Elizabeth Kolbert

Colin and Michelle's Excellent Adventure

Kerry Trueman | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Elizabeth Kolbert, Colin Beavan, Sustainability, No Impact Man, Bill Mckibben, Colbert Report, Low-Impact Living, Michelle Conlin, Green News

What's wrong with wanting to make a living speaking and writing about environmental issues? Colin Beavan's never claimed to be an expert, simply a layperson who wanted to enlighten himself and others.

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Farewell to Van Jones and His Green Jobs Agenda

Blaise Zerega | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Blaise Zerega, Fox News, fora.tv, Glenn Beck, Elizabeth Kolbert, Van Jones, Healthcare Reform, President Obama, Politics News

Saturday night's surprising resignation of Van Jones and the controversy leading up to to it reveals all that is good and great about our political system. It also reveals all that is bad and sad about it.

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A Stunt Or Not A Stunt? That Is NOT The Question

Colin Beavan | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: New Yorker, Envirnomentalists, Green Living, Elizabeth Kolbert, No Impact Man, Elizabeth Kolbert No Impact Man, Green Experiments, Green News

Elizabeth Kolbert's using four pages to attack her fellow environmental writers is four pages less that she could have used to convince the public of the dangers of continuing to burn fossil fuel and that we could have a better way of life without it.

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On the Impact of Personal Eco-Behavior

David Roberts | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Elizabeth Kolbert, Recycling, Social Change, No Impact Man, Green Living, Vegetarianism, Fuel Efficiency, Organic Food, Green News

American people are deeply confused about how to reduce their impact, even if they wanted to. I cringe every time I see someone on TV going on about unplugging power strips.

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New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert Slams US CAP for "Donating to Deniers"

Kevin Grandia | Posted 04.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Political Spin, Kevin Grandia, Climate Change, Elizabeth Kolbert, Environment, Us Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), Us, Global Warming, Green News

Elizabeth Kolbert, author of the 2006 global warming book Field Notes from a Catastrophe, has a piece in the New Yorker today titled "Donating to the ...

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