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...weren't yet fed up with the seeming inability of governments to get anything done, December's U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen might have pushed you over the edge. Representatives of 192 nations gathered for two weeks with the goal of hammering out an international environmental accord, and instead parliamentary stasis reigned. Late-night negotiating sessions went nowhere, powerful developing nations like China seemed determined to block any progress, and the U.S. itself - which still hasn't passed a carbon cap of its own - lacked much diplomatic leverage. As late as the evening of Dec. 16 - just two days before...
Though President Barack Obama's on-the-ground diplomacy on the final day of the summit produced what came to be called the Copenhagen Accord, there are more than a few environmentalists who believe the conference was a failure. That may be going too far. A three-page, nonbinding agreement that wasn't fully accepted by all of the nations in attendance may be a diplomatically flimsy thing, but it does hold real promise. Major developed and developing countries agreed that by Jan. 31 they will submit their emissions-reduction plans - plans that will be crucial in pushing the world...
...viral aspect of mobile is key," says Tony Aiello, business-development director of Mobile Accord, a Denver company that serves as a financial clearinghouse between cell-phone carriers and dozens of nonprofits ranging from Farm Aid to Mothers Against Drunk Driving. (See where the next five big earthquakes will...
...Haiti crisis, Yéle's technology partners Mobile Giving and Give on the Go have waived their typical waiting period of two weeks to deposit the donations. Firms like Mobile Accord - which manages the Red Cross system, among others - pay out donations on a quarterly basis, after customers have paid their cell-phone carriers and those companies have forwarded the money, 100% of which goes toward relief efforts. (Read "Seismologist Roger Musson: Haiti Quake...
...typically $5 or $10. If you say yes, then the amount will appear on your next cell-phone bill. If you did not intend to donate, you can cancel your pledge. While the cell-phone bill serves as a receipt for tax purposes, donors to causes sponsored by Mobile Accord can also print out a list of all their donations in a given year from the company's MGive site. Most text-based services will also let you sign up for tweets to learn how donations were spent. That kind of accountability may give you the peace of mind that...