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Robert Rauschenberg, 1925-2008

May 14, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , The Media and the Environment

Tags:
earth-day, robert-rauschenberg

 Robert Rauschenberg was my favorite artist, certainly my favorite of those that have been well known.  I paid a small – well, actually, not so small – fortune for a signed screenprint of his LA Uncovered #7, image above, which...continued

A coal powered ethanol plant and a test of the new RFS

May 14, 2008

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

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biofuels, coal, curwensville, ethanol, markettransformation, RFS, sunnysideethanol

In a little town in central Pennsylvania, a company called Sunnyside Ethanol, LLC (owned by Consus Ethanol, LLC) wants to build an 80 million gallon per year corn ethanol refinery that would get its heat and power from a waste...continued

Op-ed on biofuels, food prices, and GHG emissions

May 13, 2008

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
biofuels, foodvsfuel, leelynd, mascoma, RFS

It has already been such a crazy week that I'm only just getting a chance to do my own PR. On Monday, the Minneapolis Star Tribune ran an op-ed coauthored by my friend Lee Lynd and yours truly. Lee is...continued

How smart is your city?

May 13, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Curbing Pollution , Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming

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cities, driving, green-cities, publictransportation, smart-growth, smartgrowth, sprawl, sustainability, sustainable, transit-oriented-development, walkable

  After so many wonky posts in a row, this time I'm going to lighten up with one of those fun internet quizzes that I can do more or less all day when I have something I want to procrastinate.  This...continued

Ecological Accounting: A New Measure of Economic Health

May 13, 2008

Posted by Frances Beinecke

Tags:
bridgeattheedgeoftheworld, capitalism, consumerism, extinction, globalwarming, gusspeth, WRI, yaleforestryschool

My day-to-day work life focuses on relatively concrete notions: passing global warming legislation, getting more energy efficient appliances into the hands of consumers, pushing automakers to produce more efficient cars. These are the tools I believe we must use to...continued

Rethinking environmental impacts to manage growth

May 13, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
carbon, co2, driving, growth-management, impervious-surface, runoff, smart-growth, smartgrowth, sprawl, stormwater

 When faced with a situation where rapid growth is occurring, such as I discussed yesterday, the best thing to do environmentally is to manage and shape it so that a good quality of life is maintained with the least environmental harm.  This...continued

Different Coasts, Same Schmutz

May 12, 2008

Posted by David Pettit in Curbing Pollution

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airpollution, cleanair, diesel, portoflosangeles, portofnewark, schmutz, trucks

I used to play basketball with a guy we called “Schmutzie,” a playground variant on the Yiddish word “schmutz,” which means dirt.  I don’t know how he got the name – he wasn’t any dirtier a player than the rest...continued

How much the US will grow, and where: numbers and a map

May 12, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy

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development, growth-management, housing, population, projection, smart-growth, smartgrowth, sprawl

 The housing market may be in a slump right now - in part because we've been building too much sprawl - but over the next 25 years or so the US is going to experience rapid population growth, and the...continued

Press Clips: airline fuel economy, a conservation deal, integrated pest management, more

May 9, 2008

Posted by Phil Gutis in The Media and the Environment

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airlines, allergies, asthma, fueleconomy, globalwarming, integratedpestmanagement, pesticides, pressclips, tarsands, tejonranch

NRDC in the News (May 9, 2008)NRDC’s Deron Lovaas scored some valuable real estate on the front page of the USA Today business section discussing attempts by airlines to reduce fuel use. Lovaas, director of NRDC's Vehicles Campaign, told the...continued

Wyoming Legislators Might Not Like Wolves…Or Foreigners…Or Tourists…

May 9, 2008

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

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EndangeredSpeciesAct, wolves, Wyoming

NRDC has been shining a bright light on the ugliness in the Northern Rockies since grey wolves were delisted last month. To date the animals are being shot down at the rate of one a day in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana....continued

For the Love of Veggies

May 9, 2008

Posted by Alba Garzon in Living Sustainably

Tags:
carbonfootprint, vegan, vegetarian

For years, when faced with the "are you vegetarian" question I’ve responded with "no, but I am veggie-friendly."  This of course always leads to raised eyebrows and more questions.  It's quite simple actually: I eat (and enjoy) vegetarian food, I...continued

Press Clips: spin from Detroit, restoring the San Joaquin, stopping sewage overflows, more

May 8, 2008

Posted by Phil Gutis in The Media and the Environment

Tags:
ford, fueleconomy, graywolf, pressclips, sanjoaquinriver, sewageoverflows, tarsands, tejonranch

NRDC in the News (May 8, 2008)NRDC's Roland Hwang shares an irritating tale with NPR's Marketplace [listen] about how -- despite spending millions to fight higher CAFE standards in Congress -- Ford has had fuel-efficient technology all along. A bit...continued

Survey shows rising honey bee losses

May 8, 2008

Posted by Melissa Waage in Health and the Environment

Tags:
agriculture, bees, colonycollapsedisorder, food, simplesteps

A national survey released this week shows honey bee losses on the rise this year, prompting the state of Pennsylvania to pump money into colony collapse disorder (CCD) research. The Apiary Inspectors of America's annual survey indicated 36.1 percent of commercial...continued

Cool New Car Sticker Shows Which Are Cleanest

May 8, 2008

Posted by Luke Tonachel in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

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CARB, carlabel, cleancars, driveclean, fueleconomy, globalwarming, simplesteps, smog

Car shopping? Coming very soon in California is a handy new window sticker that makes it easy to choose the cleanest vehicles. It’s terrific in its simplicity; each car, SUV, minivan or pickup will get a 1-10 score on the...continued

Press Clips: corporate green, safe sushi, energy diet, more

May 7, 2008

Posted by Phil Gutis in The Media and the Environment

Tags:
energyefficiency, fish, greenbusiness, greenwashing, grizzlybear, mercury, pressclips, sushi, wolf

NRDC in the News (May 7, 2008)Going green may be all the rage in corporate America, but some are starting to question what it all means. Linda Greer, Director of NRDC’s Health and Toxics Program, tells the Christian Science Monitor...continued

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