Welcome to CARMA!
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Carbon Monitoring for Action database at www.carma.org. CARMA provides the world’s most detailed and comprehensive information on carbon emissions resulting...
View ArticleBali: Disaster Loomed and Everyone Blinked. Now Let’s Get Serious, Fast
[This post originally appeared on the Center for Global Development's "Views from the Center" blog.] The White House finally blinked in the final hours of the UN’s Bali Conference on Climate Change....
View ArticleZero-Emissions Power Production is Cheaper Than You Think
My CARMA colleague David Wheeler has posted a fascinating note on the Center for Global Development’s “Views from the Center” blog. In response to the World Bank Group’s continuing support of coal...
View ArticleTata Ultra Mega Mistake: The IFC Should Not Get Burned by Coal
[This post originally appeared on the Center for Global Development’s "Views from the Center" blog.] During the last week of March, the Board of the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation...
View ArticleCarbon Capture “Vaporware” No Alternative to Real Clean Energy Technology
In the software industry, vaporware is a great new product announced by a developer, but is never released or is seriously delayed. Besides getting users’ hopes up, it can make potential customers hold...
View ArticleView CARMA in Google Earth!
Browsing power plant emissions just got easier, thanks to a new version of CARMA that you can explore using Google Earth. According to Google’s site, “Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to...
View ArticleWhy Marc Jacobson’s Research Matters for the Clean Technology Fund
The airwaves have recently been filled with advertisements heralding a plethora of clean energy technologies. GE promoted its smart grid technologies in a Wizard of Oz-themed Super Bowl ad. Vestas, the...
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