Energy Efficiency

CASH FOR CLUNKERS Proposal Considered By Congress

Blatimore Sun | Posted 07.16.2009 | Home


Cash For Clunkers: The House passed a bill this week with the stuggling auto dealers -- and the environment -- in mind. It would provide up to $4,500...

Apartment Building Associations Promoting Energy Inefficiency?

A. Siegel | Posted 07.11.2009 | Green


A. Siegel

Those struggling to delay action to turn the tides on Global Warming's rising seas come from many angles and bring to the table many truthiness-laden arguments.

A Green-Powered Trip to Eco-Solartopia

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 07.05.2009 | Green


Harvey Wasserman

once we've wiped the Earth clean of fossil and nuclear generators, we could install sufficient renewable resources to run the planet without a blink in the lights.

Palin's Refusal To Join in Nation's Energy Savings Plan: Wrong For U.S., Wrong for Alaska

Les Gara | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics


Les Gara

What Governor Palin has done is as effective as spending your time blowing dandelion seeds into the wind.

Rename Cost-Cutting Financial Slimmers And It Doesn't Feel So Bad - What Are Yours?

Jill Brooke | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living


Jill Brooke

I bought a $8 pair of pants on sale at the Gap for my son last week which is the equivalent of salad and a few vegetables that rotted in the fridge after a few days.

Global Warming: Through a Glass Darkly

Bob Burnett | Posted 06.15.2009 | Green


Bob Burnett

Human life is in peril but we aren't paying attention. America's new President has accumulated a lot of political capital -- now he must spend some of it to address global warming.

Smart Energy Meters In Every UK Home By 2020

treehugger.com | Posted 06.11.2009 | Green


UK Government Reveals Ambitious Smart Meter Plans The European Union has already made moves to mandate smart meters, but now the Guardian tells us tha...

Green News Report - May 7, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.07.2009 | Green


Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

In Today's Audio Report: Fires and bats and bears -- Oh My!; Congress to offer Cash For Clunkers; Some Democrats side with Republicans in stalling cli...

Energy Efficiency vs. Neoliberal Economics

David Roberts | Posted 06.04.2009 | Green


David Roberts

We have a problem -- the deterioration of the atmosphere -- that presents us with great urgency, and a solution -- resource intelligence -- that requires our active intervention.

Why Vets Are Backing Clean Energy

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics


Jon Soltz

Why would veterans get involved in a fight over renewable energy and efficiency? Well, for those of us who served, fighting terrorists and insurgents, this support is a no-brainer.

Energy Efficiency and Sex

David Roberts | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green


David Roberts

At the Energy Efficiency Global Forum people spoke of the need to make energy efficiency "sexy." But efficiency and sex are antithetical. Sex is voluptuous, virile and messy -- anything but efficient.

When New York Leads, the World Listens

Carl Pope | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green


Carl Pope

The New York program is a tribute to the power of intelligent public policy design -- and it puts to shame the conversations the U.S. Congress is having about the new energy economy.

The Flat Thinking of Tom Friedman

Brian Keane | Posted 05.18.2009 | Green


Brian Keane

New York Times Columnist Tom Friedman's 'leaders not light bulbs' notion is worth challenging. Anything we can do to save energy does have true environmental value.

Hire A Moving Truck Or Use Your Car?

treehugger.com | Posted 05.17.2009 | Green


Deciding how to transport all your furniture, books, dishes, and boxes is the first decision you'll need to make when moving: rent a van or use your c...

Green News Report - April 16, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.17.2009 | Green


Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Goodbye Tax Day '08, Hello Tax Day '09 (with big new incentives to sweeten the deal); Birds taking the long way home; "Green...

California Wants Energy-Lighter TVs

nytimes.com | FELICITY BARRINGER | Posted 05.16.2009 | Green


The state's Energy Commission has proposed new efficiency standards that would require televisions sold in California to use 50 percent less energy by...

Somebody Hide Tom Friedman's Ball

David Roberts | Posted 05.10.2009 | Green


David Roberts

Friedman's latest column is just an outright nuclear disaster: head-slappingly wrong on the merits, politically naive and tone deaf, and timed so poorly as to be malicious. Just about every single sentence is a train wreck.

The Empire State Building: How Gray Towers Become Green

Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.08.2009 | Green


Frances Beinecke

An old landmark is getting a makeover that will not only reduce energy use by 38 percent but will pay for itself in energy savings in just three years.

CON GAMES: The Energy Vacation

Michael Conniff | Posted 05.06.2009 | Green


Michael Conniff

If we were going to do the right thing, energy-wise, then why not decamp to a green hotel? That was the appeal of The Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa at the base of Beaver Creek Mountain.

College Students Heed Warning on Climate Change, Engage in 'America's Greenest Campus' Competition

Brian Keane | Posted 05.01.2009 | Green


Brian Keane

America's Greenest Campus will find our "greenest" campus community by tracking the personal carbon reductions of college students, faculty, staff and alumni.

$3.2B Released In Local Energy Efficiency Upgrades

greenbiz.com | GreenerBuildings Staff, GreenerBuildingsPublished March 27, 2009 | Posted 04.30.2009 | Green


Of the $3.2 billion in block grant funds, $1.9 billion is to go to cities and counties; $770 million goes to states, which administer the money for co...

Ten Things to Consider Before we Start Building Nuclear Plants in Illinois Again

Jimmy Seidita | Posted 04.30.2009 | Green


Jimmy Seidita

The 1987 moratorium on new nuclear plants in Illinois signaled that going nuclear was a huge mistake. It's made a mess of our electric system, our regulatory system, and worst of all, the state's economy.

El Hierro, The Energy Self-Sufficient Island (VIDEO)

BBC News | Posted 04.30.2009 | Green


El Hierro, a Spanish Island off the coast of northern Africa, is nearing energy self-sufficiency, according to the BBC: After 10 years of planning, t...

The Greenest, Most Efficient Way To Work: From Home On Weekends

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 04.25.2009 | Green


But you know what else you can do that works like a charm? Designate as much of your work for Saturdays and Sundays as possible. Fewer of your friends...

New Fuel-Efficient, Low-Pollution CSX Trains Unveiled (VIDEO)

AP, Fox | Posted 04.18.2009 | Green


What could be more appropriate than green locomotives on St. Patrick's Day in Chicago? But four locomotives unveiled in the city Tuesday by the CSX r...