Posted May 15, 2012 by Dan Lashof in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
Next year, for the first time since 1977, the U.S. Senate will convene without Richard Lugar. Over at the NRDC Action Fund there is a discussion of the political implications of Lugar’s defeat and Nate Silver has a great statistical...continued→
Posted May 15, 2012 by Rob Perks in Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, U.S. Law and Policy
President Obama signed a declaration making this National Transportation Week. “Our roads, rails, runways and shipyards have formed the foundation for a thriving global marketplace, and our transportation networks have enabled our first responders and service members to react with speed and...continued→
Posted May 15, 2012 by Anthony Swift in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming, U.S. Law and Policy
In the national debate surrounding tar sands expansion and projects like TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, the powerful voices of Americans on the front lines are often lost in the noise. And it’s easy to see why -...continued→
Posted May 15, 2012 by Rocky Kistner in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, Moving Beyond Oil
Washington’s political wars rarely match reality back home. So when politicians and K Street lobbyists peddle the $7 billion Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, you can bet the red meat rhetoric about jobs and national security—fanciful charges according to independent analysis—is straight...continued→
Posted May 14, 2012 by Jacob Scherr in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, Solving Global Warming, The Media and the Environment
It is easy to feel depressed about the state of the Rio+20 preparations after the recent two weeks of “informal informal” negotiations at the United Nations in New York. The governments managed to reach agreement on less than two dozen...continued→
Posted May 11, 2012 by Deron Lovaas in Moving Beyond Oil
The transportation and energy debate has suffered this past year. Analysts and industry types from Dan Yergin to the National Petroleum Council, and many others, have pointed breathlessly to methods developed by the industry (horizontal drilling, hydraulic fracturing) and consequent...continued→
Posted May 11, 2012 by Danielle Droitsch in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
James Hansen, Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, made another appeal this week to end our reliance on tar sands oil or it will be “game over” for the climate. If we continue to approve pipelines bringing...continued→
Posted May 10, 2012 by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
Worldwide, and in New York State, solar power is on the verge of something big. Global renewable energy spending is expected to top $2 trillion by 2020, with solar power comprising a substantial share. Only a decade ago, solar was...continued→
Posted May 10, 2012 by Peter Lehner in Moving Beyond Oil
Military experts understand that smart decisions are neither red, nor blue…nor even green, for green’s sake. Climate change and clean, efficient energy are a matter national security and economic vitality. According to Lt. General John Castellaw USMC (retired): Moving away...continued→
Posted May 9, 2012 by Max Baumhefner in Curbing Pollution, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
Today, the biggest electric utility in California, the largest car market in the country, took an important step to give drivers access to a cleaner fuel that’s roughly the equivalent of buck-a-gallon gasoline. Pacific Gas & Electric (“PG&E”) has submitted...continued→
