The Release: “A Climate of Change” via It's Getting Hot In Here
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Go To Them: New Energy Jobs and the Populism We Need via It's Getting Hot In Here
Cross-posted from the Breakthrough Blog.
It’s not just about framing—“new energy jobs” are the best and only shot at bringing down the political impasse between America and the energy policy it needs.
The effort to pass a sensible climate and energy policy is not working. I don’t just mean we’re not getting the right content in legislation—whether it’s trading or taxing or new investment. I want to face facts: right now there isn’t serious political support, or even interest, for an “energy bill” with climate change solutions at its heart. Not from most Democrats in Congress, and not from the vast majority of Americans, whose support is desperately needed by us climate and clean energy advocates.
This can be our crucial moment—a point of deep... SustainUS accepting applications to UN Climate Negotiations! via It's Getting Hot In Here
The SustainUS Agents of Change program is now accepting applications for its delegation to the UN Climate Negotiations, COP14, happening in Poznan, Poland this December. We will be extending the application deadline to July 12, 2008 at 5pmEST. COP14 will determine the future of international policy on climate change, and youth must make their voices heard.
The SustainUS delegation, comprised of key leaders in the youth climate movement from various organizations and backgrounds, will have the unique opportunity to represent American youth at the COP. Delegates will work with each other and with international youth in advance of the conference to educate themselves, develop policy priorities, acquire skills in effective lobbying, and engage the broader youth population in a... Let’s flip Capitalism. via It's Getting Hot In Here
Yesterday I had a very interesting discussion with a professor at my college about sustainable development. Sustainable development, as defined by the Brundtland Commission in Our Common Future, is “meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the abilities of future generations to meet their needs”. He asked me, “How do you convince the community to work for sustainable development, and delay gratification?”
I did not have a good answer, since that is the question on everyone’s mind. How do you tell people they need to think about tomorrow when today they are starving, or thirsty, or without energy? The root problem, as my professor believes and I agree, is the culture of entitlement. We were having this discussion the in context of post-Apartheid... Stephen Harper’s “Though” Regulation, or a Lesson on Procrastination via It's Getting Hot In Here
Let’s face it, Stephen Harper’s government isn’t recognized for being green. Since its arrival at the head of the country, many of its members made infamous declarations that undermined the little credibility it had to start with in the environmental domain.
Last week, the annoucement of a new regulatory framework called Taking Action to Fight Climate Change, that was described by the Conservative Party as containing “though regulation” for different industrial activities includins the tar sands industry, left most people wondering how severe the plan actually is.
Why isn’t the regulation strict enough? First of all, the Government isn’t backing down on its target: the goal is to reduce GHG emissions by 20% below the 2006 level by 2020. That... These Guys Are No Fossil Fools! Markey and Waxman Call for Ban on New Coal Plants via It's Getting Hot In Here
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