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  • Long term climate finance: FOUND!

    We are pleased to report from Copenhagen that after years of searching, long term funding for climate finance has been found…but the question is whether we can pry it out of Big Oil and Coal’s hands.  The pledge by G20 nations championed by the US is potentially a huge new source of funds for developed […]

    Steve Kretzmann Climate & Energy

  • No time for tears in Copenhagen

    COPENHAGEN — I’ve spent the last few years working more than fulltime to organize the first big global grassroots climate change campaign. That’s meant shutting off my emotions most of the time—this crisis is so terrifying that when you let yourself feel too deeply it can be paralyzing. Hence, much gallows humor, irony, and sheer […]

    Bill McKibben Climate & Energy

  • Postcard from Saturday’s mass climate demonstration in Copenhagen

    Saturday’s mass march to the Bella Center, where climate talks are ongoing, was boisterous and colorful, but largely peaceful. I expect that the tone of the demonstrations will shift in the next week as climate activists make a last-ditch push for a strong treaty. Climate Justice Action, an anti-corporate network, is calling on activists to […]

    Sara Peach Climate & Energy

  • Tens of thousands march for climate action

    [vodpod id=Video.16192576&w=620&h=465&fv=offsite%3Dtrue%26amp%3Boffsite%3Dtrue%26amp%3Blang%3Den-us%26amp%3Bpage_show_url%3D%252Fphotos%252Fgrist%252Fsets%252F72157622861822159%252Fshow%252F%26amp%3Bpage_show_back_url%3D%252Fphotos%252Fgrist%252Fsets%252F72157622861822159%252F%26amp%3Bset_id%3D72157622861822159%26amp%3Bjump_to%3D] Grist.org’s Jennifer Prediger on today’s big climate march: COPENHAGEN – The sun came out and skies were blue for the first time this week as climate activists from around the world gathered here this morning for the largest public gathering since the start of the international climate talks. Che Guevara, climate activist?Jennifer PredigerThe […]

    Grist staff Climate & Energy

  • Copenhagen demonstrators push negotiators to act

    COPENHAGEN – Great social movements are about the intelligence and vision of individuals, and the compelling strength of crowds. Both have been in abundance throughout the first week of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, and especially on Saturday. Jennifer PredigerWearing polar bear costumes, red suits and dark glasses, black jeans and matching black tee-shirts, […]

    Keith Schneider Climate & Energy

  • Climate Crock Sacks Hack Attack Part 2

    13 years worth of emails, and this is the best they can come up with?

    Peter Sinclair Climate & Energy

  • Yes Men (almost) stage global takeover in Copenhagen

    The Hopenhagen Globe looms above City Hall SquarePhoto: Matthew McDermott vic flickrThe Yes Men, merry climate pranksters, had been oddly quiet of late. Strange, since we are now deep into week one of the Copenhagen climate talks. But the activist group broke its silence today when members posing as reps from the Coca Cola company […]

    Grist staff Climate & Energy

  • Youth and Indigenous activists rally for vulnerable nations at climate talks

    COPENHAGEN — Echoing the words of Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed (We will not die quietly!) and the African negotiator Ambassador Lumumba, (No to climate colonialism!) hundreds of youth created a loud and energetic “climate storm” today inside the Copenhagen climate talks at the Bella Center. It was the largest demonstration at COP15 yet — and […]

    Joshua Kahn Russell Climate & Energy

  • China Challenging the United States for World Wind Leadership

    This Eco-Economy Indicator is written by my colleague J. Matthew Roney, a staff researcher at the Earth Policy Institute. It stresses the importance of wind energy development. Leadership of the global wind market is about to change hands. The United States—the birthplace of the modern wind industry—has held the top spot in new installations since […]

    Lester Brown Climate & Energy

  • The Rest of the Story of Cap and Trade

    Recently, we’re hearing another round of questions about the cap and trade approach to curbing global warming pollution. For instance, there’s an entertaining cartoon going around called “The Story of Cap and Trade” questioning whether climate legislation based on cap and trade will do the job.  Scientist James Hansen and economist Paul Krugman offer opposing perspectives […]

    David Doniger Climate & Energy