Obama Rocks Gallup Environmental Poll
A Gallup Poll released yesterday reveals the country is confident in President Barack Obama’s abilities to help the environment.
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Emission Free: 5 Huge Renewable Energy Projects to Watch For
With billions in stimulus dollars heading toward improving the electricity grid and building sustainable energy infrastructure, emission-free power may be coming to your neighborhood sooner than you think. Here are five of the biggest, most ambitious projects that are in the pipeline, both in the US and elsewhere.
The Big Picture: Activity on Climate Change is Heating Up
Okay, it’s Earth Day and everything, so maybe I’m imagining things, but it certainly feels like the renewable energy/carbon emissions/let’s-fix-global-warming conversation has picked up steam dramatically in the last couple of weeks. I thought it might be nice to take a step back and review where things stand in Washington and elsewhere.
So SUE Me! — Waxman-Markey might make it legal to sue over Global Warming
The Waxman-Markey bill that recently was introduced into the House has already caused quit a stir, and that was before someone found a provision tucked in it’s 600 plus pages that would make it legal to sue the Government if you suffer from Global Warming.
White House Playground Covered With Harmful Mulch, Says Environmental Group
The Obamas recently installed a new playground on the White House lawn. But one environmental group says the mulch they used will be harmful for their children.
Environment Versus The Bottom Line – Weird Wall Street Trading Markets
The longer I am here at the Wall Street Green Trading Summit, the less this feels like anything to do with environmentalism. At some point, when does off-setting stop being feasible, and when does carbon reduction become the name of the game?
Fixing Our Electric Grid and Solar Panels for All (even the underfunded)
The summit is over for today, but I wanted to throw some concluding thoughts out after an afternoon spent discussing good business models for producing alternative energy and for overhauling our current electrical grid.
Trading Carbon at the Wall Street Green Trading Summit
Excuse Me, Waiter? What Year is this Carbon?
Live from the Wall Street Green Trading Summit
We’re coming at you live with special Red, Green, and Blue coverage from New York’s very own Wall Street Green Trading Summit.
HR 1388 “GIVE” Act Could Force Mandatory Service Requirement on All Young Americans
Passed by the House of Representatives with a 321-105 margin, HR 1388: the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act, dubbed the “GIVE” act, would require the US government to develop a plan to implement a “mandatory service requirement for all able young people”.
Obama to Axe Voluntary Environmental Performance Program
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson is expected to sign a memo terminating the National Environmental Performance Track program, a voluntary “beyond compliance” partnership designed to enhance environmental policy effectiveness.
Obama Feeling Smart (Grid) About Supporters
After years of railing against special interests, I find myself presented with a quandary. Special interests are lining up behind the Smart Grid technology I love and, in doing so, risk saddling this cool program with the baggage intrinsic to special interests.
Mean Joe Green #53: The lights are on but nobody’s home.
We can protest coal-fired power plants all we’d like–but must not forget the importance of conservation. Conserving energy has an immediate impact.
The Difference Between Americans and Canadians
Americans tend to view Canada as the peaceful and friendly country up north, and they know that Canadians have trouble saying ‘out’ and ‘about’. But other than that Canada is not often on American’s radar screens…
Obama’s Budget: From Climate Change to a Climate of Change
The new president’s budget represents the climate of change Obama has brought to Washington, DC. From reducing the deficit by 1/3 to allocating $634 billion for health reform over the next decade.