The Carbon Tax: A Moral Issue
The dramatic moment has come when the human species because it is responsible for most of this damage, must radically reconsider its activity in the name of its own survival.
The dramatic moment has come when the human species because it is responsible for most of this damage, must radically reconsider its activity in the name of its own survival.
Larry Coben | Posted 04.25.2009 | Green
The cleanest, greenest, cheapest and most secure energy is the energy we don't use. The empirical evidence from Chile is overwhelming and proves the savings.
Wendy Gordon | Posted 03.07.2009 | Green
Install a furnace humidifier, set it for the proper humidity and your thermostat three degrees lower than normal. This small adjustment will lower your annual heating bills by as much as 5%.
Good Morning America | Posted 02.06.2009 | Green
Jen Bolden of IdealBite recommends a few gadgets for the new year that can help you conserve energy. There's a gauge to help keep track of how much e...
sustainablog.org | Written by Jeff McIntire | Posted 02.05.2009 | Green
The Snuggie: Who needs a sweater when you've got a blanket with sleeves? Better yet, who needs to turn up the heat...? Questions still to answered in ...
Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 01.30.2009 | Green
In trying to cut back on energy, some folks will crank the thermostat down and buy blankets. Why overwork the furnace? But one German city has come u...
New York Times | MATTHEW L. WALD | Posted 01.30.2009 | Green
Call it CSI: Thermal Police -- energy experts armed with mostly low-tech tools but strong sleuthing skills, finding flaws that let the air inside a ho...
GreenBiz | Ariel Schwartz, December 23, 2008 | Posted 01.24.2009 | Green
In an effort to save both money and energy, Utah's Salt Lake City Police Department is planning to add four or five hybrid vehicles to its 450 car fle...
blogs.discovery.com | Alyssa Danigelis | Posted 01.24.2009 | Green
One town in northwest Germany is turning off its street lights at 9 pm to save electricity and money. Rather than imposing an unintentional curfew, th...
Wendy Gordon | Posted 01.19.2009 | Green
"In most cities," Klinkenborg writes, "the sky looks as though it has been emptied of stars." NYC has begun to dim down. The business community may be ahead of politicians on these matters.
Marguerite Manteau-Rao | Posted 12.04.2008 | Green
Sarah Palin should not have mocked Barack Obama for being a community organizer. If anything, tonight's results proved her wrong. Our new President ha...
Josie Garthwaite | Posted 10.13.2008 | Green
If Dilbert is like more than half of American workers, he thinks his employer should do more to reduce his office's environmental impact.
Treehugger | Lloyd Alter | Posted 11.07.2008 | Green
Now that the United States Government owns all the mortgages, the guarantors of the mortgages, and the reinsurer of all the insurers, and possibly pr...
Johanna Smith | Posted 11.02.2008 | Green
The simplest alternative energy source to tap in your home is energy saved. By taking a few steps towards increasing your energy efficiency, you can s...
Collin Dunn | Posted 09.15.2008 | Green
When it comes to clothing, 75% of the energy consumed during a garment's life cycle is used in the laundering process, so making your laundry greener ...
David Hall | Posted 07.17.2008 | Green
Years ago, in a time of plentiful cheap food, energy and fuel, a green lifestyle was seen as a superfluous luxury. That was then, this is now.
Grist.org | Umbra Fisk | Posted 07.15.2008 | Green
Q. Dear Umbra, I'm a girl trying to make it in a big, hot, airless city -- New York, that is. We're in the middle of a heat wave that will soon end, ...
Rob Kall | Posted 06.27.2008 | Green
Just imagine if the airlines actually did take the approach that it's your responsibility to do your bathroom "business" before you board, and that to do so on the plane would cost a fee.
Harry Fuller | Posted 04.30.2008 | Business
Well, it's Earth Day and regardless of who does what in Pennsylvania, we need the planet almost as much as we need a new president in the U.S.
AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — The House approved $18 billion in new taxes on the largest oil companies Wednesday as Democrats cited record oil prices and rising ...
Father Paul Mayer | Posted 05.09.2009 | Green