According to the Governmenta Accountability Office, comparing federal electricity subsidies by fuel type shows that renewables such as wind still get only a small share of the overall subsidies awarded to the energy sector. Again, no surprise here.
Renewables get less Federal Support … surprise, surprise
November 16th, 2007 · Comments Off on Renewables get less Federal Support … surprise, surprise
Tags: alternative energy · electricity
Lose Weight, Save the Planet?
November 16th, 2007 · Comments Off on Lose Weight, Save the Planet?
Okay, anyone who understands energy and global warming issues knows that eating down the food chain and eating locally are two great ways to reduce your carbon footprint. This post, however, is not about this. According to work done by Paul Higgins (American Meteological Society (AMS) Climate Policy), tackling obesity and global warming opportunities go […]
Tags: carbon dioxide · climate change · emissions · Global Warming
Bangladesh is underwater as I write …
November 16th, 2007 · Comments Off on Bangladesh is underwater as I write …
How bad is it? Well, we don’t know but Cyclone Sidr has hit Bangladesh hard. Let me put it clearly, as per Chris Mooney, Bangladesh needs our help. Now, this is the immediacy of the problem of in Bangladesh. But, in addition, there are the long-term threats related to Global Warming in Bangladesh which, among […]
Tags: Bangladesh · Global Warming
Write Congress with Environmental Defense
November 16th, 2007 · Comments Off on Write Congress with Environmental Defense
Environmental Defense is calling on us (US) to write to Congress to demand legislative action on Global Warming.
Tags: Global Warming
Whose Environment is Environmental Defense Defending?
November 16th, 2007 · 4 Comments
The saga continues. As it stands now, the Liberman-Warner Climate Security Act provides a secure financial environment for historic polluters and secures little else. It has inadequate targets to prevent catastrophic climate change. It hands away $100s of billions, impoverishing the average American for the favor of giving handouts to polluters. And, in giving away […]
Tags: environmental · Global Warming · lieberman-warner
Surveying enviro-friendly products
November 16th, 2007 · Comments Off on Surveying enviro-friendly products
A research team at the Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara is conducting a survey about buying habits, focusing on questions related to environmentally friendly products. … to help understand consumer preferences and behaviors regarding environmentally-friendly product selection. Well, time to go take that survey and […]
Tags: business practice · environmental