Conservation

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

30 Years Later, Finally Time for Change?

 |  Jul 15, 2009

I was really struck by the piece by Gordon Stewart in the New York Times today, Carter’s Speech Therapy. Stewart reminds us that it was 30 years ago today when … Read more

Video: CAP’s Joe Romm on ACES

 |  Jul 15, 2009

Here’s an interview with Joe Romm, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and blogger at Climate Progress. Joe’s a fascinating player in the clean energy & climate legislation … Read more

Ohio Senator Demands EPA Fudge ACES Numbers

 |  Jul 14, 2009

You have to check out this letter. It’s from Sen. George Voinovich to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson. Sen. Voinovich is informing Jackson that he’s refusing to let her … Read more