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March 16th, 2010

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

The Business Community’s Silence on United Nations Climate Change Negotiations

The business community must assume some of the responsibility for the lack of results at the UN climate talks last year in Copenhagen (COP15). However, the failure to produce a binding agreement at COP15 has not derailed UN efforts to secure a global a…

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February 11th, 2010

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

Policies Contributing to More Robust Climate Risk Disclosure

In response to an absence of voluntary disclosure, major policy decisions are helping to provide investors with the information they need to make informed decisions about a company’s sustainable positioning.A record number of shareholder resolutions ar…

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February 3rd, 2010

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

Copenhagen Accord: Global Emissions Cuts

In compliance with the Copenhagen Accord’s January 31 deadline, the US and Canada have pledged to reduce their greenhouse gases. Similar pledges were made by other large greenhouse gas emitters including Europe, Japan and Australia.Developing nations l…

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February 3rd, 2010

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

Copenhagen Accord: Global Emissions Cuts

In compliance with the Copenhagen Accord’s January 31 deadline, the US and Canada have pledged to reduce their greenhouse gases. Similar pledges were made by other large greenhouse gas emitters including Europe, Japan and Australia.Developing nations l…

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January 9th, 2010

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

The EPA Proposes Cleaner Air

On Thursday January 7, 2009 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed tougher smog standards. The new proposals contain the strictest smog standards ever enacted by an American government (between 60 and 70 parts per billion measured over eigh…

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December 11th, 2009

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

President Obama Needs the US Senate to Succeed on Climate Change

President Obama is a multilateralist and a champion of emissions reductions, but he will not produce a binding agreement at COP15 because of the inaction of the US Senate.The President addressed those that oppose him during his Nobel Peace Prize accept…

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December 3rd, 2009

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

Canada Makes Dramatic Shift on Climate Change Management Policy

Canada already helps developing nations adapt to climate change and now the Canadian government has signalled that it is getting serious about reducing emissions at home.In a very significant development, on Thursday December 3, 2009, the ruling Conser…

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November 26th, 2009

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

Obama Buoys Hopes for a Climate Change Deal

President Obama will attend COP15 in Copenhagen where he will promise the most ambitious targets America has ever proposed to reduce climate change causing greenhouse gases.The White House has announced 17 percent emissions reductions below 2005 levels…

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October 15th, 2009

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

50 Climate Change Tools and Resources for Blog Action Day 2009

Climate change in Google Earth has built a site where you “explore the potential impacts of climate change on our planet Earth and find out about possible solutions for adaptation and mitigation, ahead of the UN’s climate conference in Copenhagen i…

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October 15th, 2009

By Richard Matthews in: Green Jobs

Blog Action Day 2009: Climate Change

With 130 countries represented, this year’s Blog Action Day will be the largest-ever social change event on the web. Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world’s bloggers and this year bloggers around the world are posting about climate c…