Archive for December, 2009

U.S. economy 2009
December 14, 2009, 2 Comments

NYT  Financial crisis one year later ;  Joseph Cassano, former head of A.I.G.’s Financial Products unit: The Man Who ...

NGO presence at Copenhagen conference
December 10, 2009, Comments Off on NGO presence at Copenhagen conference

Sarah Diefendorf: COPENHAGEN: Locking Out the Passion As NGOs are Barred Sarah Diefendorf is the Executive Director of t ...

Copenhagen Climate Change meeting 2009
December 10, 2009, Comments Off on Copenhagen Climate Change meeting 2009

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Countdown to Copenhagen  The Guardian: Countdown to Copenhagen Clima ...

Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
December 10, 2009, 1 Comment

Like the rest of the world, when we woke to the news, we were astonished, and while we believe that the Nobel committee ...

Wednesday Night #1449
December 9, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1449

Reminder: Although relatively little has been done to publicize the event, we draw your attention to the presence of the ...

Biofuels Deemed a Greenhouse Threat
December 9, 2009, 1 Comment

Trucks are loaded with sugar cane, which will be used to produce biofuels, in Brazil. Photograph: Paulo Whitaker/Reuters ...

India: Science & Technology
December 8, 2009, 1 Comment

Russia to supply India with nuclear reactors International power companies from Russia, France, the UK, the US and Canad ...

President Obama and Afghanistan
December 7, 2009, Comments Off on President Obama and Afghanistan

Text of President Obama’s speech More on Afghanistan here and Afghanistan on Wednesday-night.com Jeffrey Sachs: Th ...

Philanthropy and the economic crisis
December 5, 2009, Comments Off on Philanthropy and the economic crisis

Asian American Giving, philanthropy journal ; Council on Foundations ; NYT pages on philanthropy Charles Bronfman And Je ...

Oil & Power 2009
December 4, 2009, Comments Off on Oil & Power 2009

Wiliam Marsden: Big oil’s relentless lobby As world leaders gather in Copenhagen next week for historic negotiatio ...