference arm of
March 01, 2011 Read Full Article
Public Hearings Scheduled for Utah Governor's Ten-Year Energy Initiative
Governor Gary R. Herbert announced today an important next step in the creation of his 10-Year Strategic Energy Plan, with
October 04, 2010 Read Full Article
New Carbon Dioxide Emissions Model
(Max Planck Society) ..."What’s new about this research is that we have integrated the carbon cycle into our model to
August 09, 2010 Read Full Article
Soot Seen as Significant in Global Warming
(UPI) Soot from burning fossil fuels and solid biofuels has a greater impact on global warming than previously believed, a U.S.
August 02, 2010 Read Full Article
High-Yield Agriculture Slows Pace of Global Warming, Say Stanford Researchers
by Louis Bergeron (Stanford University) Advances in high-yield agriculture over the latter part of the 20th century have prevented massive amounts
June 21, 2010 Read Full Article
Academics Urge Radical New Approach to Climate Change
by Richard Black (BBC News) A major change of approach is needed if society is to restrain climate change, according
May 17, 2010 Read Full Article
Where are the Swing Voters on the Climate Bill?
(Or, Why We Need More Public Education on Advanced Biofuels) by Scott Bittle & Jean Johnson (PublicAgenda.org and REnewableEnergyWorld) ... Right now,
November 04, 2009 Read Full Article
Leading Brazilian Organizations Unite in Alliance to Fight Climate Change
Fourteen major Brazilian organizations representing the agribusiness, planted forests and bioenergy sectors announced today the creation of the Brazilian Climate