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190 Countries Meet on Climate Change
Last week, delegates from 190 countries attended the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Doha, Qatar. In 1992, the first UNFCCC conference was held in Rio de Janeiro and was known as the Earth Summit. Each year the conference seeks to identify agreements among world governments to…
The Growing Movement to Divest from Fossil Fuels
A movement is building to push for change in the global energy conversation through divestment from fossil fuel companies. This may seem to be a bold and radical mission, but author-activist Bill McKibben, whose 350.org is at the heart of the message, believes this is a campaign whose time has…
Shale gas and water use
Modern shale gas extraction, known as hydraulic fracturing, has expanded access to carbon fuel reserves in the U.S. that would have been considered unattainable just five years ago. The implications are significant for both the economy and the environment. Natural gas currently accounts for almost a quarter of U.S. energy…
Superstorm Sandy’s Silver Lining
At 5 AM on Thursday November 1st…, just days after Superstorm Sandy battered the east coast I boarded a plane from Portland, OR to Newark, NJ. Originally, I was simply going east to visit my 93 year old grandmother; yet as I spoke to my family that morning
