A Plea to Protect Burns Bog as a UNESCO Site
Environmentalists tend to be a passionate lot, on fire with conviction about the importance of preservation, conservation, and the well-being of the planet. But, despite our convictions, not all of us...
View ArticleShedding Light on Injustice in Gaza
What exactly is injustice? Injustice, put simply, is when a person, or an entire population, is denied their basic human rights — more specifically, the human rights outlined in the Geneva Conventions...
View ArticleBasel Action Network — Part of the E-Waste Solution
The Basel Action Network (BAN), is "a global toxic-trade watchdog organization" that works to prevent the dumping of used electronics from wealthy nations to developing nations. With so many companies...
View ArticleThe Basel Convention — Protecting Developing Nations from E-Waste
When industrialized countries began regulating the disposal of hazardous wastes in the 1980s, disposal costs skyrocketed. The cost-efficient solution they arrived at was “toxic trading” — the shipment...
View ArticleReflections on Copenhagen
The Copenhagen conference ended, for the most part, disappointingly. The Copenhagen Accord, the climate change agreement reached at the last minute, doesn’t effectively address climate change. While it...
View ArticleDispatches from Copenhagen – Talks Extended
COPENHAGEN – COP15 TALKS JUST EXTENDED TO THE WEEKEND. So much has happened, while so little real progress has been made. Obama’s speech essentially reiterated the US’s already stated position:...
View ArticleDispatches from Copenhagen – Friday, the Final Day
COPENHAGEN – On the final day of COP15, the process of negotiations has moved from talks between delegates to direct communication between heads of states. As I write this, President Obama is in talks...
View ArticleDispatches from Copenhagen – Wednesday, Two Days Remaining
COPENHAGEN — The anxiety and anticipation rising in the conference center are palpable as the fault lines become more distinct and several entities attempt to resurrect negotiations. It’s Wednesday...
View ArticleDispatches from Copenhagen – Sour and Souring
COPENHAGEN — The climate change talks taking place in Copenhagen are on life support. One week in to the conference, and with one week to go, progress towards a worthwhile climate change deal has been...
View ArticleClimate Change Reporting Contest Announced
Today, on World Environment Day, global media assistance organization Internews invited print, radio, television, journalists, and bloggers to compete in the first-ever Earth Journalism Awards....
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