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Following Bill Clinton’s urging of colleges and universities to go greener last week, Grist.org released its list of the top 20 greenest colleges. Topping the list is the University of Colorado at Boulder. “Known for its outdoorsy student body and scenic location at the foot of the Rocky Mountains,” writes Grist blogger Claire Thompson, “CU created the first student-directed recycling center in 1970, and in the decades since it’s made many other impressive green strides. The school provides plenty of alternative transportation for students to get around town or up to the ski slopes, all its new buildings must meet LEED gold standards, and first-year students are provided with reusable shopping bags.”
Onto the ongoing policy debate over the climate bill, energyandcapital.com’s Nick Hodge reports on the recent “fear-mongering” of big oil to recruit opposition to the climate bill. On Tuesday, more than 3,000 oil company employees packed into a downtown Houston venue for an anti-climate bill rally, many receiving posters, t-shirts, and other anti-climate bill goodies. Many were also asked by their employers to send latters to their senators urging them to vote against the Waxman-Markey bill.
This protest, however misguided, is at least legit. Also this week, more forged letters from Bonner & Associates were uncovered. In case you hadn’t heard, Washington-based lobbying firm was caught sending a number of forged letters from minority and senior-citizen groups to key representatives urging them to vote against the Waxman-Markey bill for a number of reasons. The firm, which was hired by the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), of course pinned the blame on a single renegade who has since been fired.
Despite the uncovering of these unethical tactics, the outlook for the climate bill’s passage in the Senate looks gloomier than ever these days. Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) worries, as do many supporters of cap-and-trade, that the climate bill could be the next target for a Healthcare-style “misinformation campaign.”
Dan Giacomini at FD Element
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The latest round of UN climate negotiations took place in Bonn, Germany this week. GlobalWarmingIsReal.com reports that the negotiations made some headway, but ultimately we’re no closer to achieving global consensus on a successor to the Kyoto Protocol than we were before. According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), delegates wasted time arguing over “procedures and technicalities.” “This is not the way to overcome mistrust between rich and poor nations,” said Kim Carstensen, head of the WWF Global Climate Initiative. “Delegates are kept back by political gridlock. The political leaders must now unblock the process.”
With another unsuccessful attempt at striking a global deal (or even making the least bit of progress toward one) behind us, GreenBiz.com wonders, is it time to start worrying about Copenhagen? As GreenBiz’s James Murray aptly points out, all of the key players “are beginning to sound like broken records as they demand that others move first to deliver targets before they make any commitment.” It’s anybody’s guess which side will budge first in this global tug-of-war, and Murray’s thought on the US being the one to budge is: “not a chance.”
Of course, the US won’t have much to bargain with if it can’t pass meaningful legislation here at home. Keith Johnson of The Wall Street Journal wrote Wednesday that the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) released a study that found the bill would be a huge blow to to US industry, eliminating about 2 million jobs and 2% of the GDP by 2030.
But according to Climate 411, NAM’s figures are about as trustworthy as the forged letters sent by their allies to members of Congress faking opposition to the climate bill from local community groups.
Dan Giacomini at FD Element
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Following Bill Clinton’s urging of colleges and universities to go greener last week, Grist.org released its list of the top 20 greenest colleges. Topping the list is the University of Colorado at Boulder. “Known for its outdoorsy student body and scenic location at the foot of the Rocky Mountains,” writes Grist blogger Claire Thompson, “CU created the first student-directed recycling center in 1970, and in the decades since it’s made many other impressive green strides. The school provides plenty of alternative transportation for students to get around town or up to the ski slopes, all its new buildings must meet LEED gold standards, and first-year students are provided with reusable shopping bags.”
Onto the ongoing policy debate over the climate bill, energyandcapital.com’s Nick Hodge reports on the recent “fear-mongering” of big oil to recruit opposition to the climate bill. On Tuesday, more than 3,000 oil company employees packed into a downtown Houston venue for an anti-climate bill rally, many receiving posters, t-shirts, and other anti-climate bill goodies. Many were also asked by their employers to send latters to their senators urging them to vote against the Waxman-Markey bill.
This protest, however misguided, is at least legit. Also this week, more forged letters from Bonner & Associates were uncovered. In case you hadn’t heard, Washington-based lobbying firm was caught sending a number of forged letters from minority and senior-citizen groups to key representatives urging them to vote against the Waxman-Markey bill for a number of reasons. The firm, which was hired by the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), of course pinned the blame on a single renegade who has since been fired.
Despite the uncovering of these unethical tactics, the outlook for the climate bill’s passage in the Senate looks gloomier than ever these days. Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) worries, as do many supporters of cap-and-trade, that the climate bill could be the next target for a Healthcare-style “misinformation campaign.”
Dan Giacomini at FD Element
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The latest round of UN climate negotiations took place in Bonn, Germany this week. GlobalWarmingIsReal.com reports that the negotiations made some headway, but ultimately we’re no closer to achieving global consensus on a successor to the Kyoto Protocol than we were before. According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), delegates wasted time arguing over “procedures and technicalities.” “This is not the way to overcome mistrust between rich and poor nations,” said Kim Carstensen, head of the WWF Global Climate Initiative. “Delegates are kept back by political gridlock. The political leaders must now unblock the process.”
With another unsuccessful attempt at striking a global deal (or even making the least bit of progress toward one) behind us, GreenBiz.com wonders, is it time to start worrying about Copenhagen? As GreenBiz’s James Murray aptly points out, all of the key players “are beginning to sound like broken records as they demand that others move first to deliver targets before they make any commitment.” It’s anybody’s guess which side will budge first in this global tug-of-war, and Murray’s thought on the US being the one to budge is: “not a chance.”
Of course, the US won’t have much to bargain with if it can’t pass meaningful legislation here at home. Keith Johnson of The Wall Street Journal wrote Wednesday that the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) released a study that found the bill would be a huge blow to to US industry, eliminating about 2 million jobs and 2% of the GDP by 2030.
But according to Climate 411, NAM’s figures are about as trustworthy as the forged letters sent by their allies to members of Congress faking opposition to the climate bill from local community groups.
Dan Giacomini at FD Element