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/2009/06/10/policy-blueprints-climate-2030-route-to-reform/ http://www.cchange.net/2009/06/10/policy-blueprints-climate-2030-route-to-reform/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:39:13 +0000 Francesca Rheannon http://www.cchange.net/?p=935 http://www.cchange.net/2009/06/10/policy-blueprints-climate-2030-route-to-reform/feed/ 1 Clean Energy economy,Climate 2030,Climate Bill,Climate Change,climate policy,energy economy,global warming,Rachel Cleetus,Stern_Review,Sustainable Public Policy,Transportation for America,union of concerned scientists We talk with Rachel Cleetus of the Union of Concerned Scientists about the group's National Blueprint for a Clean Energy Economy, Climate 2030 and with David Goldberg about Transportation for America's Route to Reform. (../2009/06/03/climate-bill-pass-or-fail/)(http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/rachaelcleetus-150x150.jpg)Last week on Sea Change Radio, we featured the pros and cons of the climate bill (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.+2454:) now set to wend its way through the halls of Congress. Today, we take a look at two proposals from the grassroots that have some important bearing on climate policy. We talk with Rachel Cleetus of the Union of Concerned Scientists (http://www.ucsusa.org/) about the group's National Blueprint for a Clean Energy Economy, Climate 2030 (http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/solutions/big_picture_solutions/climate-2030-blueprint.html) and with David Goldberg about Transportation for America (http://t4america.org/)'s  Route to Reform (http://t4america.org/pressers/2009/05/11/transportation-for-america-issues-national-blueprint-for-transportation-reform/). Economic recession doesn't mean the world can't afford to tackle climate change. In fact, the costs of delay dwarf the costs of moving to a clean energy economy. The British economist Lord Stern says it will take 2% of the world's GDP (http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/lord-stern-on-global-warming-its-even-worse-than-i-thought-1643957.html) to avert catastrophic climate change, whereas GDP would drop 20% or more if we don't (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern_Review). But the Union of Concerned Scientists goes further. In Climate 2030: A National Blueprint for a Clean Energy Economy, the UCS argues that strong climate change policy will actually create substantial savings for consumers and the economy as a whole, not just in the distant future, but right here and now. The report forecasts $1.7 trillion in net cumulative savings between 2010 and 2030 and annual savings of $465 billion by the latter date. Francesca Rheannon spoke with Rachel Cleetus, economist with the Climate program at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). Her work focuses on designing and advocating for effective global warming policies at the federal, regional, state and international levels. Dr. Cleetus has also worked as a consultant for the World Wildlife Fund (http://www.worldwildlife.org/) and the Tellus Institute (http://www.tellus.org/). (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/t4a.jpg) In light of climate change, peak oil, and energy dependence on volatile regions like the Middle East and Central Asia, how our transportation system is structured is a matter of national and economic security. Every six years, the United States Congress passes a bill to authorize federal spending on transportation, and it's up for renewal this year. The third largest spending bill in the budget, it covers both funding targets and policy goals. How should we fund transportation: with a gas tax or a road-use tax (or other ways)? How much of the transportation pie should go to roads and bridges or to high speed, light rail, and even bike paths? Do we want to keep plumping up suburban sprawl by investing in roads and bridges or do we want to encourage denser, walkable communities with light intercity rail? These questions are up for grabs in the 2009 bill. They are being addressed by Transportation for America in a blueprint proposal to the Congress, called Route to Reform. Francesca spoke with communications director, David Goldberg. Francesca Rheannon clean 29:21 http://www.cchange.net/2008/11/19/a-global-green-deal/ http://www.cchange.net/2008/11/19/a-global-green-deal/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:14:00 +0000 Bill Baue http://www.cchange.net/2008/11/19/a-global-green-deal/ http://www.cchange.net/2008/11/19/a-global-green-deal/feed/ 0 bruce kahn,business ethics,Climate Change,deutsche asset management,energy economy,gary gardner,global warming,green economy,Green Jobs,michael renner,mitch anderson,Obama At the G-20 Summit addressing the global financial crisis this weekend, the government leaders of the world's largest economies essentially twiddled their thumbs, punting on setting ambitious goals until April 2009 -- when the Barack Obama Administrati... (http://www.worldwatch.org/brain/images/staff/mrenner.jpg)(http://www.dbadvisors.com/deam/dyn/meta/bios/loadImage.do?dispatch=executeLoadImage&empId=2371) At the G-20 Summit addressing the global financial crisis this weekend, the government leaders of the world's largest economies essentially twiddled their thumbs, punting on setting ambitious goals until April 2009 -- when the Barack Obama Administration, which is dedicated to addressing the financial crisis and the climate crisis, is in office. Before the Summit, Worldwatch Institute Senior Researchers Michael Renner and Gary Gardner proposed that the G-20 enact a Global Green Deal, evocative of FDR’s new deal but more audacious in scope and vision. CWR co-hosts Francesca Rheannon and Bill Baue speak with Renner about the proposal's 5 strategies, including transitioning to a renewable energy economy, launching an efficiency revolution, and investing in green infrastructure. And speaking of green infrastructure, Deutsche Asset Management issued a report calling for the establishment of a “green” National Infrastructure Bank. Bill Baue speaks with Deutsche Climate Change Investment Research Director Bruce Kahn about the report, a followup on the Investing in Climate Change 2009: Necessity and Opportunity in Turbulent Times report CWR covered recently. Listen (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/CWR-2008-11-19.mp3) "Building a Green Economy: It’s Time for the G20 to Focus on a Global Green Deal" (http://www.worldwatch.org/node/5935) Michael Renner (http://www.worldwatch.org/user/117) Report: Green Jobs: Towards decent work in a sustainable, low-carbon world (http://www.unep.org/labour_environment/features/greenjobs.asp) Bruce Kahn (http://www.dbadvisors.com/deam/dyn/meta/bios/indivBio.jsp?empDetailID=8993) Deutsche Asset Management Report: Economic Stimulus: The Case for “Green” Infrastructure, Energy Security and “Green” Jobs (http://www.dbadvisors.com/deam/stat/globalResearch/1113_GreenEconomicStimulus.pdf) CWR News Analysis: Listen (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/CWR-Headlines-2008-11-19.mp3) News Sources: --Pew Research Center on the People and the Environment "A Deeper Partisan Divide Over Global Warming" (http://people-press.org/report/417/a-deeper-partisan-divide-over-global-warming) --Schwarzenegger Blames Global Warming for Elongated Fire Season (http://www.businessandmedia.org/printer/2008/20081117131633.aspx) --BBC: "Emissions up in developed nations" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7734547.stm) --NY Times: "Pollution Has Leveled Off, but the Figures Have Holes" (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/world/18climate.html) --Pam Solo: "Saving Detroit from itself" (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/17/EDVF1467NS.DTL) --Marketplace: "Obama meant it about C02" (http://www.publicradio.org/columns/marketplace/offair/2008/11/remember_obamas_emissions_prom.html) CWR ViewPoint: Listen (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/CWR-Commentary-2008-11-19.mp3) The Top BENNY Award for 2008, given to activist campaigns holding corporations accountable by the Business Ethics Network (BEN), went to the Clean Up Ecuador campaign for bringing Chevron to justice for decades of pollution in the Amazon. The campaign is led by the Amazon Defense Coalition and Amazon Watch. Mitch Anderson of Amazon Watch has our commentary today, produced in partnership with BEN. Amazon Watch (http://www.amazonwatch.org/) ChevronToxico (http://www.chevrontoxico.com) Business Ethics Network (http://www.businessethicsnetwork.org) Bill Baue clean 29:59 http://www.cchange.net/2008/08/20/green-collar-jobs-build-the-clean-energy-economy/ http://www.cchange.net/2008/08/20/green-collar-jobs-build-the-clean-energy-economy/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:50:00 +0000 Bill Baue http://www.cchange.net/2008/08/20/green-collar-jobs-build-the-clean-energy-economy/ http://www.cchange.net/2008/08/20/green-collar-jobs-build-the-clean-energy-economy/feed/ 0 clean coal,Clean energy,Clean Energy economy,Climate Change,economic recession,energy economy,green economy Climate change, racial discrimination, and economic recession may seem impossible to solve. But building a green economy could do the trick. The beauty of the green economy is that it could tackle all these problems at the same time. (http://www.americanprogress.org/experts/HendricksBracken.html/repository/capportrait/item676453394) Climate change, racial discrimination, and economic recession may seem impossible to solve. But building a green economy could do the trick. The beauty of the green economy is that it could tackle all these problems at the same time. But only if labor is a driving force behind it. And that's beginning to happen. Green collar jobs build a clean energy infrastructure. They're hard to outsource because most of the work, like weatherizing homes, happens on-site. Advocates are working to make the green workforce more racially inclusive. And incomes could rise as demand grows for workers left out of the oil-based economy. Today we speak with 2 of the most prominent advocates for green collar jobs and the green economy. Today, we speak with Bracken Hendricks, author of Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy. and co-founder of the Apollo Alliance, a coalition of business, labor, environmental, and community leaders working to catalyze a green economy. We also hear from Van Jones, founder of Green For All, an initiative seeking to lift 250,000 people out of poverty through green-collar jobs. Bracken Hendricks (http://www.americanprogress.org/experts/HendricksBracken.html) (http://www.apollosfire.net/sites/all/themes/apollosfirev2/images/apollos-fire-cover.png) Apollo Alliance (http://www.apolloalliance.org/) (http://www.americanprogress.org/experts/JonesVan.html/repository/capportrait/item897103057) Van Jones (http://www.ellabakercenter.org/page.php?pageid=45#van) CWR Headlines: --Burying Carbon from "Clean Coal" Increases Pollution (http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/35181/title/Carbon_sequestration_frustration) -- But a New Process Can Turn Carbon Emissions Into Toothpaste (http://www.enn.com/sci-tech/article/37619) Bill Baue clean 29:50