Global warming, climate change, activism
Posted in Alberta Tar Sands, Canada, Clean Technology, Old King Coal, Politics, Spirit Moving, USA on Feb 19th, 2009
Editor’s Note: This is a movement that I’ve been following for about a year; in a nutshell, ethical investors are becoming a force for change in corporate boardrooms and making a real difference.* Each year in the US, Ceres and Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility take companies to task for failing to live up their [...]
Posted in Climate Change Solutions, Energy Efficiency, Old King Coal, USA on Feb 10th, 2009
Story edited from GreenBiz Energy efficiency stories are always carbon emission stories, and a new study explains that the connection is even deeper than most people realize. A report by the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) states that improving energy efficiency in the US will not only cut energy consumption by 30 percent, but it could [...]
Posted in Climate Change Books, Climate Change Consequences, Old King Coal, Politics on Feb 6th, 2009
China has recently overtaken the US as the world’s worst greenhouse gas emitter, and that’s saying something. The kicker is that China already suffers horribly from global warming, with decreased crop yields, worsening drought conditions, and the frightening desertification of one-arable land. The government has also just admitted that its reliance on coal-fired power plants [...]
Posted in Climate Change Consequences, Climate Change Science, Old King Coal on Feb 6th, 2009
Plans for controversial Coal-to-Liquid plant dropped The Air Force has scrapped a plan to build a coal-to-liquids plant at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana. Air Force spokesman Gary Strasburg cited environmental concerns as one of the factors that led to the plan’s withdrawal, though the official statement did not mention such concerns. Finally, some [...]
Posted in Alberta Tar Sands, Canada, Clean Technology, Climate Change Consequences, Climate Change Science, Energy Efficiency, Old King Coal, Politics, Progressive Coalition, Red Letter Campaign on Feb 3rd, 2009
We need to reach Michael Ignatieff and the Liberal Party of Canada. We think he’s biding his time, and preparing to bring down the Conservatives later this year. That’s all well and good. But even if the Conservatives are defeated in a general election, and the Liberals gain a majority, we still believe that our [...]
Posted in Alberta Tar Sands, Climate Change Science, Climate Change Solutions, Old King Coal, Politics, Social Justice, USA on Jan 27th, 2009
A Week of Happy Dances It was just one week ago that Kristina and I were celebrating Barack Obama’s Inauguration as the 44th President of the United States of America with little happy dances around the living room. We’re still doing the same thing today. If you care about the environment and global warming, Obama [...]
Posted in Canada, George Monbiot, Old King Coal, Politics, UK, USA on Jan 17th, 2009
Three articles worth reading this weekend. First: why Heathrow = Deathrow George Monbiot explains why the Heathrow expansion is anything but sustainable. But this government has always been inventive in devising ways to disappoint, and the Heathrow decision represents the final abandonment both of the sustainable, integrated transport system it promised in 1998 and of [...]