2015
It’s been nearly 12 years since the Kyoto Protocol was initially adopted for use, and over 4 years since it was enacted. Over 183 parties have ratified the Protocol. In the map below, the countries that ratified the Kyoto Protocol are shown in green; the countries that have no intention of ratifying the Protocol are [...]
So long Cash for Clunkers, we hardly knew ye
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced this week that after a wildly successful and very brief run, the Car Allowance Rebate System, aka CARS or Cash for Clunkers, will end this Monday, August 24. I took a screen shot of the Web site just in case it isn’t there when you click the link. Soooo… [...]
Trying to get Americans to care about climate change
Last week, Treehugger posted an interesting piece about a poll that was conducted on average citizens in countries around the world, the U.S. included. The question asked was, on a zero to 10 scale, “How high of a priority should the government place on global warming?” and the answers, shown in the nifty bar graph [...]
Is the Stimulus stimulating?
Today on GreenBiz.com, their contributor Sarah Terry-Cobo published a terrific piece called Mapping the Path of Stimulus Funding that takes a look at where the billions of dollars from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) are going in this country. Even better, they made a map! Who doesn’t like maps? Have a look below: [...]
The 29 most important pages of the Waxman-Markey climate bill
Ed Mazria is a bit of a legend in the Architecture and design community. He’s been in practice forever; he wrote a big, fat book all about energy-saving passive design in the 70′s entitled The Passive Solar Energy Book; and he’s the driving force behind the organization known as Architecture 2030. Basically, when Ed talks, [...]
Energy Secretary Steven Chu on The Daily Show
Watch Nobel-Prize-winning Energy Secretary Steven Chu on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night. It’s “must-see TV” for anyone interested in reducing our carbon emissions… which, frankly, should be most of us at this point! Also, Secretary Chu gives Jon Stewart a t-shirt that I simply must have. You’ll see.
Q: Why has the environmental movement suffered so many setbacks?
A: I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that it might be due, in part, to people like the ones mentioned in this New York Times article entitled Disillusioned Environmentalists Turn on Obama as Compromiser. This may not be an entirely popular position for me to take; however, I sat there [...]
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