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Why We Need a Good Obama Speech and Soon

December 17, 2008

Posted by Phil Gutis in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

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Changeinwashington, climatechange, energy, jimmycarter, obama

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

Yes We Can

November 5, 2008

Posted by Phil Gutis in Curbing Pollution , Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
buckscounty, changeinwashington, climate, election08, energy, fairlesshills, solar, ussteel, wind, yeswecan

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...continued

Crack Cocaine and Oil

July 23, 2008

Posted by Phil Gutis in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
energy, gasprices, oil, oiladdiction, renewableenergy, SUVs, tomfriedman

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 --...continued

Nega Whats?

June 18, 2008

Posted by Phil Gutis in Curbing Pollution , Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably

Tags:
efficiency, energy, energystar, goldstein, rosenfeld, theeconomist

When we purchased our slice of paradise near New Hope, PA, we knew the house had not received much tender loving care. But we did not realize at the time, however, that it hadn't really been touched in the 30...continued

Why I Have Hope

September 2, 2007

Posted by Phil Gutis in Curbing Pollution , Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment

Tags:
energy, gatesfoundation, globalwarming, khosla, mit, mit-technology-review, nanotechnologies

MIT's Technology Review (free registration required) just published its list of young innovators under 35, those scientists who the editors say have the most exciting inventions and research. "Their work -- spanning medicine, computing, communications, electronics, nanotechnology and more -- is changing our...continued

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