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The G20, Climate Talks, and Trade Measures: Keeping Jobs in America

September 25, 2009

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming

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alcoa, allowances, climatelegislation, climateweek, copenhagencountdown, energyandclimate2009, G20, greenjobs, laborunions, manufacturing, pittsburgh, steelworkers, trade, tradeadjustment, USCAP

The G20 Summit has arrived in Pittsburgh on the heels of the Climate Summit in New York. These back-to-back meetings on the world's climate and the world's economy signify that protecting the planet has economic dimensions.  So let's ask the question that's on...continued

G20 Summit Highlights Pennsylvania's Green Jobs Potential

September 24, 2009

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming

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cleanenergy, climateweek, copenhagencountdown, G20, globalwarming, greenjobs, laborunions, madeinamerica, pittsburgh, steelworkers

On Wednesday, the last "Made in America" rally took place in Pennsylvania. Members of the United Steelworkers other unions joined forces with environmentalists to show their support for clean energy and climate legislation just before world leaders pull into town for...continued

Green Building: A Critical Climate Solution Spreads across China

September 23, 2009

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Greening China , Solving Global Warming

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beijing, china, cleanenergy, climateweek, copenhagencountdown, energyefficiency, globalwarming, greenbuilding, olympicvillage, shanghai, wuhan

This week, as people from all over the world assemble at the United Nations for Climate Week, I am reminded of another international gathering spot I went to just 10 days ago--Beijing's Olympic Village. What do these two places have...continued

Bringing the Arctic and the Rainforest to New York's Climate Week

September 22, 2009

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming

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arctic, arcticcommision, arcticfisheries, arcticseaice, climateweek, copenhagencountdown, deforestation, G20, globalwarming, polarbears, princecharles, rainforest, unitednations

Climate Week has begun, and I am already inspired by the sense of momentum. From the U.N. Secretary General's Summit on Climate Change on Tuesday to the G20 Summit in Pittsburg at the end of the week, world leaders are...continued