e2 - Eye on Earth
Employment in environmentally sustainable industries is spreading worldwide - from Texas to Germany to Kenya.
If any single event put climate change on the world's policy radar, it was the Senate testimony of NASA scientist James Hansen on June 23, 1988. On the eve of the twentieth anniversary of that event, World Watch's Ben Block talked with Hansen about its impact.
by Janet L. Sawin on March 13, 2008 Last year was a banner year for renewable energy in the United States,
especially for the wind industry.
by Ben Block on March 10, 2008 The European Union is struggling to satisfy many of its major
environmental goals.
by Ben Block on March 7, 2008 U.S. President George W. Bush urged Congress to commit $2 billion toward his proposed international clean energy technology fund at the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC).
by Ben Block on March 6, 2008 On Tuesday, the European Union formalized
its pledge to participate in the Methane
to Markets Partnership, the world’s largest exchange of methane-based
energy resources.
by Christopher Flavin on March 5, 2008 It finally happened this week. The price of oil passed the all-time
inflation-adjusted peak of $103.76 that was set in April 1980. What’s going on?
by Robert Engelman on March 3, 2008 Will China experience a massive baby boom once the reproductive
shackles come off?
by Ben Block on February 22, 2008 The International Whaling Commission’s 78 members are
meeting in London next month in an effort to reach agreement on whale conservation rules. Meanwhile, global whale hunting continues to increase.
by Michael Renner on February 20, 2008 The United Nations
keeps taking on new and increasingly complex peacekeeping challenges, but
U.N. missions today don’t just involve monitoring of
ceasefire lines. And peacekeeping suffers from major problems, starting with
money.
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