Tag: REDD
Cool Green Morning: Friday, May 28
Written by Nicole Levins | May 28th, 2010
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Hey, weren’t you just looking for some awesome stuff to read?
- Developed nations pledge $4 billion to help poorer nations protect their forests. (AP/MSNBC)
- Ask Umbra offers tips for an eco-friendly Memorial Day weekend. (Grist)
- Would you drive 5.4 miles less per day to stop drilling in the Gulf of Mexico? (Treehugger/this here Cool Green Science blog)
- In California at least, public support for offshore drilling is dwindling. (LA Times)
- This mud that’s being used to try to clog up the Gulf oil leak… what IS it, exactly? (New York Times)
An Historic Coalition on Climate Change Legislation
Written by Bob Bendick | May 19th, 2010
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What’s the American Power Act? A bill that could kick-start a new clean energy industry — and make the United States a global leader against climate change, says the Conservancy’s Bob Bendick.
Cool Green Budget: What’s Good for Nature in FY2011
Written by Bob Bendick | February 24th, 2010
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President Obama’s proposed federal budget has some very good things for nature — and people who depend on nature, says the Conservancy’s Bob Bendick.
Conserving Nature Impacts People — But What Does That Mean?
Written by Rebecca Goldman | January 19th, 2010
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Conservation needs to firmly measure its socioeconomic impacts, says Rebecca Goldman — or else risk losing credibility.
The Latest from Copenhagen
Written by Dave Connell | December 20th, 2009
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Nature Conservancy policy analysts and scientists are at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen for the next two weeks — and are reporting the latest developments here on Cool Green Science. Click through and then scroll down to read these late-breaking reports and more: Saturday, December 19, 2009, 12:55 PM: Copenhagen Accord Results in a [...]
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, December 10
Written by Darci Palmquist | December 10th, 2009
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Ever wonder just how much digital data you consume on a daily basis? Curious to know what the carbon footprint is of that big climate change meeting across the pond? And speaking of Copenhagen, is any progress being made? (Hint: the answer is positive, and includes the acronym REDD.) These questions and more… answered in today’s issue [...]
Copenhagen 201: An Inside View on the Major Issues
Written by Dave Connell | December 7th, 2009
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As negotiators kick off two weeks of climate change talks in Copenhagen today, Duncan Marsh, director of international climate change policy for The Nature Conservancy, discusses in detail some of the key issues and news events that will surround the debate. For more on Copenhagen, be sure to check out our Copenhagen 101 feature. ***** [...]
Cool Green Morning: Thursday, December 3
Written by Darci Palmquist | December 3rd, 2009
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Electric cars, open ocean fish farms, REDD, Google. From California to Denmark and Brazil to Alaska. Yes, we’re covering all the hot issues in all the hot places around this little planet of ours. Check it all out in Cool Green Morning. Google and Arnold Schwarzenegger make a formidable team: yesterday the Gov of California unveiled a new [...]
The Noel Kempff Climate Action Project: The Conservancy Responds to a Greenpeace Report
Written by Jonathan Hoekstra | October 15th, 2009
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Thirteen years ago, The Nature Conservancy teamed up with Fundación Amigos de la Naturaleza, American Electric Power Company, BP America and Pacificorp to buy out four logging concessions adjacent to Bolivia’s Noel Kempff Mercado National Park. In addition to protecting almost 832,000 hectares of forest habitat and doubling the size of the national park, this [...]
A Clarion Call: Fight Climate Change by Protecting Forests
Written by Mark Tercek | October 7th, 2009
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Mark Tercek is president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy. Over the last few months, I have been participating in a bipartisan commission — The Commission on Climate and Tropical Forests — that is focused on the connections between climate policy here in the United States and protecting tropical forests. The commission comprises some of [...]
