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Environmental Stories to Watch: 2010

Explore the latest environmental news, initiatives, and challenges from around the world that will shape our sustainable future.

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Environmental Stories to Watch: 2010

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  1. Environmental Stories to Watch: 2010Jonathan LashWorld Resources InstituteJanuary 7, 2010Global Vision for a Sustainable EarthPractical Solutions for People

  2. Lacey Act Enforcement Tracking the Illegal Cut Rep. John F. Lacey

  3. Chesapeake legislation? NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Matt Petros

  4. Average Cost of Selected Nitrogen Reduction Measures Dollars per pound of annual nitrogen reduction Stormwater* WWTP Agriculture New practices Average dollars per pound of annual nitrogen load reduction 200 - 600 92.40 47.40 21.90 15.80 7.00 6.60 4.70 3.30 3.20 3.20 3.10 1.50 1.20 Enhanced NMP WWTP upgrades -High- Native oyster aquaculture Cover crops Land retirement Grassed buffers Restored or constructed wetlands Forest harvest BMPs Stormwater retrofits Stormwater mgmt for new development WWTP upgrades -Low- Algal turf scrubbing Cons. tillage Forest buffers Sources: Agricultural BMPs: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Abt Associates Inc. Preliminary, 2009. Chesapeake Bay: Next Generation of Tools and Actions to Restore the Bay: Preliminary Economic Analysis of Options. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; WWTP upgrades: WRI analysis using plant upgrade costs; New practices: Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Fisheries Service, Oyster Advisory Commission. December 20, 2008 conference proceedings: Oyster restoration economic and ecologic cost offsets. Available online at: http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/oysters/mtgs/122007/meeting122007.html; New practices (cont’d): Suwanee River Algal Turf Scrubbing System Concept Design Report; Additional agricultural BMPs from Wieland, Robert, et al. 2009. Costs and Cost Efficiencies for Some Nutrient Reduction Practices in Maryland. Maryland Department of Natural Resources Coastal Program.

  5. by Kuznetsov_Sergey 2 Copenhagen Meetings

  6. 2 years ago in Bali “Developed countries want developing countries to have a commitment. I don’t think it’s possible” African Delegate “Developing Countries so far have successfully resisted …pressures…and threats which we have faced to undertake commitments.” - G77 Chair

  7. Unexpected Commitments: • Brazil – 36-39% below BAU, 15-18% below 2005 by 2020 • Mexico – 50% reduction by 2050 using cap and trade • Indonesia – 26% below BAU by 2020 • South Africa – Emissions peak and start down by 2020 • China – reduce intensity of CO2 emissions per unit of GDP in 2020 by 40 – 45% below 2005 level • India– reduce carbon intensity 24% by 2020 and by 2030 reduce carbon emissions by 37% from 2005 levels

  8. Failed Negotiations Mads Nissen/EPA

  9. Copenhagen Outcome TARGET: <2°, NO-50% COMMITMENTS: All Major Economies Not Enough for <2° VERIFICATION: All Major Economies Report & Respond REDD, ADAPTATION, TECHNOLOGY: Good Progress, But no Decision FUNDING: $10 Billion $100 Billion Commission No Deadline LEGAL ACCORD:

  10. The Old G8 Telegraph.co.uk

  11. The New C5 Center for American Progress Photo: Rajeev Bhatt Photo: Bloomberg http://www.chinadaily.com.cn World Economic Forum

  12. China’s Carbon Intensity Commitment • 12th 5 year plan • Green power buy • Clunker phase out ABC: Karen Barlow

  13. The World’s ForestsRemaining and Lost Source: World Resources Institute / South Dakota State University, 2009 Intact Forest Landscapes Formerly forest, now croplands Working Forest Landscapes Original forest cover Formerly forest, now pasture Current forest cover Tropical deforestation 2000-2005

  14. Forest landscape restoration potential(million hectares, excluding the boreal)

  15. The Trio LCV Score: 90% LCV Score: 87% LCV Score: 10% *Lifetime Score from League of Conservation Voters’ National Environmental Scorecard 2008

  16. “Gang of 16” Democrats & states where coal is 60% or more of electricity fuel mix Kent Conrad & Byron Dorgan (ND) Carl Levin & Debbie Stabenow (MI) Tim Johnson (SD) Evan Bayh (IN) Benjamin Nelson (NE) Sherrod Brown (OH) C C C C C C C C C C Jim Webb & Mark Warner (VA) C C C C C C C C C C Coal data from Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) http://cait.wri.org/ C C Robert Byrd & John D. Rockefeller IV (WV) Jeff Bingaman (NM) Claire McCaskill (MO) Blanche Lincoln & Mark Pryor (AR)

  17. States with Unemployment levels higher than the National mean (10.2%) 11.3% 15.1% 12.9% 10.5% 13% 11% 11.2% 12.5% 11% 10.5% 12.1% 10.9% 11.2% Data from Bureau of Labor Statistics, Regional and State Employment and Unemployment—October 2009

  18. EPA Actions Underway and Likely

  19. State Actions Underway and Likely • Northeast States - Low Carbon Fuel Standard • California - stricter vehicle emissions standards for model year 2017 and beyond. • Three regional cap-and-trade programs collaborate.   • States likely to assert authority under the Clean Air Act.

  20. Bretton Woods Mount Washington Resort Old Arrangements Are Changing

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