“Ethical Markets will be following news from this important Newsletter on the role ammonia can play in a more sustainable global energy system. Hazel Henderson, Editor“ Ammonia Energy News Editor’s Note February 21, 2019 As I write this I’m starting a conference call with people from all across the United …
Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) Views on Health impacts of Climate Change
Climate Change Threatens Health; PSR Promotes Solutions Climate change is one of the greatest health threats facing humanity in the 21st century. As worldwide patterns of temperature, precipitation and weather events change, the delicate balance of climate and life is disrupted, with serious impacts on food and agriculture, water sources, …
Feb 25: How Climate Change Affects the United States
Monday, February 25, 2019 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Room 406 Dirksen Senate Office Building 1st Street NE and C Street NE Free and open to the public Please RSVP to expedite check-in A live webcast will be streamed at 2 PM EST at www.eesi.org/livecast (wireless connection permitting) The Environmental …
Greta Thunberg-Davos, World Future Society
“Entire societies develop for the better when women are enabled to be fully contributing community members. Strides in gender equality lead to strides against all forms of discrimination. This category covers programming and initiatives designed to improve the overall state of women, provide them with more opportunities, and defend their …
European Commission-Science for Environment Policy
News Alert Issue 519, 11 January 2019 In this issue Closing the loop on critical materials for renewable energy tech: 10 key factors A new study lists 10 factors to help create a closed-loop supply chain for critical materials. However, interviews with key actors in supply chains for photovoltaic …
Green New Deal Advancing
February 6, 2019 Green New Deal Advancing Details of a Green New Deal, potentially aiming for 100% renewable energy within 10 years (up from 17% today), continued surfacing this week in Washington. As the newly Democratic-controlled House began hearings Wednesday on climate solutions, a draft resolution and Q&A circulated for …
“Green New Deal”, February 5, 2019
“Ethical Markets fully supports this visionary Green New Deal” initiative launched today in the 116th Congress by 60 members led by Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and in the Senate by Ed Markey (D. MA). We offer “Green Transition Scoreboard® Reports” background research since 2009 showing that a transition to renewables by 2030 …
UNEP GEO Bulletin – Vol. 182 No. 9 – Negotiation of the Summary for Policy Makers of the 6th Global Environment Outlook – Summary
UNEP GEO Bulletin Volume 182 Number 9 | Sunday, 27 January 2019 Summary Report of the Intergovernmental Meeting on the Sixth Global Environment Outlook Summary for Policy Makers 21-24 January 2019 | Nairobi, Kenya Languages: EN (HTML/PDF) Visit our IISD/ENB+ Meeting Coverage from Nairobi, Kenya at: http://enb.iisd.org/unep/geo/6/ The Intergovernmental Meeting on …
UNEP GEO Bulletin – Vol. 182 No. 6 – Negotiation of the Summary for Policy Makers of the 6th Global Environment Outlook – Issue #2
“We welcome this GEO Summary for Policy Makers #2 and the statements by Ecuador, Costa Rica, Chile, Senegal and many other references in support of the SDGs, as well as that of Co-Chair Paul Ekins. However, we still have yet to see any reference to the need to reform and …
Eat Plants, Save the Planet
“This new report from Lancet Commission’s large group of scientists corroborates the importance of shifting from raising livestock for meat diets, which is proven injurious to both human and planetary health, that we clearly demonstrated in our Green Transition Scoreboard® for 2018: “CAPTURING CO2 WHILE IMPROVING HUMAN NUTRITION & HEALTH“ …