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It Hurt, Really Hurt

October 12, 2008

Posted by Phil Gutis in Living Sustainably , The Media and the Environment

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amazon, kindle, newyorktimes

I don't remember when it started but by the time I graduated from college with a degree in school newspaper, I very much wanted to work for The New York Times. A very close friend even made me a needlepoint...

Oily, Day Two

September 18, 2008

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

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bigoil, energylegislation, politico, tomfriedman

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...

Oily

September 17, 2008

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

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energylegislation, losangelestimes

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....

Where Do I Sign?

September 12, 2008

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

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cisco, forbes, greendatacenterblog, IBM, USopen, wallstreetjournal

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...

Substance Abuse and Promiscuity

September 10, 2008

Posted by Phil Gutis in Moving Beyond Oil , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy

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InteriorDepartment, oilindustry, scandal

"Sexual relationships with prohibited sources cannot, by definition, be arms-length." So wrote the Inspector General of the Department of Interior today in an eye-popping report decrying "a culture of substance abuse and promiscuity" in the Bush Administration program charged with collecting...

When I Go

September 8, 2008

Posted by Phil Gutis in Living Sustainably , The Media and the Environment

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burialshrouds, businessweek, kinkaraco

This started out purely as a funny post. Browsing through my pile of magazines recently, I came across a story in SmallBiz, a bimonthly publication of Business Week magazine, about entrepreneurs who are reshaping the business of death.Not a particularly...

The Best vs the Good

June 30, 2008

Posted by Phil Gutis in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment

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greeneconomy, jobs, publicopinionresearch

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...

The Explorer Has to Go

June 26, 2008

Posted by Phil Gutis in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , The Media and the Environment

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adage, explorer, ford, honda, neanderthals, woolymammoths

I'll admit it. There's a Ford Explorer towering over the Honda Civic hybrid in our driveway. A gas-guzzling monster of an SUV that my husband inherited years ago. But it will not be there much longer.Yep, rising gas prices and...

Hurray for Home Depot!

June 24, 2008

Posted by Phil Gutis in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , The Media and the Environment

This weekend, the husband and I stopped by Home Depot to see if we could find shelves to house my out-of-control Kidrobot collection. We got our shelves -- at a huge discount in fact -- but still walked out a...

Public Enemies

June 23, 2008

Posted by Phil Gutis in Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy

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algore, environmentalleader, globalwarming, guardiannewspaper, jameshansen, jamesinhofe, uscap, washingtonpost

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]...

Pascal's Wager and Global Warming

June 20, 2008

Posted by Phil Gutis in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy

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globalwarming, pascal, pascalswager, publicopinionresearch

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...

It'll Cost You

June 18, 2008

Posted by Phil Gutis in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy

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alliancetosaveenergy, fuelsurcharge, georgia, hollyspring, speeding, usatoday

Couldn't resist this nugget from the front page of today's USA Today: "Speeders to Pay Extra for Police Fuel."According to the paper, the City Council of suburban Holly Springs, GA, decided to help cover the spiraling cost of gasoline by...

Press Clips: airline fuel economy, a conservation deal, integrated pest management, more

May 9, 2008

Posted by Phil Gutis in The Media and the Environment

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airlines, allergies, asthma, fueleconomy, globalwarming, integratedpestmanagement, pesticides, pressclips, tarsands, tejonranch

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...

Press Clips: spin from Detroit, restoring the San Joaquin, stopping sewage overflows, more

May 8, 2008

Posted by Phil Gutis in The Media and the Environment

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ford, fueleconomy, graywolf, pressclips, sanjoaquinriver, sewageoverflows, tarsands, tejonranch

NRDC in the News (May 8, 2008)NRDC's Roland Hwang shares an irritating tale with NPR's Marketplace [listen] about how -- despite spending millions to fight higher CAFE standards in Congress -- Ford has had fuel-efficient technology all along. A bit...

Press Clips: corporate green, safe sushi, energy diet, more

May 7, 2008

Posted by Phil Gutis in The Media and the Environment

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energyefficiency, fish, greenbusiness, greenwashing, grizzlybear, mercury, pressclips, sushi, wolf

NRDC in the News (May 7, 2008)Going green may be all the rage in corporate America, but some are starting to question what it all means. Linda Greer, Director of NRDC’s Health and Toxics Program, tells the Christian Science Monitor...

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