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Well, for one day a year, some people ‘wear green’ on their sleeve, feeling as if that one day of sacrifice by recycling those cans they normally throw out has done their share of saving the planet.
For those needing a day of recovery, 23 April is “Fock the Earth Day”

Hat tip to “ratmach“.

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One of the most promising, yet also most frustrating, aspects of dealing with Climate Change is how the noise (the static) of the debate makes it difficult for the majority of people to understand the power of the “No Regrets” strategy opportunity and promise.
The concept of a “No Regrets” strategy has been around for decades. [...]

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Hybrids are too often thought of simply in terms of personal vehicles.
They are also penetrating the big vehicle market space. Consider the average delivery truck and all its starts/stops. There is a lot of energy to capture there, which is why UPS is pursuing hybrids. And, as per Walmart and its hybrid trucks, they are [...]

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A guess post from Jamess, Global Warming Matters, who takes a different look than I at Boehner’s anti-science syndrome demonstration on TV Sunday.

John Boehner dismissed CO2 gas as a pollution concern, by claiming on ABC’s This Week, basically, that Cows release it, so what’s the problem?
BOEHNER: George, the idea that carbon dioxide is a carcinogen [...]

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Taxicab fleets are real leverage points for some quick gains in terms of saved energy and reduced pollution with the introduction of hybrids.
Unlike most drivers, there is a compelling cash payback case for hybrid taxis. The fuel savings alone can pay for the taxi’s entire purchase price in just a few years, [...]

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In a rather astounding, inappropriate for youth moment, House Minority Leader John Boehner chose to put his ASS on display. Anti-Science Syndrome, that is.
Today, on ABC’s This Week, George Stephanopoulus pushed Boehner to speak to Global Warming and the Republican Party’s plans to deal with Climate Change in like of Democratic House leadership (Markey-Waxman American [...]

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The Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu, made comments re coal and its future in the American electrical system that, to be kind, make those concerned about effective paths forward on dealing with climate change uncomfortable. In particular, the following words
quite frankly I doubt if the United States will turn its back on coal. We are [...]

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The evidence is mounting that the US Chamber of Commerce (USCOC) is mounting its efforts to undermine legislative initiatives from the Obama Administration and the Democratic Party-controlled Congress using funds that, ultimately, come from the US taxpayer’s bailout funding of Wall Street firms. As discussed in Politico , Open Left, and elsewhere, the [...]

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To many in the climate ‘blogosphere’, myself not excepted, the siren’s call of tackling global warming denial, of deceitful astroturf “studies” distorting the situation, and of shoddy ‘faux and balanced’ reporting in the nation’s newspapers of record can eat up too much of our attention. We must pay attention to what is actually going on [...]

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Taking meaningful steps to pursue sensible policies to deal with E3 challenges (economy, energy, environment) and seize E3 opportunities will take leadership and political courage. Leadership to move past simply testing the political environment via polling, wetting the finger to see which way the wind is blowing at the moment. Political courage to [...]

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