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Bush admin exempts farms from reporting toxic fumes
In yet another late-in-the-game not-so-green move, the Bush administration on Friday issued a regulation that exempts factory farms from having to report to the government about releases of hazardous air […]
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The Golden State gets tough on diesel-truck pollution
California’s air regulators cracked down on diesel pollution from heavy-duty trucks on Friday, adopting tough new rules that will require older trucks to be retrofitted or replaced starting in 2011. […]
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After Poland talks, a new reality starts to set in, says McKibben; 350 ppm must be the goal
I spent the last few nights of the recent Poznan climate conference sleeping in the By the Way youth hostel, an excellent accommodation filled with excellent young people who had […]
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Cellulosic ethanol ranks dead last
Mark Jacobson (associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, Stanford University) has just published a paper in the journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry. You can read the entire […]
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Wind ranks as least harmful source, ethanol last – worse than coal & nukes
Mark Z. Jacobson, one of the world’s leading experts on wind energy looks at broader issues, trying to rank energy sources in order of least social costs to worst. He […]
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What is a green job?
Green jobs are living-wage, career-track jobs that contribute to preserving or enhancing environmental quality. They have some important characteristics: Green jobs are today’s jobs repurposed and expanded in a low-carbon […]
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Conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region devastating forests too
Aside from killing hundreds of thousands of people and displacing millions more, the ongoing conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region is also taking a toll on the environment. Displaced people have […]
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Michael Moore on the Big Three and transit
“Transporting Americans is and should be one of the most important functions our government must address. And because we are facing a massive economic, energy and environmental crisis, the new […]
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Spike in public transit ridership highest in 25 years
Public transit ridership in the United States continued its steady rise in the third quarter of 2008, jumping 6.5 percent overall compared to the same quarter last year — the […]
