Benjamin Jervey

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  Tuvalu Calls Out US in Emotional Plea

  Tuvalu is turning into the little island nation that could just be the game changer in these talks. After a couple of days spent digging in their heels on the legal form of a potential deal, and then making headlines

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  Road to Copenhagen: Is a 'politically-binding' agreement worthless or a path to progress?

  From all I can gather, the actual on-paper negotiations are moving this week, progressing in some way towards some kind of agreement. (We'll get to what kind of agreement soon.) But we wouldn't have much way of knowing,

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  Road to Copenhagen: No Senate Bill Before Copenhagen, What's Next?

  Well that's settled. There won't be a Senate bill before Copenhagen. Which means a lot of things: the US won't have concrete numbers on mitigation targets and finance commitments before COP15 convenes; the difficult job of

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  Road to Copenhagen: Waiting for America

  As the last round of "intersessional" climate talks before Copenhagen opened yesterday in Barcelona, all eyes were looking in the same direction they were when we left Bangkok three weeks earlier: at the United

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  Artists-Scientists Join Forces in Arctic Climate Expedition

  This week, a 100-year old Dutch schooner packed with artists and oceanographic researchers (and a handful of media reps, including yours truly) will set sail from the island of Spitsbergen (roughly 500 miles north of Norway) to traverse the 78th

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  TreeHugger Welcomes Guest-Writer Ben Jervey

  Ben Jervey is a freelance writer, environmental consultant, and ecopreneur who has been working towards a more sustainable life in New York City for years. He recently released a book to help others do the same--The Big Green Apple: Your Guide to