Posted by Phil Gutis in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
A few days ago, a bunch of us left NRDC's office and walked a few blocks downtown after work to hear a talk by Google Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt. The event -- organized by NRDC Trustee Wendy Schmidt --...
Posted by Phil Gutis in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Maybe it's the start of the holiday season, which has long been recognized to increase stress. Or perhaps it was the news from India where terrorists killed almost 200 people and injured hundreds more. Whatever the cause, I've found myself...
Posted by Phil Gutis in Curbing Pollution , Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
On the same day that congressional leaders threw in the towel on a bailout for the auto industry, three Bay Area mayors joined an innovative startup in backing a $1 billion plan to create the modern day Detroit. According to...
Posted by Phil Gutis in Curbing Pollution , Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
I'm not much of a party guy so my husband, our laptops and assorted dogs spent last night sprawled around our family room watching the election returns. We'd often speak over the drone of the talking heads to blurt out...
Posted by Phil Gutis in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
Day two and the feeling of being dunked in oil hasn't lifted. In fact, given the financial news rocking Wall Street and the soaring price of oil futures, I'm left feeling greasier than ever. The latest reports from Washington find the...
Posted by Phil Gutis in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
I woke up feeling more than a bit greasy this morning. It was almost as if I someone had snuck into my bedroom and dumped a barrel or two of oil on me. And my shower didn't help all that much....
Posted by Phil Gutis in Curbing Pollution , Green Enterprise , Greening China , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment
If your husband is a tennis fanatic like mine then your television is going to be commandeered for much of early September as the world’s tennis superstars slam their way through the U.S. Open. And this year, in addition to...
Posted by Phil Gutis in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Last night, as I drove home from the train, an SUV came speeding up behind me and sat on the tail of my hybrid. I was in the mode of seeing how high I could get my gas mileage --...
Posted by Phil Gutis in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment
I recently wrote about NRDC's public opinion research program and promised to tell additional tales from the often-humbling land of surveys and focus groups. In the category of humbling, we were recently told that the American public is deeply skeptical...
Posted by Phil Gutis in Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
Today's Guardian newspaper quotes NASA climate scientist James Hansen calling for the executives of large fossil-fuel companies to be put on trial for crimes against humanity. "When you are in that kind of position, as the CEO of one [of]...
Posted by Phil Gutis in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
Public opinion research is part of my responsibilities at NRDC and its a piece of my job that I love. There's nothing quite like watching a group of folks from behind a one-way mirror talk about the issues that NRDC...
Posted by Phil Gutis in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
In the surprisingly large world of marathoning, this year's LaSalle Bank Chicago race will undoubtedly be talked about for years. The heat and humidity were so bad that organizers canceled the race before thousands of people crossed the finish line...
Posted by Phil Gutis in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment
I'm guessing that NRDC Trustee Laurie David has been called many things over the years, but shy is probably not one of them. That's why it isn't all that surprising to see The New York Times Book Review describe Laurie's...
Posted by Phil Gutis in Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment
Hard to believe, but it was almost 25 years ago when my vegetarian voyage started. The journey started in a seafood shop somewhere on the south shore of Long Island. I had just been assigned to cover Long Island for ...
Posted by Phil Gutis in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming
NRDC hasn’t been visited by any chickens driving hummers, but we did get a letter from PETA earlier this summer asking about our policies regarding global warming and factory farming and vegetarianism. Our response to PETA just went out the...
