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/2009/09/09/a-summer-of-sea-change-radio/ http://www.cchange.net/2009/09/09/a-summer-of-sea-change-radio/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:42:47 +0000 Bill Baue http://www.cchange.net/?p=1928 http://www.cchange.net/2009/09/09/a-summer-of-sea-change-radio/feed/ 0 http://www.cchange.net/2009/06/24/forecasting-climate-change/ http://www.cchange.net/2009/06/24/forecasting-climate-change/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:37:24 +0000 Bill Baue http://www.cchange.net/?p=1315 http://www.cchange.net/2009/06/24/forecasting-climate-change/feed/ 1 Climate Change,EPA,global warming,greenhouse gas emissions,Matt Madia,OMB Watch,Stephan Faris,sudan,Waxman-Markey Climate Bill What does our future on this warming globe hold?  We explore this question today with Stephan Faris, who talks about his new book, .  And Matt Madia of OMBWatch tells us about a provision in the Waxman-Markey climate bill that would strip the EPA of it... (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/StephanFaris-150x150.jpg)(http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/MattMadia-150x150.jpg)What does our future on this warming globe hold?  We explore this question today with Stephan Faris (http://www.stephanfaris.com/), who talks about his new book, (http://us.macmillan.com/forecast).  And Matt Madia (http://www.ombwatch.org/node/2789) of OMBWatch (http://www.ombwatch.org/) tells us about a provision in the Waxman-Markey climate bill (http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-2454) that would strip the EPA of its authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Journalist Stephan Faris has traveled around the globe to cover global warming.  He’s compiled his experiences in the new book, FORECAST: The Consequences of Climate Change, from the Amazon to the Arctic, from Darfur to Napa Valley. He spoke with Sea Change Radio Co-Host Francesca Rheannon recently in a wide-ranging discussion about the intersections between global warming and geopolitics. The conversation started on the hot-button issue of Darfur.  Contrary to the conventional wisdom that ethnic tensions between Arab Janjaweed (http://www.slate.com/id/2104210/) nomadic herders and African farmers are driving the genocide, Faris traces the origins of the conflict to global warming. Research shows that drought in the Sudan in the 1980s was caused by climate change, and this extended dry spell fueled the conflict between herders and farmers. Faris also talks about how global warming is transforming the insurance industry, which acts as a barometer of the financial impacts of climate change – not only in rising property insurance for seaside properties, but also in rising health and life insurance rates.  Immigration is another area impacted by climate change, as populations migrate in response to rising sea levels and drought, for example.  Click here (http://www.cchange.net/2009/06/24/stephan-faris-complete-interview/) to listen to a complete version of the 40-minute interview. In the second segment, we look at climate legislation.  In 2007, the Supreme Court issued an opinion (http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/06pdf/05-1120.pdf) in Massachusetts v EPA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_v._Environmental_Protection_Agency) authorizing EPA to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the Clean Air Act. But a little-known provision in the proposed American Clean Energy and Security Act (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.02454:) (ACES, otherwise known as the Waxman-Markey climate bill) would strip the EPA of this power. We first heard about the provision, section 311 (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c111:2:./temp/~c111ww2C7z:e662391:), when we talked with Greenpeace about their objections to Waxman-Markey. So we decided to learn more about it by asking someone whose job it is to delve deep into the details of federal regulations. We found Matt Madia (http://www.ombwatch.org/node/2789) of OMBWatch (http://www.ombwatch.org/). He’s a federal regulatory policy analyst with the organization, and he's written (http://www.ombwatch.org/node/9833) about the dangers of Waxman-Markey stripping EPA's authority to regulate GHG emissions. Bill Baue clean 28:35 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/viewpoint-jim-motavalli-on-cars-and-carbon/ http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/28/viewpoint-jim-motavalli-on-cars-and-carbon/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:13:46 +0000 Bill Baue http://www.cchange.net/?p=459 http://www.cchange.net/2009/01/28/viewpoint-jim-motavalli-on-cars-and-carbon/feed/ 0 alliance of automobile manufacturers,Clean Tech,Climate Change,dave mccurdy,environmental protection agency,EPA,global warming,greenhouse gas emissions,lisa jackson,new york times,Renewable Energy,Sustainable Innovation Jim Motavalli blogs on green matters for The Daily Green and Mother Nature Network and he blogs about cars in the New York Times “Automobiles” section.  He was also a long-time editor for E--the Environmental Magazine, Jim Motavalli blogs on green matters for The Daily Green (http://www.thedailygreen.com/archives/living-green/blogs/cars-transportation/by_author/5413/15;1) and Mother Nature Network (http://www.mnn.com/featured-blogs/jmotavalli) and he blogs about cars in the New York Times (http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/author/jmotavalli/) “Automobiles” section (http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/author/jmotavalli/).  He was also a long-time editor for E--the Environmental Magazine (http://www.emagazine.com/), where he continues as a contributing writer. Motavalli combines his passion for autos and environment in his book, . He thinks its time for the auto industry to wake up and smell the coffee. In his Sea Change ViewPoint commentary, he discusses the significance of President Barack Obama's executive order (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090126/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_greenhouse_gases) directing the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider its refusal to grant California a waiver allowing it to regulate greenhouse gases from cars and trucks. When old-time foresters cut down trees and rolled them down rivers to be processed at the local sawmill, they used to break up masses of logs that had gotten hung up on obstacles or the shoreline. That's where the popular phrase "logjam" comes from. President Barack Obama broke up one such logjam last week. He signed an executive order directing the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider its refusal to grant California a waiver allowing it to regulate greenhouse gases from cars and trucks. The order doesn't automatically grant California's waiver. Instead, it starts a formal review period, with public comment, that could take several months. But with EPA head Lisa Jackson on record favoring the waiver, its approval seems a foregone conclusion. Environmental activists have hailed it as "the biggest single step we can take to curbing global warming." Automakers sounded positive about Obama's actions--at least in their public statements. General Motors' Greg Martin said the company is "ready to engage the Obama administration and the Congress." And Dave McCurdy of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers said his group "supports a nationwide program that bridges state and federal concerns." But the carmakers complain that if California gets its way, it will be one of three state and federal agencies that have a piece of fuel economy and greenhouse gas regulation. (The others are the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the EPA.) They favor a single federal standard. And they would probably want that standard to be weaker. They're not likely to get it. If a federal standard is enacted by the EPA, it could be just as strong--or even stronger--than the California law the carmakers have already filed several suits to stop. (The industry hasn't dropped its lawsuits, despite repeated rebuffs in court.) The auto industry hates regulation, especially the kind of fuel-economy mandates that were also part of Obama's announcement. It repeatedly argues that it builds the cars people want, and for the last 20 years that's meant gas-guzzling SUVs and trucks. But the public's tastes are changing, and that's left Detroit unprepared and losing market share. The industry is finally recognizing the problem: the recent Detroit Auto Show was a showcase for green cars. Chrysler said it would build several battery-based EVs, and it's announced an alliance with Fiat to produce fleets of fuel-efficient vehicles. Ford is building a battery car based on the Focus, a battery van, and a plug-in hybrid. GM is about to roll out the Chevrolet Volt, a unique car with a small gas engine that will supply power to electric motors instead of driving the wheels. Even though gas prices have fallen (and SUV sales are edging up), consumers are still concerned about fuel economy. And they expect energy prices to spike long term. The green-minded Barack Obama is in office for the next four years, Bill Baue clean http://www.cchange.net/2008/05/28/susan-aaronson-trade-for-human-rights/ http://www.cchange.net/2008/05/28/susan-aaronson-trade-for-human-rights/#comments Wed, 28 May 2008 20:12:00 +0000 Bill Baue http://www.cchange.net/2008/05/28/susan-aaronson-trade-for-human-rights/ http://www.cchange.net/2008/05/28/susan-aaronson-trade-for-human-rights/feed/ 0 china,exxon,greenhouse gas emissions,Jerry Hill,Susan Ariel Aaronson,wto Human rights and trade--the relationship dates back millennia. Despite this long history, however, we still have very little understanding of how to use trade to promote human rights. This according to today's guest, Susan Ariel Aaronson, Human rights and trade--the relationship dates back millennia. Despite this long history, however, we still have very little understanding of how to use trade to promote human rights. This according to today's guest, Susan Ariel Aaronson, author of Trade Imbalance: The Struggle to Weigh Human Rights in Trade Policymaking, out from Cambridge University Press in late 2007. Aaronson, a professor of international affairs at George Washington University, illustrates her research findings using current examples such as how trade sanctions against Burma have complicated relief efforts in the wake of Cyclone Nargis or how the earthquake in China may prove more effective in improving human rights there than boycotting the Beijing Olympics. Aaronson also discusses opportunities--and limitations--on using the World Trade Organization, or WTO, to promote human rights through trade. Trade Imbalance: The Struggle to Weigh Human Rights Concerns in Trade Policymaking Susan Ariel Aaronson (http://www.gwu.edu/~elliott/faculty/aaronson.cfm) --Rockefeller family members join fight to move ExxonMobil beyond petroleum (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121157457128518175.html?mod=MKTW&ru=MKTW) --Burger King Lets Tomato Pickers "Have it Their Way" (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/24/business/24farm.html) --US senate panel votes to give California the go-ahead to regulate greenhouse gas emissions (http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i1diL5VGSRQ13KR_LUECyF8ligGAD90Q4I2G0) CWR co-host Francesca Rheannon speaks with Bay Area Air Quality Management District Board Chair Jerry Hill about its recent precedent-setting implementation of a fee on carbon emissions by companies in 9 counties in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. This development represents the first time that business carbon emissions have been officially regulated in the US, leapfrogging over federal and state regulations. Air quality board to fine Bay Area polluters (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/21/BADN10QD6O.DTL) Bay Area Air Quality Management District (http://www.baaqmd.gov/) Bill Baue clean http://www.cchange.net/2008/03/13/planning-for-the-convergence-of-peak-oil-and-climate-change/ http://www.cchange.net/2008/03/13/planning-for-the-convergence-of-peak-oil-and-climate-change/#comments Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:53:00 +0000 Bill Baue http://www.cchange.net/2008/03/13/post-carbon-cities-planning-for-the-convergence-of-peak-oil-and-climate-change/ http://www.cchange.net/2008/03/13/planning-for-the-convergence-of-peak-oil-and-climate-change/feed/ 0 Clean energy,Climate Change,daniel lerch,greenbiz,greenhouse gas emissions,peak oil CWR co-hosts Francesca Rheannon and Bill Baue speak with Daniel Lerch, author of Post Carbon Cities: Planning for Energy and Climate Uncertainty and manager of the Post Carbon Cities project of the Post Carbon Institute. (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/Daniel-Lerch-150x150.jpg)CWR co-hosts Francesca Rheannon and Bill Baue speak with Daniel Lerch, author of Post Carbon Cities: Planning for Energy and Climate Uncertainty and manager of the Post Carbon Cities project of the Post Carbon Institute. Lerch discusses the overlap as well as the distinctions between peak oil and climate change. He also responds to the question of how the policy void at the federal government level in the US is driving action at the municipal and state level to address climate change and peak oil. The show also features CWR's new headlines segment: --Nanotech is Exposed in Grocery Store Aisles; --The Vatican says greenhouse gas emissions and genetically modified organisms are "Modern Sins"; --A new study says the Clean Energy Market will Hit $254 Billion by 2017. Post Carbon Cities: Planning for Energy and Climate Uncertainty Post Carbon Institute (http://www.postcarbon.org/) CWR HEADLINES Listen to the headlines (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/podcasts/CWR-Headlines-2008-03-12.mp3) March 11, 2008 Friends of the Earth news: "Nanotech Exposed in Grocery Store Aisles" (http://action.foe.org/pressRelease.jsp?press_release_KEY=343) March 10, 2008 Reuters article: Vatican lists "new sins," including pollution March 11, 2008 GreenBiz headline: "Clean Energy Market to Hit $254 Billion by 2017, Says Study" March 11, 2008 Clean Edge report: Clean-Energy Trends 2008 Bill Baue clean http://www.cchange.net/2007/10/31/george-monbiot-heats-up-call-for-solving-climate-crisis-part-2/ http://www.cchange.net/2007/10/31/george-monbiot-heats-up-call-for-solving-climate-crisis-part-2/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:14:00 +0000 Bill Baue http://www.cchange.net/2007/10/31/george-monbiot-heats-up-call-for-solving-climate-crisis-part-2/ http://www.cchange.net/2007/10/31/george-monbiot-heats-up-call-for-solving-climate-crisis-part-2/feed/ 0 george monbiot,greenhouse gas emissions,Renewable Energy In part two of this two-part interview, British journalist George Monbiot discusses his new book, Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning, with CWR co-hosts Bill Baue and Francesca Rheannon. He touches on the irony that increased energy efficiency c... (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/George-Monbiot-150x150.jpg)In part two of this two-part interview, British journalist George Monbiot discusses his new book, Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning, with CWR co-hosts Bill Baue and Francesca Rheannon. He touches on the irony that increased energy efficiency can lead to increased greenhouse gas emissions and the promise of high-voltage DC cables in transmitting renewable energy over long distances. We end the conversation discussing the paradox that love both creates climate change (in the form of what Monbiot calls "love miles" or the distance traveled and carbon emitted to visit loved ones) and holds the key to the solution, as compassion for humanity is the greatest catalyst for changing our carbon intensive systems. Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning Monbiot.com (http://www.monbiot.com/) SocialFunds article citing Heat: Emissions Trading Commodifies Carbon, But Does It Really Help Solve Climate Change? Bill Baue clean 27:44 http://www.cchange.net/2007/07/17/climate-counts-rates-company-carbon-emissions/ http://www.cchange.net/2007/07/17/climate-counts-rates-company-carbon-emissions/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:16:00 +0000 Bill Baue http://www.cchange.net/2007/07/17/climate-counts-rates-company-carbon-emissions/ http://www.cchange.net/2007/07/17/climate-counts-rates-company-carbon-emissions/feed/ 0 greenhouse gas emissions,stonyfield farms,wood turner Co-host Francesca Rheannon talks with Wood Turner, project director of Climate Counts.org, a project of Stonyfield Farms that rates companies' commitments and actions to reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. - Climate Counts (http://www.cchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/Wood-Turner-133x150.jpg)Co-host Francesca Rheannon talks with Wood Turner, project director of Climate Counts.org, a project of Stonyfield Farms that rates companies' commitments and actions to reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. Climate Counts (http://www.climatecounts.org/) Bill Baue clean 28:52