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Posted by Environmental Leader on 07/01/2009
Though some 85 percent of travelers consider themselves to be “environmentally conscious,” they are no longer willing to make sacrifices or pay more for travel, according to a recent YPartnership survey of travel trends for 2009.Rather, travel companies are expected to be “good ...
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Posted on 07/01/2009
By Kate Sheppard Henry Waxman. New House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) is planning some major changes to the organization of the subcommittees, notably creating a single subcommittee to oversee climate, energy, air quality, and water issues. In a le ...
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Posted on 07/01/2009
By David Roberts The other day Andrew Dessler and I wrote about a piece of climate skeptic hoo-ha that somehow got published on Huffington Post. There was nothing particularly notable about the piece itself -- just the usual recycled confusions and distortions -- but it was somewhat remarkable ...
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Posted on 07/01/2009
By Joseph Romm Part 1 introduced urban heat island mitigation (UHIM). It discussed how lighter colored (or reflective) roofs and pavement, plus urban trees, can save energy, cut CO2 emissions, cool a city, and reduce smog. But a global "cool roofs" strategy can achieve far bigger benefits ...
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Posted on 07/01/2009
By David Roberts On Monday Living on Earth did a priceless interview with former utility exec David Freeman , ex-head of the TVA (and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District and the New York Power Authority), about the massive Tennessee coal ash spill. Freeman's a crusty old coot (in a ...
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