Finally, Good News on Climate! US Carbon Emissions Drop
The drop in emissions means that we are already more than halfway to the goal of the cap-and-trade bill passed by the House of Representatives of a 17% cut from 2005 to 2020.
The drop in emissions means that we are already more than halfway to the goal of the cap-and-trade bill passed by the House of Representatives of a 17% cut from 2005 to 2020.
Posted 11.06.2009 | Green
Recent surveys about public perceptions of climate change and knowledge of cap-and-trade in the United States show that a lot of people out there have...
The Huffington Post | Posted 11.03.2009 | Green
The push for government action on climate change is like the US civil rights movement, according to former Vice President Al Gore. Both causes depende...
Mary Ellen Harte and John Harte | Posted 11.02.2009 | Green
How to confront future rising sea levels, droughts, intense heat waves, and other catastrophes stemming from continued global warming? We can try to mitigate, we can simply suffer, and we can try to adapt.
Mother Nature Network | Karl Burkart | Posted 11.02.2009 | Green
A New study claims meat is responsible for 50% of greenhouse gas emissions. But let's not forget, soy production is a leading cause of deforestation, ...
Andrew Winston | Posted 10.28.2009 | Green
The authors of SuperFreakonomics fail to mention that the process of shifting to a low-carbon economy has enormous upsides completely aside from the benefits to climate balance.
Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green
Southwest Airlines just announced that it will present a "green plane" at its annual media day. What does "green plane" mean to the air carrier?
Yahoo! News | Posted 10.25.2009 | Green
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said Friday it would approve biofuels for commercial flights by 2010 in a bid to drastically reduce...
New York Times | ANDREW C. REVKIN | Posted 10.25.2009 | Green
Campaigners against global warming have drawn on an arsenal of visually startling tactics over the years, from posing nude on a Swiss glacier to scali...
Emma Stewart, Ph.D. | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green
Congress is on the right track in setting higher standards for buildings' energy performance. With the right policy mechanisms, we can have far fewer leaks, and a lot more money in our pockets.
Avital Binshtock | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green
Though air travel is unavoidable at times, there are a few things responsible travelers can do to make flights greener.
Jennifer Grayson | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green
I have been hearing reports that recycling is bad. That the costs of shipping, mostly the carbon emissions from them, counteract any benefit from recy...
washingtonpost.com | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green
Explore changes in carbon emissions from fossil fuels for G-20 countries, selected developing nations and others critical to the climate debate....
Mother Nature Network | Posted 10.07.2009 | Green
Japanese airline All Nippon Airways (ANA) is determined to lower its carbon emissions any way possible, and that includes an experimental new polic...
Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 10.07.2009 | Green
The Nissan LEAF is bringing the next generation of low- and zero-emission vehicles to market. The Chevy VOLT still runs on gasoline, and goes less than half the distance of a fully charged LEAF.
The Guardian | John Vidal | Posted 10.06.2009 | Green
Experts on all sides of the debate, from international police to politicians to conservationists, have warned this week that the scheme, called Reduci...
AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 10.06.2009 | Green
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is putting the federal government on a greenhouse-gas diet. In an executive order signed Monday, Obama dire...
Armond Cohen | Posted 10.05.2009 | Green
When it comes to green energy technology development, the United States and China are not just rivals; they are also natural allies and partners, with complementary strengths.
guardian.co.uk | John Vidal, Environment Editor in Bangkok | Posted 10.05.2009 | World
The US and other developed countries are attempting to "fundamentally sabotage" the Kyoto protocol and all-important international negotiations over i...
The Associated Press | Posted 10.04.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON (AP)- President Barack Obama's top energy adviser says there is no way Congress will be able to pass a bill on climate change this year. "...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.26.2009 | Media
An article in today's Washington Post reports that a "fractious debate" is brewing! What the article fails to report is that on one side of this debate are lying energy industry shills.
nytimes.com | John Tierney | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green
Governments are doing practically nothing to study the removal of carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere, but this technology could be a much che...
Peter Lehner | Posted 09.24.2009 | Green
There's no silver bullet that can resolve the carbon emissions problem in Copenhagen, but there are steps that can be taken to help developing nations strengthen their institutions and, with that, enforcement.
Carl Pope | Posted 09.24.2009 | Green
President Obama's speech to the UN yesterday made it clear that the United States is emerging as the biggest obstacle to a successful climate summit in Copenhagen.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.23.2009 | Green
Craven's book shatters the back-and-forth raillery and unending road blocks over the climate change debate with a breakthrough rationale for making decisions.
Patrick McCully | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green