As rumored prior to the release of President Obama’s proposed 2012 budget, the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) program will take a serious hit, roughly a 50 percent cut. As David Dayen put it prior to the budget’s release, The Administration says this lowers LIHEAP assistance to where it was in 2008. But […]
The terrifying implication of the LIHEAP cuts?
February 14th, 2011 · Comments Off on The terrifying implication of the LIHEAP cuts?
Tags: Energy · Obama Administration · peak oil · politics
Taking Account of Full Costs and Total Benefits in achieving a more efficient building sector: Architecture 2030 Challenge for Products
February 14th, 2011 · 2 Comments
Simply put, Architecture 2030 (Ed Mazria) is among my favorite organizations. Architecture 2030 has been developing and promoting well-thought through and practical concepts for shifting America’s built architecture toward a sustainable path. Concepts that have an impact on many, from aspiring architecture students to policy-makers to businessmen creating more energy efficient products. Not until today, […]
Tags: architecture · architecture2030 · catastrophic climate change · climate change · Energy · environmental · Global Warming
Making a ‘national HSR plan’ into a National Network+*
February 14th, 2011 · Comments Off on Making a ‘national HSR plan’ into a National Network+*
Yet another valuable guest post from BruceMcF, whose thoughts re rails valuable role in fostering a robust, prosperous, climate-friendly future for America merit attention. Way back before the Super Bowl, the White House had a series of exciting announcements, covered at The Transport Politic under the heading The White House Stakes Its Political Capital on […]
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Confronting Anti-Science Climate Cranky Zombie Politicians
February 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment
A simple truth, anti-science suffering haters of a livable economic system have hindered action to address our mounting resource challenges of our overuse and overabuse of depletable resources. These include oil (Peak Oil), water (depleting fossil acquifers), top soil (with increasingly serious dust storms in many parts of the world hastening creation of new deserts), […]
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