When it comes to sensible policy and real progress on energy issues and Global Warming in the United States, the Sun is often rising in the West. A few weeks ago (22 Aug 07), the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) announced their regional goal: a 15 percent aggregate reduction below 2005 levels by 2020.
Entries Tagged as 'environmental'
The Sun is rising in the West … when it comes to Global Warming policy
September 7th, 2007 · Comments Off on The Sun is rising in the West … when it comes to Global Warming policy
Tags: Bill Richardson · emissions · environmental · Global Warming · New Mexico · wci
Post Peak Amusement Parks …
August 11th, 2007 · Comments Off on Post Peak Amusement Parks …
Japan is going back to the future, with a new approach to amusement park rides that might transition into the post Peak Oil world. Thanks to Treehugger for the tipper about Japan’s pedal-powered roller coaster.
Tags: environmental
Sparking reef restoration …
August 8th, 2007 · Comments Off on Sparking reef restoration …
Canary in a coal mine is an oft-used metaphor when it comes to Global Warming and there are (sadly) many canaries out there. Dying reefs are a prominent canary — not just for for GW, but also CO2 pollution causing increasing acidification of the oceans. We’ve tried many remediation techniques around the globe, from dumping concrete blocks and […]
Tags: environmental · reefs
Earth Portal … adding to the Blogroll …
April 27th, 2007 · Comments Off on Earth Portal … adding to the Blogroll …
For me, Ecotality has a valuable, diverse, and expanding blogroll. Perhaps, however, this blogroll simply overwhelms and changes/additions to it are opaque rather than illuminating. Thus, a few words about an addtion today to the blogroll: EarthPortal.
Tags: alternative energy · Energy · environmental · Global Warming
Improve your business reputation … go green
March 28th, 2007 · Comments Off on Improve your business reputation … go green
According to Fortune magazine, being green is a key discriminator in survey responses as to corporate reputations. That is a serious change in the business world. As Fortune notes, Consider: In 1982, the year of the first Fortune survey of corporate reputations, green was just the color of money. These days “green” means something more. […]
Tags: energy efficiency · environmental · green
iPod COOL Energy: Bike to the Future?
March 24th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Since diving into the deep end when it comes to energy issues, almost every day sees new fascinating concepts, approaches, and technologies. Fascinating … exciting … even hope inspiring at times. And, as well, as the passion builds, so many of these are truly ‘iPod Cool’. This is the fourth of a new series, iPod […]
Tags: bicycles · cities · clean emissions · eco-friendly · energy efficiency · environmental
Carbon Neutrality … fraud or fact? — riffing off Al Gore debate
March 5th, 2007 · 2 Comments
The sound-machine created controversy over Al Gore’s home energy use has brought focus to an issue that merits focus. Are “Carbon Offsets” simply 21st century indulgences for assuaging the guilt of those living a life at odds with their belief structure (whether real or simply proclaimed) or do they have real meaning?
Tags: Al Gore · alternative energy · an inconvenient truth · conservation · eco-friendly · Energy · environmental · Global Warming · green · renewable energy · Solar Energy