Seeking: Efficiency and Energy Leadership-- the Good Kind

In Arizona Republic Frances Beinecke faults the Bush administration for failing to provide leadership on energy issues for the last 8 years… David Goldstein criticizes Energy Star for maintaining lackluster and industry influenced requirements for refrigerators in a Consumer Reports article; the article is in Consumer Reports’ October 2008 issue and is currently posted online at their website which receives over 3 million visitors per month… Sarah Janssen talks about the dangers posed to babies by the hormone disrupter BPA in US News and World Report (online readership 273K/ month); Sarah’s first blog post on BPA was also picked up by three other blogs totaling a monthly readership of over 150,000 mothers and environmentalists.

In the Associated Press Rebecca Stanfield of the Chicago office emphasizes the strengths of the City of Chicago’s plan to cut greenhouse gases, but notes the importance of a strong team effort…John Walke chides the US Chamber of Commerce for its pre-emptive outcry regarding emissions controls, highlighting that much of what the pro-big-industry organization says is aimed a fanning hysteria and avoiding regulation in Reuters…The Christian Science Monitor discusses the dangers of drilling for natural gas near drinking water deposits with Kate Sinding in a feature article…The San Francisco Chronicle’s Thin Green Line blog directs readers to Andrew Wetzler’s blog in a post on recent environmental successes in the West, including the federal government’s abandonment of attempts to delist the grey wolf, as well as a federal judge’s decision to deny increased recreational snowmobile use in Yellowstone and Grand Tetons national parks.