The National Climate Assessment: Measuring Domestic Climate Impacts Thursday, May 8, 2014 2:00 – 3:30 PM 485 Russell Senate Office Building Constitution Avenue and 1st Street, NE Free and open to the public Please RSVP to expedite check-in A live webcast will be streamed at 2:00 PM …
New facts about employee ownership in May 2014
EFES NEWSLETTER – MAY 2014 Transparency It is usually considered in large European companies that employee share ownership has to be developed, leading to better performances and better governance. …
The National Climate Assessment: Measuring Domestic Climate Impacts
The National Climate Assessment: Measuring Domestic Climate Impacts Thursday, May 8, 2014 2:00 – 3:30 PM 485 Russell Senate Office Building Constitution Avenue and 1st Street, NE Free and open to the public Please RSVP to expedite check-in The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) …
What a win-win on unburnable carbon looks like
The recent IPCC report is clear: We need a dramatic change in the design of the global economy to avoid climate catastrophe and we need it now. The International Energy Agency estimates that to stay within 2 degrees Celsius of atmospheric warming, the global economy will have to avert emitting the carbon …
Other News – Our Planet’s Future Is in the Hands of 58 People
Our Planet’s Future Is in the Hands of 58 People By Roberto Savio* ROME, Apr 2014 (IPS) – In case you missed it, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the third and final part of a report on Apr. 13 in which it says bluntly that …
Today’s Top Stories from GFI: In Mexico, you can pay taxes with art
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 From the Financial Transparency Coalition Blog: Incorporation Standards in Banking: A Race to the Bottom When You Want Secrecy, All You Need is a Shell Company FTC Submits Letter to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bankers Illicit Financial Flows: The Elephant in the Room at the …
Developing Nations Seek U.N. Retaliation on Bank Cancellations
Developing Nations Seek U.N. Retaliation on Bank Cancellations By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Apr 2014 (IPS) – The 132-member Group of 77, the largest single coalition of developing nations, has urged Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to provide, “as soon as possible…alternative options for banking services” in New York City …
Energy Efficiency Resource Standards: A New Progress Report on State Experience
ACEEE Authors: Annie Downs and Celia Cui In the absence of federal requirements for energy savings, states are leading the way with effective, forward-looking energy efficiency policies. More than half of them have adopted energy efficiency resource standards (EERS), policies that set long-term mandatory energy savings targets for utilities and …
two dozen countries to be represented as global geothermal community gathers with policy makers on earth day
209 Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast, Washington, D.C. 20003 U.S.A. Phone: (202) 454-5261 Fax: (202) 454-5265 Web Site: www.geo-energy.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Shawna McGregor, [email protected], 917-971-7852 two dozen countries to be represented as global geothermal community gathers with policy makers on earth day Washington, D.C. (March 26, 2014) – Representatives from 24 countries …
Why a Melting Arctic Could Sink the Global Economy
Why a Melting Arctic Could Sink the Global Economy SOURCE: AP/Brennan Linsley An Inuit hunter and fisherman steers his boat past a melting iceberg and along a fjord leading away from the edge of the Greenland Ice Sheet. By Cathleen Kelly | Center for American Progress, March 19, 2014 Download the …