Conservation

Navajo Nation Forms Green Jobs Commission

 |  Jul 22, 2009

The Navajo Nation Council recognizes they need to diversify their economy and address profound joblessness. Green jobs look promising. High Country News reports: “The Council passed the legislation by a … Read more

Economic Message of the Week: China and U.S. Launch Joint Clean Energy Research Project

 |  Jul 21, 2009

The earth's leading greenhouse gas emitters are taking substantive steps toward clean energy innovation. The United States and China announced plans on a joint clean energy research center, a compromise … Read more

Project Links Global Warming to National Security Threats

 |  Jul 21, 2009

Former Senator John Warner (R-VA) teamed up with the Pew Environment Group last week to announce a new project highlighting the links between national security threats and global warming. "Leading … Read more

Instant 'Tea': Faux Protest Tactics Revealed

 |  Jul 21, 2009

It appears that some of the 'tea party' protests springing up across the US are less a product of raw populist indignation than a coordinated smokescreen operation. An organization calling … Read more

Sen. EPW Hearing: New Jobs vs. Dirty Fuels

 |  Jul 21, 2009

I’m over at DailyKos today live-blogging the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee’s hearing, “Clean Energy Jobs, Climate-Related Policies and Economic Growth – State and Local Views.” Come on over … Read more

Trying to Fire the Climate Czar

 |  Jul 17, 2009

It’s offensive that Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) tried to fire President Obama’s “climate czar” Carol Browner and the staff of the Council on Environmental Quality yesterday by offering an amendment … Read more

Water Quality as a Way of Life

 |  Jul 16, 2009

Here’s a story for the history books: In 1983, our government set water planning policies that determined how we create water projects–and they’re still in place today. But as you … Read more

UK’s New Low-Carbon Industrial Plan — 500,000 New Jobs

 |  Jul 16, 2009

A new industrial plan developed in the UK predicts lower greenhouse gas emissions and a half million new jobs by 2020. Kat Baker for PerssonnelToday.com reports: “As part of the … Read more

The Green Roadway Project: U.S. Highways As Alternative Energy Corridors

 |  Jul 16, 2009

One way to create wind, solar and other alternative energy facilities with less impact on the environment could be to place them along highways, The Green Roadway Project is examining … Read more

Reflection from Prince William Sound

 |  Jul 16, 2009

Just weeks before the nation’s largest, most destructive oil spill, I flew over Prince William Sound and marveled at its raw untrammeled beauty in mid-winter. It has been twenty years … Read more