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In counterpoint to the constant refrain of ‘no we can’t’

Editor’s note:  Dan Kammen reports in from Copenhagen Week 1 at COP-15: The first week comes to a close about where one might expect Arrival in Copenhagen airport gives one a good feeling what you will...

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Copenhagen: Crests of hope, troughs of frustration

Editor’s note:  Dan Kammen reports in from Copenhagen. The Copenhagen Climate Conference mid-week #2 is now at full-pace.  Everything from protests to presidential appearances are taking place at a...

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“Meaningful agreement” reached between U.S., China, and India

Editor’s note:  Dan Kammen reports in from Copenhagen Today, a senior White House office announced that the U.S. had reached a “meaningful agreement” with China, India and South Africa at the U.N....

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Energy for a living future — we still have options

The forecasts of a world changed by a warming and variable climate are grim: floods; droughts; changed agricultural zones and dramatically changed oceans and vulnerable poor populations most...

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Reducing (massive) fossil fuel subsidies as key as carbon price in the global...

The final few days at COP16 (Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change), in a low-key way, accomplished more than I have seen at the COP meeting for some...

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Targeted financing needed to expand energy access in developing world

Energy poverty cripples development prospects. Where people don’t have access to modern energy services, like reliable electricity, their ability to earn a livelihood is sabotaged. That’s why UN...

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Solyndra uproar threatens to eclipse the benefits of solar

The Solyndra uproar and the recent International Trade Commission decision to investigate Chinese solar panel manufacturers threatens to distract us from what we need most: a proactive, long-term clean...

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Coal-rich Kosovo can lead on clean energy, with forward-looking international...

Over the past decade, plans for 160 new coal fired power plants in the United States have been scrapped, largely due to rising costs and an inability to compete in today’s energy markets. That’s...

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Making Rio+20 a success

By Morgan Bazilian, Alan Miller and Daniel M. Kammen “Out of the sighs of one generation are kneaded the hopes of the next.” — Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian novelist, poet, and playwright...

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When efficiency is not enough

This past week I attended and had the pleasure to speak and debate at the 2013 World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.  This was the sixth such summit, and the third I have...

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The story of a Presidential tweet

We generally complain that action on climate change is mired in polarized partisan politics and thus nothing can be done.  True to an extent, but let’s hold on a bit. In terms of generating important...

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Student competitions: representing a sustainable future

Recently I was asked to serve as a judge for the Shell Student Energy Challenge, an infographic competition that was part of the student fuel-efficiency contest, Shell Eco-Marathon. Shell sponsors...

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Good electricity grids make good neighbors

In the poem “Mending Wall,” Robert Frost asserted that “good fences make good neighbors.”  World history is replete with foreign policy built around physical walls, from Emperor Hadrian, to the Great...

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UC’s investments in fossil fuels are hurting the planet

I ran this op ed last week in the Daily Californian: Today, UC Berkeley and most institutions are financially invested in destroying our future. This may sound a little bit surprising to some — even...

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When seeking the city solution on climate, don’t forget the suburbs

Our cities have the potential to be a key climate change solution. Already they are hot-beds of innovation in local and global approaches to the nexus of sustainability and quality of life.  People who...

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The Gathering Storm – Michael Mann & Daniel M. Kammen

This post is coauthored by scientists Michael Mann and Daniel M. Kammen. Winston Churchill saw the gathering storm long before the rest of the world. Europe sacrificed millions of people before it...

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Did We Just Find a Cool Trillion Dollars for Green Energy Projects? by Daniel...

This post was authored by Daniel Kammen and Felix Kramer. Here’s a big idea that expresses the frustration, discontent, and anger we feel about how hard it ‘s been bring about the changes we need to...

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A clean climate must be a consumer commodity

The United Nations Climate Summit  last week in New York was yet another venue for important scientific releases highlighting the now well-established scientific consensus about both the economic and...

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The story of a presidential tweet

We generally complain that action on climate change is mired in polarized partisan politics and thus nothing can be done. True to an extent, but let’s hold on a bit. In terms of generating important...

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Student competitions: representing a sustainable future

Recently I was asked to serve as a judge for the Shell Student Energy Challenge, an infographic competition that was part of the student fuel-efficiency contest, Shell Eco-Marathon. Shell sponsors...

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