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Butte College Going Carbon Neutral without the Credits

,  |  Sep 30, 2008

In 2005 Butte College flipped the switch and turned its campus on to solar power; just one in a series of efforts that the community college of 20,500 students has … Read more

For People and Wildlife, There’s Only One Answer to Secure Our Energy Future

 |  Sep 14, 2008

In the coming days, Congress begins voting on a new set of energy bills that if passed will be detrimental for wildlife and the natural resources we all depend on. … Read more

Enough Already With All the Fossil Foolery

 |  Jul 17, 2008

New Offshore Drilling Won’t Dig Us Out of the Hole So, big oil and friends are at it again: doing what they can to keep us hooked on fossil fuels … Read more

LED University encourages bulb-switch on campus

 |  May 6, 2008

It’s almost a given that any discussion of energy efficiency will, at some point, address light bulbs. CFLs, which use about 25% of the energy required by traditional bulbs, are … Read more

Quick Cut: Use the Revolving Door

 |  Mar 20, 2008

Here at Campus Ecology, we try to find big, manageable ways for campuses to cut their emissions. However, we definitely don’t want to ignore the fact that small choices, over … Read more

Be A Good Neighbor to Wildlife

 |  Mar 14, 2008

The #1 thing us homo-sapiens can do to help wildlife today and here on out is reduce our global warming pollution. Knowing this, the National Wildlife Federation just introduced a … Read more

10 Best Green Stories of 2007

 |  Dec 28, 2007

Grist has an excellent post called The Top Green Stories of 2007.  While they highlighted some of the biggest news, good and bad, I tried to focus on the most … Read more

Energy Bill Signed into Law

 |  Dec 19, 2007

Wildlife to Benefit from this “Down Payment” on Strong Global Warming Legislation The package–which passed the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in the past week–will help reduce America’s oil … Read more

Midwest Greenhouse Gas Accord

 |  Dec 5, 2007

Nine Midwestern governors and the Premier of Manitoba yesterday signed an historic greenhouse gas accord. This has powerful implications not just for state and regional progress, but for global warming … Read more

Senate Energy Bill: Done

 |  Jun 22, 2007

Yesterday afternoon the Senate voted to end debate on the energy bill, and then after a couple more hours of debate (huh?), but no important votes, the Senate passed the … Read more