While the US is focused like a laser on online shopping deals (here’s an obligatory plug for Green Gift Monday), much of the rest of the world is focused on the United Nations Climate Change Conference, better known as COP16 which gets underway in Cancun, Mexico today. To help keep up with the proceedings over [...]
From the Chevy Vega to the Chevy Volt, fuel economy standards have changed little — until now.
If Americans were graded on their knowledge of climate change, just over half would fail and another 40 percent would get a “C” or “D,” according to a recent study by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication.
A reader is planning to retire in Florida, but first wants to know what the climate change impacts could be in that state. Our scientists give her some information that could help her decide where NOT to move.
Last night’s election was a huge victory as voters spoke out in support of taking action on climate change.
Frankly, I think it is late to start investing in adaptation. Nature has already decided for us, and we are already paying.
In partnership with the Chinese government and local communities, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation and The Nature Conservancy are piloting a new model of conservation, something we are calling a “Land Trust Reserve.”
We know it’s unseemly to toot our own horn, but we just can’t help ourselves: Planet Change got two Halloween treats over the weekend, with a post on Marc Gunther’s Business of Sustainability blog and a post on the climate and energy blog Brown loves Green.
While bickering over what to do about climate change in the U.S. may be confusing the matter for people, a new global survey released this week shows the topic at an equal level of concern as the economy and terrorism.
We need you to help us make a video that will tell World Leaders this December that climate negotiations in Cancun, Mexico are not a vacation!
Reading the China Daily newspaper in the cab on the way to the airport after 10 days working in the country, I was struck with the idea that China has a real opportunity to lead the world on climate change. One article noted that “China’s clean energy market is open to all foreign players, and [...]
We need you to help us make a video that will tell World Leaders this December that climate negotiations in Cancun, Mexico are not a vacation!
Find out how climate change, west-nile virus and mosquitos are conspiring against the Island Scrub-Jay. And what’s being done to help.
The Nature Conservancy has decided to make a significant contribution of $800,000 to the NO Campaign on California’s Proposition 23.
Check out some amazing community-driven solutions to climate change that have been submitted by our readers!
Experts warn that within the next 20 years, more than half the world’s population could face water shortages and climate change will make a bad situation worse.
Beijing, China experiences days of heavy smog and crystal blue skies. Air pollution, it seems, is still a problem despite aggressive clean air measures.
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