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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…

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States recently overturned campaign finance laws. This encourages more direct spending by corporations, unions and other special interest groups.This will add billions to the money already spent by spe…

As nations were preparing to communicate their emissions reductions strategies to the UNFCCC ahead of the January 31 deadline, President Obama was leading by example with Federal government emissions reductions.Executive Order 13514 on Federal Sustaina…

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…

This evening, the President of the United States will deliver his State of the Union address. In light of his declining popularity and legislative stalemate, President Obama is expected to scale back his climate change agenda and reach out to recession…

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…

Despite some progress on funding and compliance verification, there are good reasons why we did not get a binding agreement on emissions reductions at COP15.Although Secretary of State Hilary Clinton said Washington would help create a $100 billion a y…

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 …

The United Nations climate summit is a study of stark contrasts where hopeful aspirations coexist alongside predictions of failure. COP15 has revealed the diametrically opposed perspectives of environmental advocates and climate change deniers. The Den…