U.S. Congressman Edward J. Markey (Democrat-Massachusetts) took an alternate—and virtually carbon-free—route to Bali, Indonesia this morning, as he offered the United Nations climate summit a vision of U.S. climate policy that is strongly critical of the Bush administration.   more »

Congressman Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, has linked up with OneClimate’s 'Virtual Bali' initiative to participate in the UN’s Climate Change negotiations currently underway in Bali, Indonesia - even while he remains in Washington DC to press for passage of the final Energy Bill in Congress.   more »

Do you have questions on climate change -- how to decrease your impact, what can we expect, is it for real?! OneWorld has brought together experts to help answer your questions. Submit your questions by April 10 or share your climate tips, but don't delay... we'll be sending them on to our panel on Tuesday, April 11. We'll post their responses just in time for Earth Day.   more »

Calls for tougher action on global warming are intensifying as policy makers embark for Kenya, where weeklong talks on climate change are due to start Monday.   more »

Mindful that life on Earth is seriously threatened by the continued loss of thousands of plant and animal species, an international group of scientists is calling for the creation of a global forum to help officials craft plans to preserve biodiversity on the planet.   more »

Leaders of the world's industrial nations have drawn fire from international civil society groups after they embraced an energy plan that favors continued reliance on oil and other fossil fuels with no hint of any solid steps to deal with the impending threat of climate change.   more »

Despite unprecedented growth in recent years, the world economy has not only failed to take care of the planet and its health, but also the basic needs of billions of its inhabitants, most of whom are condemned to live in slums with no safe water to drink, according to a new study released by a U.S.-based independent think tank.   more »

Tonight Pearl Jam is onstage at The Forum in the midst of a 69 date world tour that opened April 20 in London, England and will close November 25 in Perth, Australia. The band has decided to offset emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) released on the tour--from the trucks, buses, airplane travel, hotel rooms, concerts venues and fans driving to and from their concerts--by providing funding to nine nonprofit organizations that help, in various ways, to reduce global warming.   more »

On June 23- 26, 2006 the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) hosted The Third Annual Bill Sutherland Institute for Africa Advocates conference at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC.   more »

Wind power is "poised to become to become the foundation of the new energy economy," claims a new survey by the Washington, D.C.-based Earth Policy Institute. According to the environmental group, global wind electricity-generating capacity increased by 24 percent in 2005 to 59,100 megawatts--a twelvefold increase from a decade ago, when world wind-generating capacity stood at less than 5,000 megawatts.   more »

As policy makers from around the world gather here to attend a major United Nations conference on fisheries, a prominent environmental group has renewed its demand for a global effort to stem so-called pirate fishing and a worldwide moratorium on high seas fishing by commercial companies using bottom trawlers.   more »

With growing concerns over high prices of oil and its adverse impact on the world's poor and the environment, the United Nations is urging policy makers to explore the use of alternative sources for energy.   more »

Devastating storms? Harsh droughts? More diseases? Polluted air and waterways? Contaminated food? Some of the key causes are global warming and a loss of biodiversity caused by humans' excessive use and abuse of the Earth and its resources. Complex global problems all, so what's an individual to do?   more »

As tax day looms, a prominent environmentalist is urging changes he says will spare the taxpayer, spur the economy, and save the planet.   more »

Alongside the war in Iraq, Americans worry most about U.S. dependence on foreign oil, a leading pollster said Thursday. While most appeared fatalistic over problems like job outsourcing, around half said the government can do something about energy dependence, according to a survey run by Daniel Yankelovich, funded by the Ford Foundation, and published by the Council on Foreign Relations in its journal Foreign Affairs.   more »

The right to safe water must be enshrined in international law and policed by the United Nations if millions of people are to be spared death from want of water or from water-borne diseases, activists told governments and business at international talks ending Wednesday.   more »

I am part of the SUSTAIN US-DC email list and someone on the list started a great discussion on living "green" and saving money by posing this question.    more »

Did you know that one of the top human activities contributing to climate change is flying in an airplane? But I've found a way around that.   more »