Tag Archives: global warming
Heinz Awards $250K to Build the Post-Fossil Fuel World
By Carol Pierson Holding Last week, KC Golden, Policy Director at Seattle-based Climate Solutions, was awarded the $250,000 Heinz Award in Public Policy. Danny Westneat of the Seattle Times called Golden “a prizewinning global-warming fighter.” With all that … Continue reading
Can Heat, Fires and Floods Provoke Action on Environmental Issues?
By Carol Pierson Holding If you’ve been reading the news this hot summer, the will to combat climate change appears to be dead. The United Nations conference Rio 20+ was by all accounts a dismal failure. Neither presidential candidate has … Continue reading
Is Climate Denial Coming to an End?
By Carol Pierson Holding Like so many, I was shocked a few weeks ago to read about the Heartland Institute’s billboard that showed a mug shot of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski next to the headline “I still believe in global warming. … Continue reading
Society for Women Geographers Spurs Sustainability
By Carol Pierson Holding In May, the Society for Women Geographers (SWG) held its Triennial conference in Boulder. Formed in 1925 after the Explorer's Club refused to admit women, SWG originally required all members to be American female geographers or … Continue reading
A Tale of Two Ports
The Port of Seattle has worked hard to shrink its carbon footprint, implementing energy saving measures and programs to encourage environmentally friendly practices by visiting ships. But just down the Washington coast, the Port of Longview has proposed a plan that would make it the export hub of dirty coal bound for China. What does this mean for our global environment and what kind of precedent would it set for future pollution exporters?
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