Posted by Reede Stockton in Campaign for Climate Equity on 28th November, 2009 | No Comments
Barack Obama took the oath of office on January 20, 2009 with the wind at his back, armed with a mandate to reverse the course of the Bush administration on a wide range of issues, climate change prominent among them. Ten months later, the winds have stilled and Obama appears paralyzed, unable to move forward »
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Posted by Reede Stockton in Campaign for Climate Equity on 20th November, 2009 | No Comments
Back in June, I posted a blog that referred to Joe Romm, Clinton Energy Department alumnus and the brains behind the Climate Progress blog as “one of the smart folks that I listen to about climate issues” and “one of the best sources around on climate issues”. I also wrote that his Climate Progress blog »
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Posted by Reede Stockton in Campaign for Climate Equity on 15th November, 2009 | No Comments
Faced with the prospect of continued bickering over the shape of a new climate agreement to extend the Kyoto Protocol, President Barack Obama’s bold leadership has apparently saved the world. The U.N. Climate Change Conference, scheduled for December in Copenhagen, was clearly headed for failure before Obama’s intervention. The Copenhagen conference has been considered by »
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Posted by Reede Stockton in Campaign for Climate Equity on 12th November, 2009 | No Comments
For the last few weeks, politicians from developed countries around the world have been stockpiling lipstick – to spruce up the pig they are about to unveil in Copenhagen. It has become increasingly clear that the Obama administration is undermining the push for a global climate deal and would like, instead, to scale back the »
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Posted by Reede Stockton in Campaign for Climate Equity on 10th November, 2009 | No Comments
It’s ALWAYS a bad idea for a government agency to try to muzzle employees. It invariably results in even more publicity for the point of view being supressed. Ask George Bush how it worked out to try to shut James Hansen up. Obama’s EPA seems not to have gotten the message. On Thursday, November 5th, »
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Posted by Reede Stockton in Campaign for Climate Equity on 3rd November, 2009 | No Comments
I’ve been toying with the idea of writing a series of blogs about the Kyoto protocol before the Copenhagen Climate Conference this December. Third World Network has saved me the effort. This piece by Lim Li Lin is tremendous. Why we need to save the Kyoto Protocol Lim Li Lin, Third World Network The plot »
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