Rio+20 Earth Summit: Putting a human face on climate change in India and around the world | Susan Casey-Lefkowitz's Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC

Fighting climate change has not been a front-burner issue at the Rio+20 Earth Summit.

Rio's Buzzing About Natural Capital Accounting | Perspectives on development

Only a very short time ago, we were drawing blank looks when we mentioned "natural capital accounting." This week at Rio, everyone is talking about it. Walls are plastered with flyers about it.  And our event on it yesterday drew such a crowd it was standing-room only.

America's Changing Stance on Global Warming - The Takeaway

[7.5-minute audio] But at yesterday's Rio+20 Earth Summit, the President was conspicuously absent. And with the world economy taking up all the front pages, global warming has taken a back seat. Following this trend is Andrew Revkin, environmental reporter for our partner the New York Times and author of the Dot Earth blog. Paulo Cabral, BBC Brazil reporter, is at the Rio+20 Summit.

IBD: Obama’s Green-Jobs Fraud Exposed | JunkScience.com

For a $9 billion investment, the administration created just over 900 new, permanent jobs. We could’ve had 20,000 jobs building a pipeline with not a dollar of taxpayer money being wasted.