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At last week’s G-20 Summit, the city of Pittsburgh created a security perimeter and sanctioned protest areas in an effort to balance security concerns with first amendment rights to free speech.The protests started well before the G-20 summit began, on…

The Copenhagen Conference (COP 15) is now only a little more than two months away. There is precious little time to broker an international agreement on climate change. Although there were some important promises made at last week’s G20 Summit in Pitts…

This has been a busy week for those involved with combating climate change. Today world leaders are meeting at the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh. With the Copenhagen Convention (COP 15) now only a bit more than two months away, leaders are seeking ways to …

Managing climate change and decreasing unemployment are two interrelated issues on the G20’s agenda this week. Pittsburgh is the host of this G20 summit, and was once at the center of America’s industrial heartland, now the city is being reborn as a gr…

One Pittsburgh business is taking advantage of the G20’s high profile to share a new green water purification technology. Contaminated water kills millions each year and water purification processes draw on limited energy resources. The lack of safe dr…

As world leaders prepare to convene in Pittsburgh for the latest round of G20 talks one business has found a unique way of promoting the green agenda.Technology publication TechBurger reports that a large commercial retail energy supplier, Pittsburgh-b…

The financial and climate change crises are spurring unprecedented levels of global cooperation. In less than one week leaders of the G20 will be meeting in Pittsburgh, and in less than three months leaders will convene in Copenhagen for COP 15, the la…

There is much work yet to be done if we are to meet the December deadline for a global agreement on a climate change strategy. Many obstacles must be overcome before we can hope for an agreement in Copenhagen. The fact that we have yet to find the form…

Heads of state are responding to the widespread public outcry over the perception of excessive compensation in the banking industry. The French president Nicolas Sarkozy is leading the way with strict new bonus rules.In Australia bank executives stand …

Later this month the G20 will be meeting in Pittsburgh and although the G20 largely supports an agreement to manage climate change, developing nations are concerned that these efforts will undermine their economic growth.Although Europe is struggling, …