Posted by Frances Beinecke
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→
Posted by Frances Beinecke
You have heard me talk about the economic benefits of passing a global warming law. Now you can get the news from the Department of Energy itself. This week, the DOE’s Energy Information Agency released a report showing that we...continued→
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For the second time in two weeks, President Bush returned to the Rose Garden to offer outdated ideas on how to manage America’s energy crisis. On April 16, he trotted out a plan for tackling global warming that was weaker...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming
I have been working to protect the environment for more than 30 years, and I feel like I am facing the most important fight of my career: passing the Lieberman/Warner climate change bill, which will be up for a vote...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably
In the past week, there have been a lot of news reports and blog chatter about BPA, also known as bisphenol-A. Finally, government agencies, consumers, and manufacturers are starting to take this toxin seriously. But BPA is only one member...continued→
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Okay, so it’s Earth Day and time to reflect on personal practice. I’m at a Fortune Magazine conference called Brainstorm Green. There is a lot of talk here about innovative solutions, but also about how some of the key environmental...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke
It’s been a bad week for bisphenol-A, and that’s a good thing. Not one but two government agencies came out for the first time publicly saying that this chemical--found in plastic water bottles, canned food, and numerous baby products--could harm...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming
In a swirl of Rose Garden ceremony, President Bush announced today an eleventh-hour plan for curbing global warming emissions. Unfortunately, it is as feeble as it is late. Now, in his eighth year, the president has proposed a path on...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming
Last week, I witnessed something I wouldn’t have seen two years ago: a group of leading climate scientists and environmental thinkers expressing genuine optimism about our ability to solve global warming. Why the change? The explosive innovation in green energy...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
Like millions of New Yorkers, I ride the subway all the time. I view it as one of the small steps I can take as an individual to help curb global warming, since fewer cars on Manhattan streets mean fewer...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably
I had breast cancer nine years ago. I have a strong constitution--and a strong will--and those carried me far during my diagnosis and treatment. But still it was a difficult time for me and my family. One thing that brought...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming
“Have the dynamics between your industry and environmental NGOs shifted? "What are the hard trade-offs and challenges in forging partnerships between businesses and NGOs?”These are some of the questions posed right now in a forum on the Harvard Business Review’s...continued→
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I recently spent the a month working out of NRDC’s California offices. I am an Easterner by birth and inclination. I feel more at home on the subway than the freeway, the Adirondack woods than the Santa Monica beach. But...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke
If you have read this blog in the past, you know I firmly believe we can curb global warming with the help of a long list of clean energy technologies. But a recent article in the New York Times about...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming
Twenty years ago, when I was fighting to protect coastal areas from overdevelopment, the reigning stereotype of environmentalists was that we never met a regulation we didn’t like. The counterpart to that type-casting was that businesspeople saw every regulation as...continued→
