Posted by Phil Gutis in Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment
During last year's election campaign, I often turned to FiveThirtyEight.com and its lead blogger Nate Silver for the best analysis of the electoral numbers and polling trends. Since then, I've seen Nate repeatedly on various MSNBC shows and he continues...continued→
Posted by Phil Gutis in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
Call me a masochist. I've been doing some reading of Jimmy Carter's speeches lately and I'm struck by two points: he called for all the right stuff when it came to energy policy, but, and most importantly, he fell completely...continued→
Posted by Phil Gutis in Living Sustainably
The family gathered this weekend to celebrate my brother-in-law's birthday. Knowing that I was going to be joining them, my 11-year-old nephew Ethan proudly wore a t-shirt that made the following argument: "Trees make air. Homework kills trees. Homework causes...continued→
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...continued→
Posted by Phil Gutis in The Media and the Environment
President Bush made headlines today when he offered new policy guidelines on climate change.In Newsday, NRDC President Frances Beinecke observed that "the president has just proposed a path on global warming weaker than the campaign pledge he made in September...continued→
