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Obama’s View from Yellowstone: Pines Killed by Climate-Fueled Beetles

August 14, 2009

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
ACES, beetles, energyandclimate2009, extinction, forests, globalwarming, infestation, whitebarkpine, yellowstone

President Obama heads Saturday to Yellowstone National Park, where he and his family join the millions of Americans who thrill each year to the sulfureous steam of Old Faithful, the wild domains of bison and elk and the summer splendor...continued

Ecological Accounting: A New Measure of Economic Health

May 13, 2008

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment

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