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Stories Archive: February, 2008

Indore, India and EMBARQ Team Up to Improve City’s Public Transportation

February 28, 2008
Location: Indore, India

New agreement will help ensure success of city’s bus-rapid-transit system

INDORE, INDIA, February 28, 2008 – The residents of Indore, India should enjoy reduced emissions, congestion, and improved pedestrian safety a little sooner.

Leading California Companies Announce Buyers’ Group for Renewable Power

February 26, 2008
Location: CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA

With today’s announcement by fourteen of California’s most prominent energy buyers, green power becomes an even more integral part of doing business in California.

Chinese Cement Companies Accounting for CO2 Emissions

By Angel Hsu on February 22, 2008
Location: Beijing, China

Last month, Chinese cement companies took the first steps towards measuring and managing CO2 emissions across the entire cement sector.

Global Civil Society Initiative Expands to China

By Lalanath de Silva on February 21, 2008
Location: Yunnan, China

The Access Initiative (TAI) and its partners are launching the first of its kind assessment of environmental governance in China. It is the first step towards engaging civil society organizations and government agencies to promote the public transparency, participation, and accountability that are essential foundations for sustainable development.

EMBARQ’s Lee Schipper Appointed to Editorial Board of Transport Policy

February 21, 2008
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Dr. Lee Schipper, EMBARQ fellow at EMBARQ - The World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable Transport, has been appointed as an editorial board member of the prestigious Transport Policy journal, the official journal of the World Conference on Transport Research Society.

ADVISORY: “Active Cities, Healthy Cities” Contest to be Launched This Week

February 14, 2008
Location: Porto Alegre, Brazil

WHAT:

A ceremony to launch an international contest to identify and celebrate cities in Latin America that have made changes in their man-made surroundings that promote physical activity and improve overall public health.

Making the Carbon Offset Market Work

By Derik Broekhoff on February 13, 2008
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

There are two ways the U.S. government could bring consistency and credibility to the voluntary carbon offset market: endorse an existing program and provide guidance, oversight and/or enforcement.

Video - Foresters Collude with Merchants: Coercing the Mayor to Cut the Forest

By Jesse Ribot on February 12, 2008
Location: Senegal

These films show how Senegal’s Forestry service, forest merchants, and other government agents are blocking local governments from playing their legal role in forest management and use.

Audio - Interview with Sheila Abed, Executive Director, IDEA (Paraguay)

By Joseph Foti on February 7, 2008

Access Initiative (TAI) partner Instituto de Derecho y Economía Ambiental (Environmental Law and Economics Institute, IDEA) is working to build government capaci

Soybean Boom Forcing Paraguay to Examine Pesticide Use

By Joseph Foti on February 7, 2008

Once isolated Paraguay has changed radically due to a boom in soybean exports, which has brought changes in land and pesticide use.