Jim Pierobon is Founder and principal writer of The Energy Fix. He is a policy, marketing and social media strategist who has reported on, testified and consulted about smarter grids, cyber-security as it affects the power grid, fossil fuel shortages, price spikes, energy efficiency and the rise and fall -- and the rise again of nuclear and renewable energy sources.Best chance for successful climate treaty: leadership by China or environmental emergency
As the next round of international negotiations about a possible climate change treaty — the 17th to be exact since the Kyoto Treaty was signed in 1992 — get up to speed in Durban, South Africa, it’s becoming increasingly clear that an environmental emergency stands the best chance of compelling industrialized countries to act. That’s [...]
What do COP16, Al Gore & Grist have in common?
Answer: each is falling short of and/or pulling back in its bid to combat the harmful effects of climate change. COP16 (the 16th meeting of the U.N. Conference of the Parties) is concluding its work in Cancun without accomplishing anything of significance to get the world’s major nation’s to agree on how to reduce greenhouse [...]