Archive for December 7, 2009

EPA Declares Greenhouse Gases a Threat

As the United Nations summit on climate change gets under way in Copenhagen this week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has made a formal declaration that emissions of greenhouse gases pose a serious threat to human health. The announcement, which culminates a lengthy scientific review ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2007, sets the [...]

Report From Copenhagen: Day 1

The first in a series of dispatches from the 2009 climate change summit sent to us by Amy L. Jarvis of Environmental Resources Management Just wanted to give a quick note before I head off to get registered at the COP. Even though it is a cloudy day outside, I am positive that exciting things [...]