President Obama and other world leaders came to Copenhagen at the end of the two week climate conference in the hopes of ironing out the details of a real deal. Or at least appearing so.

For those of you expecting Al Gore’s new book Our Choice to be another cringe and squirm-inducing flurry of facts, and a little bit of despair, you’re in for a surprise.

If you’ve been within earshot of the latest volleys in the climate bill debate, you know things have gotten a bit loud and tense. Those that are resisting the push to address climate change with a real program make the same argument we’ve been hearing for years: Trying to fix the environment will be hard on business. But this is a false argument.

In the contentious world of climate change legislation, we’ve all come to expect the same players generally lining up on the same side of the field. But something strange is going on lately.

A new report from UNEP, the United Nations Environment Program, illustrates revised scenarios for climate change, most specifically the increase in global temperature averages forecast over the remainder of the century. The news is not good. Time to get to work.

“Green” Collar Jobs, “Green” Investing, “Green” Buildings, “Green” Stimulus… The “Green” label seems to be everywhere these days! But what does “green” mean?..

More than two-thirds of respondents in the US couldn’t identify a single brand that is taking a leadership role in dealing with climate change. And most are expecting large corporations to take the lead…