Tag Archives: clean technology

Countdown: Humanity Has Only 100 Months to Save the Planet From Climate Change Tipping Point

Now is the time to scream “Fire!” So writes Andrew Simms, the policy director and head of the climate change program at the New Economics Foundation (NEF) –– a “think and do tank” –– in an opinion editorial at the Guardian. Carbon Catalog has heard an even less conservative five year estimate from experts we’ve [...]

The Carbon Offset Goldrush –– Who’s Staking Their Claim In America?

If the forecasts are right, the carbon offset market could climb to $1 trillion by 2020, reports New Carbon Finance and that’s only in the United States (PDF) One trillion is a whole lot of money for something we can’t feel, see, weigh or taste.
And it’s nothing resembling Fool’s Gold: According to Plenty Magazine (via [...]

McCain On Global Warming: Destined to Fail or Walking a Fine Line?

Unlike U.S. President George W. Bush, considered one of the worst presidents for the environment in the modern era, both frontrunners for America’s presidential seat have listened to their advisers and are paying attention to what’s important to Americans today. Global warming is on the agenda.
Both Sen. Barack Obama, a Democrat, and Sen. John McCain, [...]