Pentagon Calls Climate Change Impacts 'Threat Multipliers,' Could Enable...
Cross-Posted from DeSmogBlog The U.S. Department of Defense released the 2014 version of its Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) yesterday, declaring the threat of climate change impacts a very serious...
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President Obama, Say "No" to Keystone XL Pipeline
The main reason President Obama needs to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline is as a declaration that we need to stop building more fossil fuel infrastructure. Rather, investment needs to be made in more...
View ArticleClimate Denier Steve Milloy Now Director at Coal Giant Murray Energy, On CPAC...
The Junkman has a new job, and yet again it involves defending fossil fuels and attacking science. Steve Milloy, who long ago dubbed himself "The Junkman," is listed as Director of External Policy...
View ArticleExploding the Myth That Government Can't Innovate
Government should not pick winners and losers. Public sector bureaucracy strangles entrepreneurship and innovation. Government can establish broad policy framework, but then should get out of the way....
View ArticleSnakebit Supply Chains
Ever hear of a reality show called "Snake Salvation?" Me neither, until one of the serpent-handling co-stars was bit last month by a snake during a church service and later died. How does this...
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Why Cities Are Smarter
Urbanization is happening rapidly. Is this good or bad? "I view great cities as pestilential to the morals, the health and the liberties of man." Thomas Jefferson was not a fan of cities, and neither...
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'Green News Report' - March 6, 2014
The Green News Report is also available via... IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Record fine for Big Coal company for 6,000 violations over 7 years; Opportunistic rightwingers push nonsense on Keystone XL;...
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Climate Change This Week: A Deluge of Droughts, Sinking Islands, and More!
Today, the Earth got a little hotter, and a little more crowded. Daily Climate Change: Global Map of Unusual Temperatures, Mar 6, 2014 How unusual has the weather been? No one event is "caused" by...
View ArticleWATCH: These iPod-Based Magic Tricks Are SO. MUCH. FUN
What if deception is in the eye of the beholder? And what if lies can help us tell the truth? Enter into the multimedia world of magician Marco Tempest and decide for yourself. Ideas are not set in...
View ArticleDIY Cleaning Products for a Safer Home
Adverse to the utilization of elbow grease, I am partial to cleaning products that suggest their powerful chemical compositions will reduce the need for waxing on and waxing off. I'm quite happy to...
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White Roofs vs. Green Roofs: Recent Reports Declaring a Victor Overlook That...
"Green roofs and cool roofs offer the potential to improve the sustainability of urban areas" -- that was the bottom line conclusion of a report released by NRDC and the Emmett Center on Climate Change...
View ArticleWomen's Leadership Can Transform the Way We Do Business in a...
As a global community, we find ourselves at a critical juncture. One path -- the "business as usual" route -- sees us approach a drastically warmer world, where our continuing reliance on fossil fuels...
View ArticleExtreme Weather Puts Economic Chill on Small Businesses
Extreme weather events have been front-page news lately, especially with the U.S. experiencing record storms across much of the country and devastating droughts in the West. It's not just the landscape...
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The ARPA-E Energy Innovation Model: "Will It Matter?"
Have you seen the Ivanpah solar thermal system in the Mojave Desert of California? 347,000 mirrors on federal desert land capture the sun's rays and, with a complex system, ultimately generate power...
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You Had Me at GRRR
(Tischman Photography) Last month I began a series on "10 Ways To Avoid A Dog Bite," which I've developed into a lecture for lay people and professionals alike. The title of my lecture is "Reality...
View ArticleGreening Our Cities: It Takes a Village
We built our cities 100 years ago, and now our urban infrastructure is falling apart. Like many cities across the country, San Francisco's water, sewer and energy systems are in a major state of...
View Article5 Ways to Go Green At Your Wedding
By Cindy Pearlman for GalTime.com First comes love, then comes wedding planning! And now-a-days, green weddings are becoming more en vogue as we become more eco-conscious. "A green wedding goes hand in...
View ArticleBudgeting for Resilience: A Vital Step to Strengthen and Protect Our Communities
This post was co-authored with Steve Winkelman, Director of Transportation and Adaptation programs at the Center for Clean Air Policy. Albert Einstein defined insanity as doing the same thing over and...
View ArticleGame-changing Quiet Revolution in Midwest Energy Efficiency
In the overheated Capitol Hill politics, even energy efficiency is controversial. The bipartisan team of Senators Shaheen and Portman unfortunately face considerable hurdles in their common sense...
View ArticleThe Top 5 Challenges Facing the New NOAA Administrator
Co-authored by Shiva Polefka, Research Associate for the Ocean Policy program at the Center for American Progress. On March 6, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Dr. Kathryn Sullivan to be the new...
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