The natural gas-powered Honda Civic topped the Greenest Vehicles of 2007 list released last week by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). Second and third spots went to Toyota’s hybrid Prius and Honda’s Civic Hybrid.
The day after President Bush’s State of the Union Address, Greenpeace released the findings of its “energy revolution” report, debunking the President’s proposals for “clean coal” & “safe nuclear power” and a heavy reliance on ethanol.
The Joint Ocean Commission Initiative, a collaboration between the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy and Pew Oceans Commission, last week issued its U.S. Ocean Policy Report Card for 2006. The United States received an overall grade of C- on efforts to protect the nation’s ocean waters and marine ecosystems, a minor improvement over last year’s D+.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held hearings to look into allegations that climate scientists at seven federal agencies were subjected to political pressure in order to play down the threat of global warming. Scientists said their reports on climate had been edited to suit political purposes and that references to "climate change" or "global warming" had been removed.
California artist Charles Carter literally returned to nature, shunning modern conveniences for years while living in a tipi to find the solitude and sanctuary that became his muse. His jewelry and paintings reflect the primitive spirit of the land.
The President would like to see the U.S. producing and using 35 billion gallons of so-called alternative fuels by 2017. But environmentalists are very unhappy with the Bush plan which would require putting an additional 129,000 square miles of farmland —an area the size of Kansas and Iowa—into corn production.
The chief executives of 10 major U.S. corporations have joined together to call for immediate federal action to combat human-induced global warming, saying that voluntary efforts are inadequate to do the job.
In a new study issued last week, automotive consumer information service Intellichoice.com reported that gasoline-electric hybrid cars and trucks—favored by environmentalists for sipping instead of guzzling gas—have significantly lower total cost of ownership than equivalent traditional gas-only models.
With Democrats settling into their leadership roles after taking control of both houses of Congress earlier this month, global warming seems to be the issue du jour on Capitol Hill. Last week, new House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) kicked things off by proposing the creation of a special House committee to deal with human-induced climate […]
Our shrunken, financially imperiled Amtrak system is a ghost of the network we tore up in search of modernity and the personal freedom afforded by automobiles. Our rail infrastructure now has half as many miles as existed in 1910. But cities are beginning to rebuild what was lost, turning to light-rail systems, fast ferryboats and dedicated bus corridors.
