Gil Friend’s Blog

President-Elect Obama at the Governors' Global Climate Summit: My presidency will mark a new chapter in the Federal role in fighting climate change. Highlights include: - Federal cap & trade system (yeah!), - Target 1990 emissions levels by 2020, 80% reduction by 2050...

I'm in LA this week for the Governors' Global Climate Summit: a high-level meeting between governmental “climate leaders” and to conclude a cooperative Summit Declaration on climate solutions... [and] to discuss the outlook for a comprehensive global agreement on...

Or so say Rainforest Action Network and other environmental protection groups who have called a National Day of Action Against Coal and Coal Finance, to let banks know that "times are changing and coal is over." Bring your favorite no-coal chant, noise makers and...

Sierra Club's The Green Life reports on new findings on polypropylene (commonly used in medical labware, as well as food and beverage containers): Two highly reactive chemicals in a common plastic can leak from disposable lab equipment and skew the outcome of life...

Watching the President-Elect speak, I'm moved beyond words. Hope is not a strategy, but it's a profound & marvellous thing. Yes we can.

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WorldChanging: To The Next U.S. President: 100 Words for 100 Days To The Next U.S. President: 100 Words for 100 Days Worldchanging.com recently asked "the smartest, most interesting people we know" (flattery will get you anywhere, they know 😉 to answer the following...

19.20.21. is an intriguing and well designed site looking at "the rise of supercities as the defining trend of the 21st century" 19 cities in the world with 20 million people in the 21st century

Tap Water’s Popularity Forces Pepsi to Cut Jobs - NYTimes.com Tap water is making a comeback. That’s bad news for PepsiCo’s profits. The company, which makes Pepsi, Doritos and Quaker Oats cereal, announced on Tuesday that its quarterly earnings were down 10 percent...