Posted by Jacob Scherr in Solving Global Warming
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu visits Delhi ahead of Prime Minister Singh's upcoming state visit to the U.S., and talks about increased cooperation between the US and India on climate change and clean energy. But he tells a meeting...continued→
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We are less than a month away from the start of the Copenhagen Summit and the debate on climate change in India - and the media coverage - is intensifying. Nitin Desai — former UN official and member of Prime...continued→
Posted by Jacob Scherr in Solving Global Warming
Today is 350.org's International Day of Climate Action. It is inspiring to see such concern about the urgent need to address climate change being displayed through more than 5,000 actions in 181 countries throughout the world (check out the images of...continued→
Posted by Jacob Scherr in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
The Heart of the Boreal Forest is a breathtaking expanse of woodlands, marshes and over 1.5 million lakes straddling the border between the provinces of Ontario and Manitoba, Canada. The forest is a haven for caribou, wolves and wolverines, great...continued→
Posted by Jacob Scherr in Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
Costa Rica is home to an estimated 500,000 plant and animal species - about 4% of the Earth's total. Jaguars, ocelots and sloths inhabit its rainforests and rare turtles, dolphins, and sharks are found in the oceans to its east and west....continued→
Posted by Jacob Scherr in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
In August, I was able to spend a week in the Tongass National Forest with a NRDC group led by our Founding Director John Adams. Spanning 17 million acres of southeast Alaska, the Tongass National Forest is the largest forest...continued→
Posted by Jacob Scherr in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Bristol Bay in Alaska is NRDC's newest BioGem. The Bay's watershed sits on the eastern-most arm of the Bering Sea, about 200 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. Its massive salmon runs provide food for grizzlies, wolves, eagles, beluga whales and...continued→
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Recently there has been a lot of heartening news from India on climate change. See our earlier blogs on India's new solar power and energy efficiency policies (see here and here) and the dramatic shift in India's approach to the...continued→
Posted by Jacob Scherr in Solving Global Warming
At the United Nations Summit on Climate Change this morning, President Obama spoke about the importance of assisting developing countries on adaptation and technology. He also reiterated the need for developing countries with rapidly growing emissions to "commit to strong...continued→
Posted by Jacob Scherr in Solving Global Warming
If you read or heard about Secretary Clinton's visit to India earlier this week, you probably were convinced that there is a huge chasm between our nations in regard to climate change. For example, The Wall Street Journal gleefully reported, "India...continued→
