The Agriculture Lobby

It is not unusual for me to read journalistic articles and come away wondering ‘who the h…. are they talking about’. I’ve attached one of those articles from The Washington Post.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/25/AR2009062504133.html?sub=AR
I also read some polling this morning that says 75 percent of the American public thinks we need to act on climate change legislation and over [...]

The Wall Street Journal

Below is a link to a recent Wall Street Journal article on climate change science. From their perspective, significantly more scientists are becoming skeptical of climate change.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124597505076157449.html

USDA to Oversee Carbon Offset Program in Energy Bill

The House Ag Committee has won a major argument on who is to administer the offset program in the new energy bill.
http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/24/24climatewire-farm-groups-prevail-as-house-climate-bill-pu-24287.html

Global Climate Change Impacts in the U. S.

http://downloads.globalchange.gov/usimpacts/pdfs/climate-impacts-report.pdf

Knowledge Creation in EcoServices Markets

I was in Annapolis last Friday in an interesting meeting with Eric Sprague. He was helping me catch up with the Bay Bank, Chesapeake Fund, etc.  During the conversation we began to discuss the various ecosystem service efforts/projects/markets that are evolving. Both Eric and I realize that there is a significant amount of activity going [...]

Geography, Ecology, and Economy

A valuable article by Peter Ziehan titled The Geography of Recession.
http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20090602_geography_recession

A Potential Mess

This is an interesting article that hints at the international problems that arise in developing countries when industrialized countries begin to purchase carbon offset credits from forests -an international version of carpetbaggers combined with little regulation and financial management in the developing countries. 
Think of what this implies to a U.S. energy bill that allows for international [...]

Why the Ethanol Debate Isn’t Helping Anyone

An article by our friend Noam Ross.
http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2009/06/03/why-ethanol-debate-isnt-helping-anyone

Exacting Change

An interesting article on the “Politics” of change.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090615/borosage_kvh