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Climate inaction…again. So what now?
(This essay by Asher Miller, executive director of the Post Carbon Institute, a San Francisco think tank, was originally posted at the PCI website on July 27, 2010, under the headline What Now? Redux.)...
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Public health leaders send Congress a message: Let EPA regulate carbon pollution
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now America’s public health leaders have raised their voices against Congressional waffling over climate action, releasing a letter today signed by 120 top public health...
View ArticleEllen Page promotes 10-10-10 work party for climate action
From Green Right Now Reports Climate action group 350.org announced today that more than 5,200 events are planned for this year’s work party on Oct. 10, 2010. That means the 10-10-10 work party is on...
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The top 10 energy companies that spend the most lobbying Congress
From Green Right Now Reports The Center for American Progress Action Fund published an article this week highlighting the millions that energy and utility companies have spent lobbying Congress. The...
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Thousands plan climate action events for 10-10-10 Work Party
From Green Right Now Reports Thousands are expected to take actions to fight, mitigate or prepare for climate change at this weekend’s 10-10-10 Work Party organized by 350.org. 350.org demo in Xalapa...
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10-10-10 Work Party shows that thousands worldwide want climate action
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Climate change has been a matter for debate in government circles and a talking point on news channels for many years now. But increasingly, the climate change...
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8 U.S. cities and counties commit to prepare for climate change
From Green Right Now Reports Eight cities and counties have committed to prepare for climate change effects and will participate in a new program on adapting to a new warmer world set up by ICLEI, an...
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Green and near-green energy development: Will the U.S. keep up?
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now This week brought news that Texas will likely be opening its nuclear waste dump in Andrews, near the New Mexico border, to radioactive waste from states across the...
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350.org targets the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
From Green Right Now Reports Activists at 350.org hope to re-energize the movement for climate action with a new campaign to expose the money trail that has created a logjam on the issue in Congress....
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Connect the Dots shows global support for climate action
From Green Right Now Reports Thousands of climate activists and concerned citizens rallied all over the world on Saturday for Climate Impacts Day (May 5) to show that climate change is already...
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Is your college promoting sustainability? Sierra names the top greenest...
From Green Right Now Reports U of Conn students collect sneakers to donate to Nike's Reuse-a-Shoe program, which turns them into track and playground surfaces. Sierra magazine’s top 10 “Coolest...
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These U.S. businesses are demanding climate action, to save the American...
From Green Right Now Reports The Climate Declaration was issued this week to coincide with the release of President Obama’s proposed budget. Major American businesses are making a pitch for climate...
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Women’s climate conference next week brings together 100 global leaders, and...
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now I hate to get all gender-political. So I’ll try to say this as delicately as possible. IT’S ABOUT TIME WOMEN SEIZE THE REINS OF THE CLIMATE ACTION MOVEMENT! I’ll get...
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These American voters are staunchly behind climate action
Polls have shown for several years that large blocs of Americans are concerned about the effects of climate change and want governments to take action by adopting green energy and taxing carbon...
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McKibben takes Obama to task on climate action
GRN Reports Environmentalist Bill McKibben, by way of inviting everyone to a mass climate action demonstration in New York on Sept. 20-21, had withering words for the world’s leaders, who he says are...
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