What can we expect from this year’s climate conference? With well more then 15,000 delegates likely to be in attendance (COP15 had more then 24,000!) we can expect a lot, at least on the discussion side of things. At the risk of missing something, I will say only that two of the main issues on everyone’s mind will be: 1) […]
Nebulous
COP17: On the Ground for the Latest Round of Climate Talks
It’s that time of the year again. Leaves are changing. Warm jackets are emerging from attic closets. Forgotten winter boots reappear in mudrooms. And diplomats, from all corners of the globe, are gathering, as they do this time every year, to contemplate the future of our planet and, quite possibly, engineer a solution to the greatest crisis our world has […]
Audacious Hope: An Interview with Environmental Activist Sharon Smith
Author, activist, and Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies student Sharon Smith knows a thing or two about organizing.
Activist and Social Entrepreneur Jeff Gang on Green Organizing and Green Buying
If an environmental advocate has sent you an email, called your phone, or knocked on your door in the last two years, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve made the acquaintance of Jeff Gang. In his year as a Green Corps organizer, Jeff jetted from California to Maine to Minnesota, leading environmental campaigns and striking fear into the heart of […]
Night Swimming in the Amazon
“The Peruvian Amazon never fails to impose quandaries.”
Conservation scientist Sarah Federman describes one night’s mishap near a far-flung research station in the isolated Peruvian Amazon.
Fishing for the Future of Fish
Angela Orthmeyer reports on fishers across America who are voluntarily changing the way they fish so that their kids will someday be able to fish as well. She visits four towns to talk to four innovators who are fishing for the future.
The Anti-Sushi (of Miya’s Sushi)
The concept of “sustainable seafood” has become an oxymoron, but not at Miya’s Sushi, where chef Bun Lai is tossing out old standards in favor of the local, the safe, the clean — the under-appreciated.
On the Path to Regulating Climate Change: The Costs and Benefits of Cost-Benefit
Should Cost-Benefit Analysis be used in the generation of climate change policy? Yale Environmental Economics Professor Matthew Kotchen and Yale Environmental Law Professor Douglas Kysar debate.
Marina Keegan of Yale & #Occupy in the NYTimes – More on the Brain Drain to Wall St
A very apt discussion of prevalence, tactics, convenience, and promises here. Marina Keegan, Yale ’12, is President of the Yale College Democrats and a member of OccupyYale.
Popular uproar over Beijing air pollution
Over the weekend the New York Times reported on a unique urban escape of the Chinese governmental elite – not to penthouse night clubs or secluded spas, as you might expect, but to pockets of clean, purified air. From Politburo Standing Committee meetings to cross-city car rides, government officials are using expensive air purifiers to create transient spaces free of the ubiquitous Beijing […]
For the Love of Carrots: An Interview with the Chef of the World’s Greatest Restaurant
René Redzepi is the chef and owner of Noma, a 12-table waterside restaurant in a Copenhagen warehouse. This year and last, Noma was nominated the S. Pellegrino Best Restaurant in the World.
Forum: Australia’s Big Carbon Tax
With the passage of a historic piece of carbon tax legislation, Australia seems set to lead in the global battle against climate change. But, as Tahria Sheather reports, tensions in the land down under are running high, offering a preview of what may lie ahead for other countries.