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Why Dirty Fuel Companies Should be Worrying

October 27, 2008

Posted by Peter Lehner in Green Enterprise

Tags:
coal, creditcrisis, nuclear

Almost every day now, a major media outlet carries a story about the dangers to alternative energy development because of the economic crisis rippling across the world. What you aren't reading much of anything about in the mainstream media today...

We’re Drowning In Our Own Trash

July 11, 2008

Posted by Peter Lehner

Tags:
chrisjordan, consumption, foodprices, gasprices, malthus, trash, waste

Thomas Malthus has suddenly become popular again. While Americans are concerned about fuel prices, much of the rest of the world is concerned about food prices. In countries like Egypt and Bangladesh, and in regions of Africa, riots have...

Dear President Bush: No More Offshore Drilling

June 18, 2008

Posted by Peter Lehner in Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil , Reviving the World's Oceans , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
efficiency, gasprices, globalwarming, greeneconomy, oceans, offshoredrilling

Earlier today, President Bush called upon Congress to lift a ban on offshore oil drilling that was enacted more than 25 years ago. Since then, every President has extended the moratorium – first by President Bush’s father, in 1990, and...

Dear Senators: The Fight Against Global Warming is the Fight of a Generation

June 4, 2008

Posted by Peter Lehner in Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
climatechange, climatesecurityact, greeneconomy, greenjobs, liebermanwarner

When I walk into our New York office every morning, I know I work with people devoted to the environment. In my colleague’s offices, there are pictures of all of their favorite mountains, rivers and oceans. In mine, I have...