Posted by Jon Coifman in Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment
In a closed door session recently, General Motors product development chief and granddaddy of Detroit automotive management Bob Lutz announced to a group of reporters in Dallas that global warming is “a crock of sh*t”.Yes, this is the very same...
Posted by Jon Coifman in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment
Don't be alarmed on your way to work if the Hummer in the next lane is being driven by a chicken. Two animal rights groups have launched high-visibility campaigns arguing that eating meat causes more global warming pollution than your...
Posted by Jon Coifman in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
General Motors posted new earnings numbers this morning to mostly rosy headlines. Drudge Report is running the story under the banner "USA! USA! GM posts $891-million profit…" But all is not well for the big automaker, which lost its status...
Posted by Jon Coifman in Moving Beyond Oil , The Media and the Environment
Back to the Wall Street Journal today, where we learn that racecar-driver-turned-truck-rental-and-car-dealer-mogul Roger Penske has signed on to bring the long awaited two-seat Smart car to America. If you've been to Europe in the last five years, chances are you've...
Posted by Jon Coifman in Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil
This one will go down in the corporate PRrecord books. As noticed in the trade press by our friends over at Consumerist, somebody at Range Rover -- a Ford Motor Company brand -- thought it would be a good idea...
Posted by Jon Coifman in Moving Beyond Oil
To move a piece of furniture last night, I borrowed a posh SUV of a fashionable Swedish make popular with the graduate degree crowd here in Washington. I have grown to loathe Ikea, but that's a story for another time....
Posted by Jon Coifman in Moving Beyond Oil , The Media and the Environment
Stepping into our Washington office during the energy bill fight now under way in both houses of congress is a bit like walking onto the bridge of a battleship during heavy maneuvers (except the offices are messier). All hands on...
