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By Susan Smith

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Last Entry: March 31, 2011 at 14:15:36

Bush Administration Land Mines the Interior Department, EPA, and Other Environmental Agencies

Posted on November 18, 2008
The Washington Post reports that the Solicitor of the Interior Department has shifted half a dozen key political appointees ? including Robert Comer known for his opposition to the roadless rule and a questionable grazing agreement as well as Matthew...

A Little Perspective

Posted on November 17, 2008
Here's an interesting poster of US economic history in the last century. Download economy-good-mag.jpg High national debt is not always bad as one can see from the late 1940s and 1950s. But look at the size of the current debt...

6th Annual Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law

Posted on November 17, 2008
The 6th Annual Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law was hugely successful thanks to the fine strategic and organizational efforts of Jose Juan Gonzalez, the conference organizer from Mexico City's Autonomous University of Mexico (UAM). US environmental law...

I'm back from Geneva and Mexico City

Posted on November 17, 2008
I've just returned from my last Fall semester junket. Actually both conferences were awesome experiences that I'll try to share in bits and pieces as the semester ends.

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Oil prices increase modestly today

Posted on November 17, 2008
Crude-oil futures are climbing above $58 a barrel this morning based on the Federal Reserve's report that industrial output from US factories, mines and utilities increased in October, moderating September's sharp losses. Industrial production in October increased 1...

And, closer to our academic home, colleges and universities dependent on endowment, tuition, and tax dollars are in trouble

Posted on November 08, 2008
November 8, 2008 Tough Times Strain Colleges Rich and Poor NY Times writer Tamar Lamar: Arizona State University, anticipating at least $25 million in budget cuts this fiscal year ? on top of the $30 million already cut ? is...

Usually a 2 1/2 month transition is fine....but I wish Obama could take office on Monday

Posted on November 08, 2008
It was a tough day yesterday economically and a tough week for the market combines with Bush's threat to veto a Democratic stimulus package. The market had another sharp decline with a modest rebound on Friday. The chart below is...

Special Guest Contribution: Will we leave the Great Barrier Reef for our children? -- Dr. Chris McGrath

Posted on November 08, 2008
Dr Chris McGrath is an Australian lawyer and researcher on laws protecting the GBR from climate change. This article is based on a previously published research paper, McGrath (2008). Submitted 30 October 2008. Amidst the current policy debate in Australia...

Cabinet Speculation

Posted on November 05, 2008
Here are some predictions/picks on the Cabinet positions of most significance to environmental matters according to Politico's semi-official leaks. My picks and comments are in green. Attorney general: Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine; Eric Holder, who was deputy AG under Clinton...

A Microcosm of Biodiversity Loss from Global Warming

Posted on November 03, 2008
Stanford's article by Dan Stober in the Stanford Report reported on a study made available on the PNAS website this week. The study by Stanford graduate student Sarah McMenamin and Professor Elizabeth Hadly concluded that Yellowstone National Park frogs and...

If Bretton Woods is Dead, Now what?

Posted on November 03, 2008
Here's Kevin Gallagher's answer: Bretton Woods is dead World leaders must commit to forming new international organisations better suited to solving the economic crisis Kevin Gallagher guardian.co.uk, Monday November 03 2008 12.00 GMT President Bush has taken a welcome step...

Food for Thought

Posted on November 03, 2008
The book "THE FUTURE CONTROL OF FOOD: A Guide to International Negotiations and Rules on Intellectual Property, Biodiversity and Food Security," edited by Geoff Tansey and Tasmin Rajotte, has become available for free download at http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-118094-201-1-DO_TOPIC...

Linking the Global Financial Crisis and the Environment: Respite for Resources or Increased Pressure?

Posted on November 03, 2008
Admittedly, it is guesswork, but last week in Geneva, I raised the global financial crisis as a challenge and an opportunity for those of us committed to bringing clean drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene education to everyone. It is a...

Virtual Climate Change Conference - This Week Only

Posted on November 03, 2008
Today, the online climate conference "Climate 2008 / Klima 2008" opened its virtual doors. Join us at www.climate2008.net - from 3-7 November 2008, you can find scientific papers from all over the world, we showcase selected climate projects, there''s a...

The Stock Market Faces Another Day of Bad News

Posted on November 03, 2008
Monday AM: The Bad News With a headline, FACTORIES ROCKED IN OCTOBER: ISM MANUFACTURING GAUGE YIELDS MOST ABYSMAL READINGS IN DECADES, MarketWatch reported that the nation's manufacturers continued to cut back production sharply in October for the second straight month...

Climate Change and Human Rights - UN Human Rights Consultation

Posted on October 29, 2008
Last week Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) convened a consultation on the relationship between climate change and human rights in preparation of an OHCHR study on this subject, which is due to be considered...

OPEC calls emergency meeting as oil plunges below $ 70 barrel

Posted on October 17, 2008
The NY Times reported that oil prices dropped below $70 a barrel for the first time in 14 months on Thursday, causing OPEC to call for an emergency meeting next week to establish some stabilize oil prices. NY Times link...

The Market for Oil

Posted on October 15, 2008
As the Dow shed 733 points [NY Times link], crude oil dropped to below $ 75 a barrel for the first time since August 2007. MarketWatch link At the close in New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down...

Strategic Trade - An Opening for Sustainability

Posted on October 15, 2008
Yesterday the Guardian published an opinion piece by Kevin Gallagher (Washington Consensus Dead?) on Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman's work on strategic trade policy, pointing out that his Nobel Prize is the nail in the coffin of the free trade "Washington...

Community-based Water Development

Posted on October 13, 2008
I just returned from an International Water Training Conference hosted by EDGE Outreach in Indiana. It was a bit different from your standard conference: I actually learned to do something. I can build and install a community water purification system...

End of the Mid October Panic

Posted on October 13, 2008
Finally folks are calming down. The Dow gained almost a thousand points today. It needed to. While I was away in Indiana, learning how to build and install community water purification and treatment plants, the stock markets were going nuts....

Money Does Not Equal Happiness....But Poverty Sure Doesn't Help

Posted on October 13, 2008
Take a look at the world happiness map. The richest countries do not have the highest degree of satisfaction with life. But the poorest countries certainly have a far lower level of happiness. Apparently, according to researchers at the University...

1 in 4 Mammals Face Extinction Due to Habitat Loss, Hunting and Climate Change

Posted on October 06, 2008
The IUCN released its most recent Red List of Threatened Species today at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Barcelona. IUCN Red List link The list shows at least 1,141 of the 5,487 mammals on Earth are known to be...

If you were wondering.....

Posted on October 03, 2008
The reason why I posted the recession chart last week....its because we're in one...not headed toward one. Here's the WSJ's collection of views from economists: October 3, 2008, 10:21 am WSJ: Economists say more awful jobs reports to come The...

This is fun (if you're not a Republican)

Posted on October 03, 2008

And this is the good news....

Posted on September 29, 2008
November crude traded at $95.39 per barrel on Globex Monday evening, down 98 cents from the New York Mercantile Exchange's closing level of $96.37. On Nymex, the contract's price had already dropped $10.52, or 9.8%, for the session. The market...

Stop....breathe......at the close of business, the Dow had dropped over 700 points...

Posted on September 29, 2008
Don't look at your stock portfolios or your retirement accounts. It'll just make you crazy. TIAA-CREF has all the money I have in the world....but....here's hoping they make it. The funny thing is that today we have the same people,...

Be Careful What You Ask For

Posted on September 29, 2008
The Democrats were too soft on the bailout....but apparently its going down....along with the stock market. Here's what the plan involved according to the Washington Post. Wash Post story on bailout details and here's the bill itself. Emergency_stabilitzation act...

Bad News for Deregulation and Voluntary Compliance

Posted on September 27, 2008
On Friday, Christopher Cox, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) abruptly shut down a voluntary supervision program for Wall Street?s largest investment banks, acknowledging that the program had contributed to the global financial crisis: ?The last six months...

States Conduct First-in-the-Nation CO2 Allowance Auction

Posted on September 26, 2008
From the RGGI press release: (New York, NY)?At a bell-ringing ceremony held today at the New York Mercantile Exchange in lower Manhattan, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) marked the opening of the first-in-the-nation auction for carbon dioxide emission allowances...

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