Berti Investments, an environmental impact investment company, has made its first major UK investment in 2012, by backing Ecometrica with £250,000 of growth capital. Continue reading →

The California Air Resources Board (CARB), who works closely with the Western Climate Initiative (WCI), announced on June 29th that it would delay by one year the carbon emissions cap-and-trade scheme that was scheduled to commence January 2012. Regulators stated … Continue reading →

Late yesterday evening, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted nine to one in favour of adopting a statewide cap and trade program, mandated under AB32, known as the California Global Warming Solutions Act. Continue reading →

The US Environmental Protection Agency’s “Game Day Challenge” is a voluntary component of the WasteWise Program in which colleges and universities across the United States are encouraged to reduce waste consumption and the associated greenhouse gas emissions at a home football game in October. Results for the 2010 Challenge were released on the EPA website today – read more to find out how the results stacked up against 2009, and which schools ended up being the ultimate trash talkers. Continue reading →

On September 20, the opening day of Climate Week NY°C, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) released the Global 500 and S&P 500 reports for 2010. These reports, summaries and analyses of the responses of some of the world’s largest companies, demonstrate that an unprecedented number of companies are measuring and disclosing information related to climate change, despite economic and legislative uncertainty. Continue reading →

For the second year in a row, the United States Environmental Protection Agency and colleges across the country are teaming up to reduce the amount of waste produced from college football games through the 2010 Game Day Challenge. Continue reading →

Several weeks ago, I posted a detailed overview of AB32 and Proposition 23 in anticipation of the approaching California Gubernatorial Election. With Election Day itself – November 2, 2010 – now just one day away, I am posting again with the hope of raising some last-minute awareness and increasing knowledge on one of the most controversial ballot propositions of the 2010 US gubernatorial elections: Proposition 23. Continue reading →

The first report of the Adaptation Sub-Committee of the Committee on Climate Change was published today, September 16, 2010. The report, entitled “How well prepared is the UK for climate change?”, is the first national assessment of country-wide preparedness and progress on adaptation to climate change. Continue reading →

Tensions are steadily mounting in advance of California’s November 2010 general election as the state’s landmark climate bill, the Global Warming Solutions Act, or AB 32, faces possible suspension by the California Jobs Initiative.

This posting will be done in two sections. In this post, I have done up a brief background of relevant emissions data and California legislation preceding AB 32 and Prop 23, as well as a summary of the two bills. The second post focuses on the direct and indirect effects of Proposition 23 on AB 32 if the former were to be passed, and my arguments in favour of AB 32. Continue reading →