Posted May 20, 2013 by Katie Umekubo in Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and WIld Places
Recent reports of eagles being killed by wind turbines have stirred up a lot of emotion and controversy and understandably so. On the one hand, more wind energy will get the U.S. on the right side of the climate...continued→
Posted May 15, 2013 by Kristina Johnson in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
May 7th – May 14th, 2013 India Green News is a selection of news highlights about environmental and energy issues in India Climate Change Mumbaikars see red on climate change MUMBAI: Climate change is no longer an environmentalist's concern. Erratic...continued→
Posted May 15, 2013 by Deron Lovaas in Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil
Yesterday U.S. PIRG released their latest, best analysis of national vehicle-miles-of-travel (VMT) trendlines, reiterating the finding that absolute VMT peaked in 2004 while VMT per capita did so way back in 1996. PIRG advocates a “new direction” for transportation policy, and...continued→
Posted May 13, 2013 by Ralph Cavanagh in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
Way back in 1996, I was honored to receive the Heinz Award and now I’m joining other winners of that prize and the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize as signatories to a letter calling on the Obama administration to reject the...continued→
Posted May 10, 2013 by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil
I don’t think filmmaker Alessandro Della Bella intended to make a video about transit in Zurich, but trains, trams, streetcars and the people who ride them are the clear stars in this hyper-fun time-lapse video. Frenetic Zurich is one...continued→
Posted May 9, 2013 by Simon Mui in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
An independent panel of scientific experts today reaffirmed that an oil industry association’s study of California’s landmark clean energy law (AB32), in particular the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, was flawed on a number of fronts, saying it did not “include...continued→
Posted May 9, 2013 by Deron Lovaas in Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil
Yesterday I participated in an uplifting ceremony at the White House’s Eisenhower Executive Office Building – the latest installment in the Obama Administration’s “Champions of Change” program, with a special focus on transportation leaders across the country. While politicians down...continued→
Posted May 2, 2013 by Rob Perks in Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil
On Monday the Obama administration announced the president's pick to take over from Ray Lahood as secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The nominee is Charlotte mayor Anthony Foxx, who is an excellent choice -- and also a proponent of...continued→
Posted April 30, 2013 by Rob Perks in Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil
Lately, I've been on a bit of a tear writing about traffic congestion and its impact on commuting. For instance, titles of some of my recent blogs include: Less funding, more traffic Transportation Triple Threat: Bad Roads, Worse Traffic and...continued→
Posted April 30, 2013 by Meleah Geertsma in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
A new report issued by EPA in late April – an update to the national emissions inventory for greenhouse gases – continues to highlight the oil and gas sector’s role as the country’s top industrial source of methane...continued→
