States Right
“Frustrated with the slow progress of legislation in Washington on energy and global warming, the nation’s governors have created regional …
Category Archives: Environment
Drought? What Me Worry?
“A day after Gov. Sonny Perdue asked God to forgive Georgia for being wasteful with its water, county officials in …
Black Sea Disaster
While the Bay Area oil spill of about 65,000 gallons of bunker oil was contained late, it was contained; while …
Aviation Fuel and CO2
“The European Union voted Tuesday to impose quotas on the emission of carbon dioxide by airlines, setting up a fight …
Green Public Policy
Next-Ten is a new public policy group, founded by F.Noel Perry, a Menlo Park venture capitalist, which describes itself as …
Oily Mushroom Hair
Interesting small scale technology to help clean up the oil mess in San Francisco. Using mats made of hair, volunteers …
Greensumption
Jerry Mander teams up with Koohan Paik to make a scathing YouTube attack on saving the world through [green] consumption. …
Black Sea Disaster
Of course we all feel stronger about a situation, the closer it is to us. So, the oil spill in …
Desalinization in Marin?
As rising temperatures and shifting rainfalls continue to exacerbate water problems for growing populations, desalinization of sea water, long a …
Snails Gone: Heat On
In a short, interesting piece at NPR John Nielsen brings news of the demise of a small, island snail. Declared …
Yellowstone Caldara Rising
As all of us who have been through Yellowstone Park know, there’s an enormous cooker below the stone that sends …
Patched Robe Monks
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle… A priest at the Ann Arbor temple, Haju Sunim (aka Linda Murray), explained that Dumpster diving is …