Archive for June, 2009
Monday, June 29th, 2009
sustainability notes 6/29
This Week’s Top Story: ACES React. The American Clean Energy and Security Bill passed the House last week by a paper-thin margin (219-212). Forty Democrats voted against — most saying it was too weak — and eight Republicans voted for it. Here’s John Broder’s article for the New York Times. The bill now heads to [...]
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
weekly sustainability notes 6/22
This week’s top story: COP-15 Roundup The best sum-up of the recent “Road to Copenhagen” meeting in Bonn, Germany comes from Nature News: Not much got done, but nobody really expected anything important to happen. The negotiating text ballooned as parties sought to insert and clarify countless disagreements and positions, but that’s the way it [...]
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
weekly sustainability notes 6/15
Yes this is late. I got sick and busy. What can I say, you get what you pay for. Top story: China’s got a brand new bag China has up until recently been a mystery on climate and energy. China is officially a “non-Annex 1 country”, as defined by the UN Framework Convention on Climate [...]
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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
Park Party Rain Date Make Up! Sat., June 27
It was raining last Saturday, so we’re going to make up the park party THIS Saturday. I hope you can make it! Come welcome warm summer days with friends, family, great music and you. Chill out in the wilds of Elysian Park while contemplating the summer solstice and enjoying hi-quality music by non-DJ DJs. Bring [...]
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Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
remembering thembi
Joe Richman from Radio Diaries sent an email out to his list today. Friends of Radio Diaries, Some of you may have already heard the sad news that our friend and diarist Thembi Ngubane died a few days ago. I’ve had a hard time finding the right words for this moment. Thembi thought about death [...]
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Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
the haps in the bonn
I didn’t link to updates on what’s happening in Bonn, Germany this week in yesterday’s post. A lot of what goes on at these meetings isn’t really clear until far after the ink dries. Nevertheless, I’m not real sure what to make of Yvo de Boer’s interview with Deutsche Welle yesterday. de Boer is head [...]
