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Climate Change

Climate Chief Nominated For UN Secretary General

July 12th, 2016 | by Sandy Dechert

On Friday, the world received another candidate for the role of UN Secretary General. She’s a major figure familiar to all [&hellip

Climate Change

Pope Francis Encyclical: “God reflected in all that exists”

June 18th, 2015 | by Sandy Dechert

Today, Pope Francis I has released his first encyclical, Laudato si (Praised be), widely anticipated for its focus on climate [&hellip

Agriculture

Catalyzing Action At The September 2014 UN Climate Summit

September 29th, 2014 | by Sandy Dechert

Almost everyone in the media has taken a stab at summarizing, if not snap-judging, the results of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s [&hellip

Bicycles

Ride A Bike, Save $100 Trillion: The Global High Shift Report

September 18th, 2014 | by Sandy Dechert

Intuitively, people concerned about the environment have reasoned that riding a bike or taking public transit offer more ecological benefits [&hellip

Clean Power

Deep Decarbonization Draft Offers “Transformational” Climate Strategies (VIDEO)

July 10th, 2014 | by Sandy Dechert

As unprecedented storms, extinctions, and water, food, and energy wars continue to touch our world, warnings about destructive human-made climate [&hellip

Air Quality

Cross-Sector Talks Reveal Asia’s High Off-Grid/Minigrid Renewables Potential

June 18th, 2014 | by Sandy Dechert

This year’s international off-grid renewable energy conference in Manila—IOREC— has been exploring use of off-grid renewable energy and minigrids from [&hellip