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Public Enemies

June 23, 2008

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

Tags:
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, pascal'swager, 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

Tags:
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...

San Francisco Does it Better

November 19, 2007

Posted by Phil Gutis in Curbing Pollution , Living Sustainably , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
plasticbags, recycling, SanFrancisco, SanFranciscoChronicle

When you are deep in home renovation land, there are few places you visit more often than Home Depot and Lowes. Most weekends involve at least once visit and sometimes we actually end up going on both Saturday and Sunday.Yesterday,...

If it Bleeds ...

October 20, 2007

Posted by Phil Gutis in Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy

There's a saying in television journalism: if it bleeds, it leads. That's why whenever you switch over to the local news in your placid community, you could be forgiven for feeling as though you live in a level 10 crime...

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Phil Gutis
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