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Earth Policy Institute

Earth Policy Institute, an independent environmental research organization founded in May 2001 by Lester R. Brown, provides a vision and plan for creating an “eco-economy”—an environmentally sustainable economy. It disseminates the latest information and research to help educate people about how they can make a difference.
Contact details
Address: 
1350 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington DC 20036
Phone: 
202.496.9290
Website: 
http://www.earth-policy.org

Features

  • U.S. Starting to Walk the Walk on CO2

    WASHINGTON, Sep 21 (OneWorld.net) - "As the U.S. delegation prepares for the international climate negotiations in Copenhagen in December, it does so from a surprisingly strong position, one based on a dramatic 9 percent drop in U.S. carbon emissions over the past two years and the promise of further huge reductions," writes eco-economy expert Lester Brown.

  • Pacific Nations Ignore Climate Concerns

    WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (OneWorld.net) - During last week's Pacific Islands Forum in Australia, activists blocked a coal export terminal to protest the expansion of the port, which would double the nation's coal exports and fuel the effects of climate change that already threaten coastal countries as sea levels rise. But their concerns seem to have fallen on deaf ears.

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