In case you thought it is impossible to finance the Global Green New Deal advocated by the United Nations, here is an article that will convince you of the feasibility of such a project. The WorldWatch Institute indeed published last week a very long argumentation with seven points that will finish to persuade the most …
The United States’ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a ruling that may well bring an end to the constructions of coal-fired plants in the country. As the Bush Presidency is ending, this institution is finally getting more serious on limiting carbon dioxide emissions of the world’s largest emitter. The construction and use of alternative energy …
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The Grenelle de l’Environnement, the cornerstone of the French environmental policies, might lead to investments worth of 440 billion euros (or $560 billion) by 2020. An important part of this money will be allocated to transport and doubling the amount of fast train lines (TGV, left). Other major sectors will be renovating buildings and renewables. …
The election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America represents to many people around the world a new hope on several topics including energy and climate change. He stated that we are living in “a Planet in peril”. This couldn’t be more true. Yet, with him at the White …
Since I don’t have that much time to blog, I restrain myself to around 25 articles per month. However, more news are worth reading and blogging about. My goal being to provide you with the latest headlines and best researches on sustainable development and related topics, I had to find a solution. It came with …
This is the title of the latest e-mail I received from the WWF. To them, the economic turmoil pales in comparison with the environmental one and its possible outcome if not tackled fast. Indeed, we are currently using one third more than our Planet can sustain. If this was to continue, by the mid-2030s we …
As stock markets keep on going down and down, there is still hope. Indeed, the UNEP launches a green economy initiative to get the global markets back to work. This represents a possible turnaround from our growth model based on the depletion of natural resources and ecosystems and thus a more sustainable development. Years ago, …
As you saw with my previous post, Daryl Warner Laux from Verda Vivo wrote a great article for this blog. I returned her the favor and wrote one for her. Called A new Apollo program, it focuses on how the United States can invent a low carbon energy mix by focusing on energy efficiency and …
This is a huge privilege for me to present you today the first guest post written for Elrst. Her author, Daryl Warner Laux and I have been exchanging mails and views for the past months. Verda Vivo, Daryl’s blog, reflects her passion for environmental issues, climate change, conservation, pollution, recycling, organics and “going green”. I recently …
Today is Blog Action Day and this year’s subject is poverty. This is important as a sixth of Mankind is living with less than a dollar per day, like this child in Kolkata, India. (image source) I would like to take the opportunity to remind you of the humanitarian implications of climate change which could …
