Posted July 16, 2012 by Ed Chen in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably, Solving Global Warming
Presidents make a practice of hosting Americans from all walks of life. But few visitors generate more excitement at the White House than sports superstars. One such gathering occurred on March 30, 2001, when President George W. Bush, a former...continued→
Posted June 27, 2012 by Ed Chen in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment
Jay Rockefeller is quite the truth-teller. I was reminded of that when he discussed the future of coal while opposing a bid in the Senate last week to repeal historic public health protections against mercury pollution from power plants. Candor...continued→
Posted August 19, 2010 by Ed Chen in Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
On the first morning of his summer vacation on Martha’s Vineyard, President Obama is being greeted by a playful, two-page ad in the local Gazette. Behind our good-natured ad, though, is a very serious issue. We are urging the president to help safeguard...continued→
Posted July 29, 2010 by Ed Chen in Curbing Pollution
Wendy Schmidt believes human ingenuity will find new, far more effective ways to clean up the next BP-like oil spill disaster. And she’s betting $1.4 million on it. Spurred by BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster, the X Prize Foundation today...continued→
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