Posted by Frances Beinecke in Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming
I have seen many Earth Days come and go, but until this year, I never had the chance to hear a sitting president use the annual green spotlight to call for sweeping clean energy legislation. President Obama's speech on Wednesday...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
In his State of the Union address and his federal budget, President Obama championed incentives for cleaner vehicles, expanded public transit, and more American jobs. A couple of weeks ago, I saw one of the places where all three of...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Last week I heard a great story on NPR's Morning Edition about how a tiny investment in an energy efficient window coating went on to save Americans billions of dollars on utility bills and jump start a green building boom....continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Some of our elected officials have assessed the current financial crisis and decided to back pedal on their commitments to build a clean energy future for America. But a report released today by Deutsche Bank's Asset Management Division confirms once...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
The final sentence in Tom Friedman’s piece from last Sunday’s New York Times has stuck with me this week. Friedman was traveling in Denmark, and he wrote about meeting Ditlev Engel, the president of Vestas, the world’s largest wind turbine...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
For the record, I have been a fan of the much-talked about tire gauge for years now. Long before it became a prop in this summer’s presidential campaign, I gave them away to friends and family. I even recommended them...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Paul Krugman wrote in the New York Times that outrage is the proper response to last week’s Congressional debate on offshore drilling. I agree. It is outrageous that in the face of the combined energy and economic crises, our representatives...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming
The New York Times ran an article last Friday about how high costs are slowing down the development of technology that can capture carbon dioxide from coal-fired power plants. What the article doesn’t discuss is the best way to drive...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming
I recently called on Senators McCain, Clinton, and Obama to return to their day jobs long enough to actively support the global warming bill that will likely come to a Senate vote next week. Now a New York Times editorial...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
Winston Churchill wrote that “All great things are simple.” Yet in their simplicity, they are often overlooked. I have been thinking about this common blind spot since the Senate began considering the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act recently. When we talk...continued→
