Why Environmentalists should love universal voter registration via It's Getting Hot In Here
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Australia Campaigners to Make Climate a Key Issue in Last Days of Election via It's Getting Hot In Here
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Old problems in the new solutions? via New at IFPRI
Despite their disappointing performance in the recent past, fertilizer subsidies have re-emerged as a tool in the agricultural strategies of many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The new paradigm for fertilizer subsidies calls for use of such mechanisms as vouchers to target benefits to poor smallholders and public–private partnerships to develop private markets. There is some belief that with these innovations, fertilizer subsidy programs will circumvent the deleterious consequences of the programs of the past.
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ifpridp01002.pdf(655.1KB)... Utah commissions independent clean energy report, hides the findings, crashes my computer via It's Getting Hot In Here
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Not-so worthwhile Canadian initiative via Our Word is Our Weapon
Apropos the lessons to be learned from Canada’s austerity measures of the mid-1990s, Matt Yglesias posts this chart, originally from Stephen Gordon at Worthwhile Canadian Initiative:
Matt notes the public sector cuts didn’t come until the private sector was recovering. But I would also note that the growth in private sector employment seemed to slow when the public sector cuts did come. Whether this is due to private sector parts of the public sector supply chain suffering or is a widespread result of falling demand is hard to know, but it’s another reason to be concerned about the impact on the economy of the upcoming ‘emergency’ budget.
It’s just a good thing our government wants what’s best for the economy and won’t just slash public... 20 Days To The G20…20 Reasons The Youth Climate Movement Must Get Organized! via It's Getting Hot In Here
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Hundreds Stage BP “Citizen’s Arrest” – Demonstrate the Power of the People via It's Getting Hot In Here
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A question for Obama as ‘Copenhagen’ climate negotiations continue in Bonn via It's Getting Hot In Here
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I was shocked, once again, as I witnessed the lackadaisical cleanup efforts of the BP oil spill. via It's Getting Hot In Here
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Where the Federal Government Has Not Acted, Chicago Will — Announcing the Chicago Clean Power Ordinance via It's Getting Hot In Here
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Climate Change is a Player in the UK Elections via Worldchanging: Bright Green
The United Kingdom general election will be held next Thursday, May 6. There has been a lot of talk about the UK’s role in climate change by the British political parties and the media. For example, here are videos of the three main party leaders addressing the “Ask The Climate Question” debate:
Conservative Party leader David Cameron (3min 14sec)
“Yes our planet is under threat, but on our side we’ve got millions of people and thousands of businesses across Britain who really want to make the low carbon economy a reality.”
Labour Party leader Gordon Brown (2min 19sec)
“We want to build a Britain where we have low carbon homes, low carbon buildings, and low carbon transport…we want to make the most also of our cooperation with Europe. We believe that Europe,...
US Senator Ben Cardin Speaks with UMD Students about Federal Climate Legislation via It's Getting Hot In Here
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