A Job To Do
Sometimes we have to green suspect industries from the inside.
COMMENTARY: Blowing Hot and Cold
We are standing on a balcony outside Iceland’s Hellisheidi geothermal power plant, newly built on the side of an active volcanic mountain in Hengill. It’s pretty cold, but we are wreathed in warm steam that started out in the center of the Earth. Some of the turbines have been humming since 2006, but the plant is still under construction, on its way to producing 300 megawatts of electricity and (beginning in 2009) 400 megawatts of heat energy to warm factories and households.
The Great Big Green Car
It’s official, the Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid has been named 2008 "Green Car of the Year" by Green Car Journal‘s team of judges (including several respected environmentalists, among them Carl Pope of the Sierra Club, Christopher Flavin of Worldwatch Institute, Jonathan Lash of World Resources Institute and Jean-Michel Cousteau of the Ocean Futures Society).
To Greener Pastures: Peter A.A. Berle of Audubon
Longtime environmental champion Peter A. A. Berle died last week at age 69 as a result of injuries sustained during the accidental collapse of a barn on his Stockbridge, Massachusetts property several months ago.
Wind Power Beats Predictions
The U.S. will gain 4000 megawatts of wind power in 2007, doubling predictions.
Semana de 11/11/07
Querido DiálogoEcológico: Pienso que el papel brillante usado por la mayoría de las revistas es malo para el ambiente, sin embargo la mayoría de los editores todavía lo utilizan, incluso las publicaciones relacionadas con el ambiente o la vida al aire libre. ¿Cuál es la realidad? ¿Se produce el papel brillante con productos químicos peligrosos?
Querido DiálogoEcológico: ¿En lugar de acción federal en los E.E.U.U. para combatir el calentamiento del planeta, han tomado los estados medidas locales para reducir emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero?
We’ve all seen the current generation of hybrid cars
No longer just the domain of the Japanese, greener cars are forthcoming from just about all of the major automakers. Toyota will improve on its hot-selling Prius by adding a plug so owners can juice up the batteries overnight and make it at least six miles before switching over to the car’s gasoline-powered internal combustion engine.
What are the best sources out there for environmentally friendly consumer products?
Although green-friendly goods are starting to show up just about everywhere, finding all the right products is still not as simple as a one-stop trip to the mall or major grocer. However, there are several reputable websites, mail order catalogs and storefront retailers that cater to the eco-motivated consumer.
COMMENTARY: Climate Change: The Next Generation
It was with some sense of detachment that I approached the Powershift 2007 conference at the University of Maryland two weeks ago (November 2 to 5). Honestly? I would have expected a lot of students to attend simply to party somewhere new for the weekend; to make friends, escape embarrassing hook-ups, or find new connections for pot. Not, I guessed, to actually learn. But I met student after student who cared passionately about climate change.
In lieu of federal action in the U.S. to combat global warming
Though the Bush administration has been slow to even admit that global warming is a serious issue, and has rejected the terms of the Kyoto Protocol (an international agreement calling on developed nations