Brighter Planet

Ethanol has been a cornerstone of U.S. energy strategy for decades, but the process of creating ethanol from corn is less energy-efficient than other possible sources, like switchgrass and other “woody” plants.

From San Francisco to South Korea, petroleum disasters are striking with increasing frequency. And those blackened birds are just the beginning of the bad news.

If the Greenland ice cap were to melt tomorrow, the sea level around the world would rise by more than 20 feet.

No Day at the Beach in Bali: High drama leads to compromise at climate conference.

Jon, who is on our Project Selection Committee, was interviewed by Earth Beat Radio

We were featured on New England Cable Network.

As climate conference kicks off, defenses are up.

From a debate on May 8, 2007 at Middlebury College.

This is from last year (2006), but it’s a great introduction to Mindy Lubber, a member of our Advisory Board.

We’ve been following the gradual release of the UN’s top-to-bottom assessment of climate change since February, when the Physical Science Basis was released by Working Group 1.

Now, a joint “Synthesis” report prepared jointly by all three working groups is being finalized for presentation to the global scientific community. Topics will include:

• Observed changes in climate and its effects
• Causes of change
• Climate change and its impacts in the near and long term under different scenarios
• Adaptation and mitigation options and responses, and the inter-relationship with sustainable development, at global and regional levels
• The long term perspective: scientific and socio-economic aspects relevant to adaptation and mitigation, consistent with the objectives and provisions of the Convention, and in the context of sustainable development.

Related documents:

• complete outline
• 23-page summary
• press release