Posted December 30, 2011 by Amrita Batra in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
Climate An Urbanizing India Faces Natural Disaster Risk “The number of people exposed to natural disasters is expected to more than double to 1.5 billion by 2050, with 200 million of them in India, because of rapid urbanization and the...continued→
Posted December 29, 2011 by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz in Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
The current threat from Iran to block oil movements through the Strait of Hormuz has some Republicans calling for approval of the Keystone XL pipeline that would bring tar sands oil from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast refineries. Energy...continued→
Posted December 28, 2011 by Bob Keefe in Green Enterprise, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, The Media and the Environment
Fossil fuel lobbyists and their allies in Congress continue to dispute the need to support development of more renewable energy in America. Never mind that more 90 percent of Americans say developing renewable energy should be a national priority. Never...continued→
Posted December 23, 2011 by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
Americans want the U.S. to lead the world in renewable energy, but these are screwy times in our nation’s capital. Some people are trying to turn clean, renewable energy into something dirty. The fossil fuel industry and the radical right,...continued→
Posted December 23, 2011 by Sasha Lyutse in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
I turn 30 this weekend. That means that for my whole life, the corn ethanol industry has been receiving federal subsidies. From the Energy Tax Act of 1978, which gave ethanol its first tax exemption, to the American Jobs Creation...continued→
Posted December 23, 2011 by Rebecca Stanfield in Green Enterprise, Solving Global Warming
Late yesterday, Kansas City Power and Light (KCPL) asked state regulators for approval to offer more and better energy efficiency programs to reduce electricity demand and lower energy costs for its customers. Under the plan, KCPL will invest about $25...continued→
Posted December 23, 2011 by Susan Casey-Lefkowitz in Curbing Pollution, Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming
Updated as of December 26 On December 23, the House passed a "tax holiday" extension package that contains an unrelated provision to speed up a decision on the dirty energy Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. How does this help fight climate change?...continued→
Posted December 22, 2011 by David Doniger in Curbing Pollution, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
Smithsonian Magazine has posted some unusual portraits of jolly Saint Nick and asked readers to vote for the Scariest Santa. Here’s my choice: Smithsonian Institution Archives of American Art It’s a 1939 Christmas card from a Hungarian-born American artist named...continued→
Posted December 22, 2011 by Doug Sims in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and WIld Places, Solving Global Warming
Last May, in the middle of increasing public concern about energy mega-projects, particularly the proposed mega-dam complex called HidroAysén, President Piñera appointed a multi-disciplinary panel of experts to a special advisory body called La Comisión Asesora para el Desarrollo Eléctrico...continued→
Posted December 21, 2011 by Jake Schmidt in Solving Global Warming
The highest court of the land in Europe has just decided that Europe’s law to require that the aviation sector reduce its carbon pollution is completely legal. The European law requires that all flights that want to use European airports...continued→
