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Previous Warming Periods May Have Caused Mass Extinctions
This guest post from scientist FishOutOfWater looks at the what might be the closest event in Earth’s history to what humanity, through its ever mounting carbon emissions, is rapidly heading the planet to …The most precise study yet of the the earth...
Occupy Keystone XL: 13,000 Protest Pipeline at Whitehouse
A screeching halt to Keystone XL plans? November 7th, 2011 · No Comments Today, the day after some 13,000 people surrounded the White House to call on President Obama to apply leadership in denying the Keystone XL pipeline application (excellent...
If You’re Male and <40, Thank The Clean Air Act …
We know that the regulation leads to a safer society and that regulatory paths toward reducing pollution loads leads to a healthier society. These are simply facts. Those facts, however, can be difficult to translate from larger...
If Only Keystone XL Were A Solar Company …
Life is filled with what ifs … What if I won the lottery? What if I fell off the bicycle? What if … In contemplating what has been going on with Solyndra, today’s news (for those who hear it) seems to raise one of those ‘what if’ moments: What if...
Cost-Effective Renewable Power Homes
One of the nation’s most important (and sadly too little discussed) intercollegiate competitions is on in Washington, DC: the biennial Solar Decathlon. Open to the public for a few more days (through 2 October), the Decathlon brings together 19...
A CHIP Shot At A Better Future?
One of the nation’s most important — and sadly too little discussed — intercollegiate competitions is about to open in Washington, DC: the biannual Solar Decathlon. For two weeks, twenty university teams from around the globe will compete...
Solar in DC Heats Up
As the sun bursts through weeks of massive rain, the Washington, DC, area is entering into several hot solar weeks. The Washington Redskins and NRG Energy are holding a press conference 15 September to inaugurate Fedex Field’s solar panel...
JOBS! JOBS! JOBS!
We are less than two days out from President Barack Obama’s speech to a Joint Session of Congress and to the nation to outline proposals to help put Americans back to work. This speech could be a strident call for all-out measures to...
What Could We Substitute For Canadian Tar Sands Oil?
This is a guest post from the thoughtful BruceMcF. There has recently been a flurry of activism regarding regulatory approval of the “XL Pipeline” in support of bitumen production from Canadian Tar Sands. Along with hundreds arrested in front of...
My Master Metered Condo and Its Energy Priorities
This is a guest post by J. Siegel.The over 40-year-old condo building my husband and I bought into has lots of plusses ….A spacious and sunny apartment (perfect for an indoor herb garden)A short walk to a Metro station and a walk to a...
A Filibreather For All Of Us
Monday afternoon, 25 Representatives stood to speak out against moves to devastate protections for America’s environment: from measures to open up the Grand Canyon for uranium miners to measures to eliminate monitoring of polluters. This two-...
UMW: Messaging A Clean-Energy Future
When it comes to discussing the value and power of a clean-energy future, in a way that touches core values and life-experiences of a good share of Americans, perhaps it is time to think and speak UMW. No … not the United Mine Workers....
