Energy Conservation

The New, Less Pungent Scent of Green

David Hall | Posted 07.09.2008 | Green


David Hall

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.

An Air Conditioner Or Tons Of Fans? Ask Umbra

Grist.org | Umbra Fisk | Posted 07.07.2008 | 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, ...

Pay to Pee? Pee for Pay? How Far Will Airline Energy Panic Go?

Rob Kall | Posted 06.19.2008 | Green


Rob Kall

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.

You Are Powerful and the Planet Loves You. Act Like It.

Harry Fuller | Posted 04.22.2008 | Business


Harry Fuller

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.

House OKs New Taxes on Big Oil Companies

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 02.28.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — The House approved $18 billion in new taxes on the largest oil companies Wednesday as Democrats cited record oil prices and rising ...


 

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