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A coal powered ethanol plant and a test of the new RFS

May 14, 2008

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

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biofuels, coal, curwensville, ethanol, markettransformation, RFS, sunnysideethanol

In a little town in central Pennsylvania, a company called Sunnyside Ethanol, LLC (owned by Consus Ethanol, LLC) wants to build an 80 million gallon per year corn ethanol refinery that would get its heat and power from a waste...continued

Op-ed on biofuels, food prices, and GHG emissions

May 13, 2008

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
biofuels, foodvsfuel, leelynd, mascoma, RFS

It has already been such a crazy week that I'm only just getting a chance to do my own PR. On Monday, the Minneapolis Star Tribune ran an op-ed coauthored by my friend Lee Lynd and yours truly. Lee is...continued

Cool New Car Sticker Shows Which Are Cleanest

May 8, 2008

Posted by Luke Tonachel in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
CARB, carlabel, cleancars, driveclean, fueleconomy, globalwarming, simplesteps, smog

Car shopping? Coming very soon in California is a handy new window sticker that makes it easy to choose the cleanest vehicles. It’s terrific in its simplicity; each car, SUV, minivan or pickup will get a 1-10 score on the...continued

In hand wringing over biofuels mandate, safeguards at risk

May 7, 2008

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming

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biofuels, cornbasedethanol, foodvsfuel, forest, hersethsandlin, hr5236, markettransformation, RFS

The Hill was alive with the sound of finger pointing and hand-wringing yesterday when I testified before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality about the RFS. (All the testimony including mine is available...continued

Happy Bike Month!

May 1, 2008

Posted by Rich Kassel in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment

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bicycling, bikecommuting, bikelane, bikemonthnyc, bikeway, diesel, hudsonriverpark, newyorkcity, NYC

Happy Bike Month, Switchboard readers!Today starts Bike Month in NYC.  So, for the next few weeks, I will be writing about biking issues every few days.  How come?First of all, biking is part of how I got involved and interested...continued

Bush's Rose Garden Energy Plan: Deja Vu All Over Again

April 30, 2008

Posted by Frances Beinecke

Tags:
arcticnationalwildliferefuge, cleantech, economicstimulus, globalwarming, nuclearpower, presidentbush, renewableenergy, renewabletaxcredit, rosegarden

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

How to go green, according to architects

April 30, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

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architecture, community, driving, green-building, greenbuilding, greendesign, neighborhood, smartgrowth, sprawl, transportation, walkability, walking

 The American Institute of Architects has announced their annual “Top Ten Green Projects,” as chosen by the Institute’s Committee on the Environment (affectionately known as “COTE”).  Now I have to say that I personally like and am impressed by just...continued

$25 million to paint a tar sands black hole green?

April 29, 2008

Posted by Liz Barratt-Brown in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
alberta, borealforest, canada, oilsands, tarsands

Canada has sent its fourth delegation in so many months to Washington D.C. to convince Americans that there is no need to worry about the tar sands oil extraction in northern Alberta.  This barrage of visits reminds me of when a colleague...continued

Pay as you drive – too sensible for America?

April 26, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
driving, Freakonomics, globalwarming, insurance, pay-as-you-drive, PAYD

If you live in an average-sized household, and your household drives 20,000 miles or fewer per year, you are probably paying too much for automobile insurance.  If, on the other hand, your household is driving more than 22,000 miles per...continued

Connecting the Dots: Security and Climate Change

April 25, 2008

Posted by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
energy, globalwarming, oildependence, security

Another analysis was just released, this time by the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies in Britain, making the case that climate change would be a driver for serious conflict around the globe, describing among other events...continued