What Supportive Govt Policies Can Do: North Carolina Becomes Hotbed for Renewables
Thanks to its Renewable Energy Standard and federal and state tax incentives, the state is powering hundreds of thousands of homes on clean energy.
BLM Prioritizes Already Disturbed Land in Arizona for Renewable Energy Projects
Rather than developing on wildlands, this approach prioritizes former landfills, brownfields and other disturbed sites for solar and wind projects.
Google Still Leads, But Industry Needs to Do Much More on Renewable Energy Deployment
Without much stronger leadership, use of fossil fuels will triple in the IT industry to keep up with energy demand.
Honda Civic, Toyota Prius Lead on Indoor Air Quality
That new car smell indicates the presence of a slew of toxic chemicals, which manufacturers are slowly eliminating.
US, EU Sign Historic Agreement on Organic Foods
The arrangement will expand market access for organic producers and companies by reducing duplicative requirements and certification costs.
ZipCar's Successful Car-Sharing Service Growing Fast
The company has 650,000 members in the US, Canada and UK and went public last year.
US Recycling Rate Inches Up: 34.1% in 2010
The rate rose from 33.8% in 2009, but there's obviously lots of room for improvement.
More Good News: Mercury Emission Regulations Go Into Effect
The nation's dirtiest power plants still have 3 years to comply by installing pollution prevention equipment.
Some Action For a Change: Sect Clinton Announces Move to Address Climate Forcers
Climate forcers like black soot are causing about half the global warming and are the easiest to address.
The Unsettling Attacks on Green Cities and Counties
By Michael Schmitz, Executive Director of ICLEI USA Back in 2010, when Colorado gubernatorial candidate Dan Maes accused Denver’s bicycle sharing program of being part of an insidious United Nations conspiracy to take over America’s communities, a nation chuckled at the absurdity. "Cities Engage in Vast Biking Conspiracy (Shh!)" read a New York Times headline. More than a year later, the same bizarre conspiracy theory is no laughing matter for anyone who cares about their community’s future. Across the country, a loud minority of protestors, many aligned with the Tea Party, have made it their mission to derail not only the green programs of cities, towns, and counties, but the broader planning efforts of local governments to improve local transportation, safeguard public health, and increase economic competitiveness. Last week the success of their efforts landed them back in the Times, only now on the front page. Can We Talk About Local Solutions? We should be concerned. As our nation attempts to recover from the economic crisis and a record-breaking year of extreme weather that cost us tens of billions of dollars, locally driven solutions are the key, and healthy community dialogue about them is more important than ever. Now is […]
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