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Last month, Yvo de Boer, the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, resigned. Mr de Boer’s greatest success was the Bali agreement in 2007. However, the signatories of the Bali agreement failed to produce a wo…

It is no coincidence that one day after the United States pledged to reduce greenhouse gases by 17%, the Canadian government announced that it would reduce its emissions by the same amount.Environment Minister Jim Prentice said, “It’s a target we t…

As stipulated in last December’s Copenhagen Accord, January 31, 2010 was the deadline for wealthier nations to submit their emissions reductions targets. Obama Pledged to reduce US greenhouse gases (GHGs) by approximately 17 percent below 2005 levels o…

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…

There were a host of greener inventions in 2009 and they include everything from tooth brushes to a planetary nervous system.The term “eco-inventions” is composed of “eco” the short form of ecology, defined as the branch of biology concerned with the r…

Although the Copenhagen Accord set no overall emissions targets, the US is bound by law to honor its international committment to emissions-reduction.In 1992 the US signed a UN sponsored treaty intended to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the…

US President Barack Obama urged international action as the UN climate conference drew to a close. “We are running short on time…These international discussions have essentially taken place now for almost two decades, and we have very little to show …

COP15 convenes today in Copenhagen yet many are suspicious about the Canadian government’s sincerity on climate change management. Despite the Conservatives politically motivated adoption of absolute emission targets, cap-and-trade and if need be regul…

External and domestic pressures pushed the ruling Canadian Conservative government to alter their climate change management policy. The Canadian government has indicated that it will harmonize its policy with the US by supporting absolute emissions cap…

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…