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The French rail system (SNCF) has added a calculator for travel carbon emissions, offering up the ability to compare prices and carbon loads for travel by rail, air, or personal vehicle.

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BruceMcF is passionate and thoughtful on transportation issues, especially the roles that rain can and should play in America’s future.  Read him at Burning the Midnight Oil. Burning the Midnight Oil for Living Energy Independence. I’ve seen this before … indeed, it was mentioned recently in some discussion threads of Libertarians Against Choice … the […]

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Here is a guest post from the passionate citisven advocating that we tie our laces and walk the walk. Yup, you read that right. Time to strap on your preferred footwear, turn off the intertubes, and give those rusty bones a fair shake. ‘Cause you know what they say on gravity-rich planet Earth: These boots […]

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This is a guest post from the very thoughtful ApSmith who merits paying attention not just on this … but FIT is something that should be on the agenda to help move us forward toward more rapid deployment of clean energy options. The NY Times’ Green Inc blog highlighted several plans to introduce feed-in tariffs […]

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As part of a 20-day “how to” workshop on solar power, Kenyan students installed solar panels the Senator Barack Obama School in Kogel, Kenay, and on Mama Sarah’s home. Mama Sarah as in the President’s grandmother. As she put it, “I am very pleased that my home has been improved thanks to solar energy and […]

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Shocklingly unreported by most of the nation’s media, easily 100 people collapsed outside Salt Lake City’s Gallivan Center.  Exact numbers are hard to come by,  but this tragic moment sends a signal of a much larger catastrophe that will kill millions and, without action, billions in the years to come.  The bodies on the ground […]

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For awhile, I’ve noted We Add + Up.  From their “about” page: WE ADD UP is a global campaign using organic cotton t-shirts that literally “counts you in” to help solve the climate crisis. Every shirt is printed by hand with a unique number. YOUR number is your position in our sequential global count of […]

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There is a fundamental framing and analysis challenge that pervades much of the Washington (and national) discussion of moving forward toward better policy. This is true in health care, transportation, prison reform, decriminalization of marijuana (and industrial hemp), clean energy, global warming, and very many other important policy arenas. At Netroots Nation, on a panel […]

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As we consider the challenges of climate change and the paths to reaching an international accord that will lead to real efforts to turn the tides on global warming’s rising seas, we need to wonder whether all nations will be represented in Denmark this December. Today’s question: Will the Colbert Nation be duly represented in […]

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This is a repost, with minor editing, of something published several years ago.  This is adapted to look at the Obama Administration and its efforts in each of the five arenas. Let me know what you think. The Republic is at a critical crossroads – a point where Americans must understand and take action to […]

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