Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
Despite two decades of talking about slowing global warming the actual rate at which heat-trapping carbon dioxide is building up in the atmosphere is accelerating according to new data released yesterday. Juliet Eilperin's story on this research made page 2...continued→
Posted by Dan Lashof in Living Sustainably
Washington DC has a great new way to get around. Based on a system pioneered in more than a dozen European cities, SmartBikeDC is the first automated bike sharing program in the U.S. For an annual membership of only $40...continued→
Posted by Dan Lashof in Moving Beyond Oil
Some members of Congress are trying to lift the moratorium that protects parts of our Outer Continental Shelf and the Arctic Wildlife Refuge from harmful oil drilling. They are giving a token nod to the real solutions – energy efficiency...continued→
Posted by Dan Lashof in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
And I mean old. A group of 27 old guys weighed in on energy earlier this week with “An open letter to the 44th President of the United States and the 111th U.S. Congress.” This old boys club (they are...continued→
Posted by Dan Lashof in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
I know the NBA finals are still underway, but a football analogy seems much more apt.Legislation to cap and reduce global warming pollution didn’t get across the goal line after obstructionist tactics blocked serious consideration of the Climate Security Act,...continued→
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
Jim Hansen, NASA’s top climate scientist, put global warming on the policy agenda with his 1988 Congressional testimony that he was 99% confident that a long term global warming trend was underway and that heat-trapping gases were probably to blame....continued→
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
We asked for your help coming up with seven words to save the planet and you responded: More than 100 entries here and 89 over at Grist, which picked up on the contest. (Some of these are duplicates and I...continued→
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
According to this week's New York Times Bestseller List, the number-one hardcover fiction book in the land this week is Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food, which features a memorably terse distillation of its core message: Eat food. Not too...continued→
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
At least Charles Gibson asked a question about global warming at Saturday night's presidential candidate debate in New Hampshire, which is more than you can say for many of his colleagues in the political press corps according to the League...continued→
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
No, this is not the title of a WWE title bout (or even a WWF fact sheet). Its a question I was asked by someone wanting to know which would make a bigger difference in lowering his personal carbon footprint....continued→
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
I can't remember a week that heralded so much progress.On Monday, Kevin Rudd, Australia's new prime minister ratified the Kyoto protocol, leaving the United States as the only industrial power outside the agreement.Monday night Peter Petrelli destroyed the Shanti virus,...continued→
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
Gary Braasch has a nice photo essay up on Grist with highlights from his new book, Earth Under Fire. I have been privileged to work with Gary for several years. He is a talented photographer and journalist. NRDC sponsored his...continued→
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
Jim Inhofe is feeling the heat. With growing bipartisan support for the Lieberman-Warner America’s Climate Security Act, the Oklahoma Senator is more isolated than ever. At a hearing in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Wednesday Montana Democrat...continued→
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
Representative John Dingell posted his carbon tax proposal today and is asking for public comment. He was interviewed about it by Newsweek. In a previous post I talked about why I think a discussion of carbon taxes is a distraction...continued→
Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming
Someone has asked about carbon taxes at every public forum on global warming policy that I have participated in recently. This idea has been around for a long time, but has been largely dormant in policy circles since 1993, after...continued→
