This second of two posts about the Tianjin climate talks gets into the dismal politics responsible for the stalled policies. The climate talks in Tianjin last week did very little to improve the prospects for a binding international treaty, which would reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are warming the globe. In the wake [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Environmental’
A Ray of Light In China? EPA administrator attempts to defuse climate standoff
Posted in Huffington Post, UN Dispatch, tagged Brazil, Cancun, China, Climate Change, Environmental, EPA, India, Kyoto Protocol, South Africa, Tianjin, UN on October 15, 2010 |
Tianjin Climate Talks Recap: Little progress on the policies
Posted in Huffington Post, UN Dispatch, tagged Cancun, Climate Change, Environmental, Kyoto Protocol, Tianjin, UN on October 13, 2010 |
This post was picked up by The Multilateralist blog on Foreign Policy, a great magazine I have unsuccessfully interviewed with for a job. Since the outcome of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change summit in Copenhagen failed to meet the sky high hopes environmentalists had placed in it, international negotiators have been working hard [...]
Inside EPA: Coal States vs. the GAO
Posted in Hiar Learning, tagged Environmental, Washington DC on April 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This was a wonky writing sample I did after my fourth interview with Inside EPA, a subscription investigative newsletter put out by the Inside Washington Publishers group. In the end, I was disappointed when the publishers decided they wanted someone with more newsroom experience, but I am still proud of the writing I submitted. States [...]
Green.view: A slushy shade of green
Posted in The Economist, tagged Canada, Environmental, Sport on February 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The title and headline I suggested for this piece was, “The Sustainable Olympics?: 2010 Winter Games organizers go for green, get tarnished bronze.” It is the longest Green.view I’ve written and the first to feature an inconspicuously embedded link to my previous reporting. (Check out the link below on “metal salvaged.”) Because it will be [...]
