by mshulman | Dec 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
by Mark Shulman The news is full of insights gleaned from the enormous WikiLeaks’ dump of diplomatic dispatches. Tom Friedman’s recent New York Times column takes a different tact, imagining a leaked dispatch from a Chinese diplomat in Washington. As he does...
by Ann Powers | Dec 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
by Professor Ann Powers The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) released a comprehensive report on 2 December 2010 during the Cancún Climate Negotiations, detailing the manner in which rising CO2 concentrations in our atmosphere are having a devastating impact on the...
by John Nolon | Dec 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
by John Nolon As we watch events unfold in Washington and Cancun, the prospects for silver bullet national and international climate fixes seem increasing less hopeful. Policy makers are searching for other means of mitigating and adapting to climate change. Patty...
by Karl Coplan | Dec 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
by Karl Coplan The Supreme Court has just announced the grant of the petition for certiorari in American Electric Power v. Connecticut, the federal common law nuisance case brought by several northeastern states against the electric power injury for damages from...
by cs25619w | Dec 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
by Matt Jokajtys, Student Guest Blogger currently at UNFCCC-Cancun Week one has seen plenty of hard work on behalf of the negotiators, but there is still a lot of space between many countries’ positions on a wide variety of issues. Most of the meetings I’ve covered...
