World Bank's Renewable Energy website

The World Bank has a website devoted to Renewable Energy for Development. It includes news articles on the funding of renewable energy projects and reports on achievements and progress in the area of renewables funding.

Sustainable development means reducing poverty and conserving our natural resources, among other things. The type of development encouraged by the World Bank that helps provide poor, rural people with renewable energy for their homes and businesses, is truly sustainable development.

Law, Environment and Development Journal

From the LEAD website:

The Law, Environment and Development Journal (LEAD Journal) is a peer-reviewed academic publication based in New Delhi and London and jointly managed by the School of Law of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) – University of London and the International Environmental Law Research Centre (IELRC).

Current issue of LEAD

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

American University's Washington College of Law has a publication titled "Sustainable Development Law & Policy." It's basically a law journal devoted to sustainable development. Volume VI, Issue 2 (Winter 2006) was a special edition on Climate Law. There are many excellent articles in this issue explaining the climate change issues. The issue is based on a workshop held in November 2005 hosted by the International Network for Environmental Compliance & Enforcement (INECE).

One article (Confidence Through Compliance in Emissions Trading Markets, by Joe Kruger and Christian Egenhofer) compared the regulatory cultures of the U.S.'s and EU's emissions trading programs. As part of the comparison, the article explains the United States' SO2 trading program in very clear terms.

Another article (Comment on COP 11 to the UNFCCC), while focusing on the COP 11, explained the very basics of the United Nations terminology and connectedness of the Conferences of the Parties, Meetings of the Parties, Kyoto Protocol, and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Scientists + Evangelicals = fight climate change

In order for climate change legislation (such as limits on greenhouse gas emissions) to become a reality in the U.S., there must be public support of the idea. As you can see by my blog, the concept of climate change and the need to stop it is becoming mainstream. The general public seems to be taking to the idea that limits on GHG are necessary to slow global climate change. But when can one say that it is mainstream? An article from Planet Ark on scientists and evangelical Christians joining forces to protect the earth from global warming might be the manifestation that the idea is mainstream. (Well, this and the many front page articles in mainstream magazines. See Vogue's Green Issue, for example.)

The Economist, Nov. 18-24, 2006 issue

This issue is titled Green Dreams. The special report article (Tilting at windmills, requires subscription) is about renewable energy and includes a discussion of how and why government subsidies are not the best way to encourage investment in renewable energy. The basic idea is that subsidies distort the market by making renewable energy look like a better investment than it might be. Another reason subsidies may not be the best idea is because the government decides which industries to subsidize and governments don't always pick the right industry.

Planet Ark: articles on climate change & greenhouse gases

It is hard to keep up with all of Planet Ark's daily Reuters World Environment News articles on topics such as climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. The articles cover the globe; it's a way to learn about how other countries view climate change issues.

Today's articles include GE's plan to develop projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and global warming is on the agenda as part of President Bush's State of the Union address.

Outside Magazine article on renewable (wind) energy

A Mighty Wind, by Florence Williams, in Outside Magazine's February 2007 edition.

Outside Magazine recently published an article on wind power. The article reviews the energy independence of the Danish island of Samso. Samso's energy independence comes from wind farms. Samso is well situated for such renewable energy since it receives 20-mile an hour winds on a regular basis. Samso produces enough energy to support its energy needs and has excess energy to sell to the mainland.

This is a link to the summary of the articles in the February 2007 edition: http://outside.away.com/outside/toc/200702.html