http://www.cchange.net Covering the transformations to social, environment and economic sustainability Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:08:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Sea Change Radio covers the transformations to social, environmental, and economic sustainability. Change is accelerating in positive and negative directions: the clock is ticking in the race to see which will tip first—the problems or the solutions. Join Sea Change's Host, Alex Wise, as he provides in-depth analysis to help our audience understand possible remedies and potential pitfalls. Sea Change interviews sustainability experts including Paul Hawken, Stewart Brand, Bill McKibben, Van Jones, Lester Brown, and many others. Sea Change airs on over 30 radio stations around the country. Alex Wise clean Alex Wise awise@cchange.net awise@cchange.net (Alex Wise) 2007-2011 Making Connections for Sustainability Sustainability, Climate Change, Human Rights, Environment, Corporate Responsibility, Socially Responsible Investing, Accountability, Stakeholders, Clean Tech, Renewable Energy, Green Jobs, Wealth Divide http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/cwr-images-archive/SeaChangeRadioTAG_square144_sm.jpg http://www.cchange.net Weekly http://www.cchange.net/2009/06/03/climate-bill-pass-or-fail/ http://www.cchange.net/2009/06/03/climate-bill-pass-or-fail/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:58:07 +0000 Bill Baue http://www.cchange.net/?p=908 http://www.cchange.net/2009/06/03/climate-bill-pass-or-fail/feed/ 2 carroll muffett,center for american progress,Clean Tech,Climate Change,climate policy,Climate Progress,Green Jobs,Greenpeace,joe romm,Renewable Energy,Sustainable Innovation,Sustainable Public Policy The Waxman-Markey Climate Bill is making its way through Congress, and stirring up controversy within the environmental movement between those who support it as a necessary first step, and those who think it's fatally flawed. (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/joeromm-140x150.jpg)(http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/carrollmuffett-150x150.jpg) The Waxman-Markey Climate Bill (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.+2454:) is making its way through Congress, and stirring up controversy within the environmental movement between those who support it as a necessary first step, and those who think it's fatally flawed.  Sea Change Radio talks with both sides.  Joe Romm (http://climateprogress.org/about/), editor of the ClimateProgress.org (http://climateprogress.org/) blog and a senior fellow (http://www.americanprogressaction.org/experts/RommJoseph.html) at the Center for American Progress, favors passing the Bill.  Carroll Muffett (http://members.greenpeace.org/blog/carroll_muffett) of Greenpeace (http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/) says the bill fails to address key issues in solving the climate crisis. HR 2454: The American Clean Energy and Security Act (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.02454:). A draft (http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090331/acesa_discussiondraft.pdf) of the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, as it's better known, was released by the Energy and Commerce Committee on March 31st (http://energycommerce.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1560). Greenpeace immediately greeted it as a “good first step, but improvements needed (http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/press-center/releases2/waxman-markey-bill-a-good-firs).” ClimateProgress blogger Joe Romm agreed, grading the bill a B+ (http://climateprogress.org/2009/03/31/waxman-markey-energy-global-warming-bill/). By the time the Bill came out of Committee (http://energycommerce.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1630:energy-and-commerce-committee-passes-comprehensive-clean-energy-legislation&catid=122:media-advisories&Itemid=55), however, it had undergone significant changes – changes that Greenpeace (and a broad coalition of environmental organizations (http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/press-center/releases2/broad-coalition-criticizes-cli)) lambasted for “failing to impose necessary reductions (http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/press-center/releases2/climate-change-legislation-fai)” And Romm downgraded the Bill to a B- (http://climateprogress.org/2009/05/13/waxman-markey-deal-renewables/). Despite the Bill’s flaws, though, Romm supports it, and criticized Greenpeace (http://climateprogress.org/2009/05/17/greenpeace-attack-waxman-markey-european-trading-scheme/) for its attacks on the Bill. Sea Change Radio spoke first with Joe Romm.  The conversation started with discussion of the problems in the Bill.  Despite these problems, Romm considers passage of the Bill essential for solving the climate crisis.  He sees US climate policy as a multi-stage process, with this Bill as a starting point.  As climate science gets stronger, future emissions reduction targets can be strengthened.  Romm also discusses the role of emissions allocations, defending the shift from a regime of 100 percent auction of allocations as promised by Barack Obama on the campaign trail to a percentage of free allocations. Romm and other supporters of the Waxman Markey bill argue that the first order of business is to get the knobs in place that can then be ratcheted up in the future to tighten controls on greenhouse gas emisisons. They say, if we spend all of our time arguing over what the settings are, we'll never get the knobs on the climate console. Romm is no starry-eyed optimist, however.  Even if the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill becomes law, he predicts a mere 10 to 20 percent of averting disaster.  He says that "the human race does not have many examples of instances where the world collectively got together and transformed itself before something bad happened." To hear the complete interview with Romm, click here (http://www.cchange.net/2009/06/03/joe-romm-on-waxman-markey-climate-bill/). Bill Baue clean 29:41 http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/28/after-capitalism-prout-as-a-sustainable-democratic-economic-model/ http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/28/after-capitalism-prout-as-a-sustainable-democratic-economic-model/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:14:18 +0000 Bill Baue http://www.cchange.net/?p=470 http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/28/after-capitalism-prout-as-a-sustainable-democratic-economic-model/feed/ 0 Alternative Economic Models,Clean Tech,Climate Change,climate policy,Climate Progress,Community Economic Engagement,corporate governance,corporate social responsibility,EPA,greenhouse gas emissions,joe romm,Lisa Woll Today, Dada Maheshvarananda meditates on the alternative economic model of Progressive Utilization Theory, or PROUT. Joe Romm of Climate Progress analyzes the climate resolve of the Obama Administration. Lisa Woll of the Social Investment Forum propose... (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/dadamaheshvarananda-150x150.jpg) Today, Dada Maheshvarananda meditates on the alternative economic model of Progressive Utilization Theory (http://www.prout.org/), or PROUT. Joe Romm of Climate Progress (http://climateprogress.org/) analyzes the climate resolve of the Obama Administration. Lisa Woll of the Social Investment Forum (http://www.socialinvest.org/) proposes (http://www.socialinvest.org/documents/ObamaAdministrationFINAL1.14.pdf) an Office for Innovation in Corporate Social Responsibility to the Obama Administration.  And auto and environment expert Jim Motavalli (http://www.jimmotavalli.com/index.html) comments on the significance of President Obama's executive order (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090126/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_greenhouse_gases) directing the EPA to reconsider its refusal to grant California a waiver allowing it to regulate greenhouse gases from autos. Capitalism, in the highly deregulated form currently practiced, is showing signs of collapse.  What happens After Capitalism?  Dada Maheshvarananda meditates on this very , which outlines the alternative economic model of Progressive Utilization Theory, or PROUT.  Maheshvarananda directs the PROUT Institute of Venezuela (http://www.priven.org/).  Last Thanksgiving, he visited our studios, soon after he had published a commentary (http://vcr.csrwire.com/node/11848) entitled "The Human Cost of Economic Meltdown and Its Alternative." Bill Baue clean http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/28/news-analysis-joe-romm-on-obamas-climate-resolve/ http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/28/news-analysis-joe-romm-on-obamas-climate-resolve/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:13:19 +0000 Bill Baue http://www.cchange.net/?p=464 http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/28/news-analysis-joe-romm-on-obamas-climate-resolve/feed/ 0 center for american progress,Clean Tech,Climate Change,Climate Progress,joe romm,Renewable Energy,Sustainable Innovation,Sustainable Public Policy In his first week in office, President Obama seemed to hit the ground running on climate change policy and support for a greener economy. But some say that while his efforts are a good first step, they’ll have to be followed up with much stronger measu... In his first week in office, President Obama seemed to hit the ground running on climate change policy and support for a greener economy. But some say that while his efforts are a good first step, they’ll have to be followed up with much stronger measures to really do the job. We caught up with Joe Romm of the blog Climate Progress (http://climateprogress.org/) for some perspective on Obama’s first week. In addition to giving an overview, Romm also talked about an important--and frightening--new study from the NOAA (http://climateprogress.org/2009/01/26/noaa-climate-change-irreversible-1000-years-drought-dust-bowls/) that underscores the urgency of Obama's moves. Joe Romm worked on environmental policy under the Clinton Administration and is the author of . His blog Climate Progess is a project of the Center for American Progress (http://www.americanprogress.org/). Bill Baue clean