Articles by Adam Browning

Willie no longer free; Willie now $2.37

The New York Times has a nice piece on Willie Nelson's efforts to combine love (of family farmers) and hate (of oil wars) in a new business venture: biodiesel branded as BioWillie.

"I knew we needed to have something that would keep us from being so dependent on foreign oil, and when I heard about biodiesel, a light come on, and I said, 'Hey, here's the future for the farmers, the future for the environment, the future for the truckers'," Mr. Nelson said in an interview this month. "It seems like that's good for the whole world if we can start growing our own fuel instead of starting wars over it."

With Volkswagen TDI's getting 45-50 MPG, what's not to like?

Make it your new year's resolution. I did.

Notices that Bush admin does not take climate change serious; lies repeatedly

The Washington Post editorial board is shocked, shocked to discover that when it comes to policies on global warming, the Bush adminstration can't be trusted to tell the truth on methodology or effectiveness. In sum, emissions are going up and the voluntary measures put in place not only don't work, but in many cases don't exist.

If it can't get its numbers right, why should we take seriously the White House's declared intention to forge a "constructive and effective approach" to climate change at all?

Indeed.

Sunny days ahead

Today is the winter solstice. Which means -- for folks in the northern hemisphere, at least -- that each day from here on out will be sunnier than the last.

And as we head into the holiday season, think about maybe sharing a little of that sun: Some folks have set up a fund for solar systems for New Orlean's 9th Ward. Don't be a grinch, check it out.

EIA reports that–surprise, surprise–US carbon emissions are rising

This might come as some surprise, but the Bush administration's all-voluntary, do-nothing approach to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions is not working. The New York Times reports on the Energy Information Administration's release of 2004 figures: Emissions are higher than they have ever been before.

And in unrelated news, 2005 is shaping up to be the hottest year on record.