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 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]...continued→
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...continued→
Posted by Phil Gutis in The Media and the Environment
NRDC in the News (May 9, 2008)NRDC’s Deron Lovaas scored some valuable real estate on the front page of the USA Today business section discussing attempts by airlines to reduce fuel use. Lovaas, director of NRDC's Vehicles Campaign, told the...continued→
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...continued→
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...continued→
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 ...continued→
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...continued→
Posted by Phil Gutis in Curbing Pollution , Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment
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→
Posted by Phil Gutis in Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment
Does the mass media matter? That might be a funny question for a communications director to be asking, but in this age of exploding media choices, it is a critical question. The answer in my mind is that, yes, for...continued→
