Rising Tides on the East Coast
What is more complicated and difficult to read: a legal brief or a scientific paper?Well, have you ever tried to read a scientific paper? You know, the ones with an “abstract” written in italics and a listing of about a twenty authors and so many footnotes that you actually can’t really figure out what they [...]
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Climate Bill – slow go….
With Copenhagen seemingly right around the corner…the US Congress – Senate is moving – very slowly.
Over the next week Senator Boxer plans to take up the Bill in her committee – she will need all the help she can get.
We hope that some degree of bipartisan spirit can prevail and move the legislation forward….
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Climate Community Citizen of the Week Award – Casper ter Kuile
Congratulations to Casper ter Kuile this weeks Climate Community Citizen of the Week award winner!
We found Casper through our friends – and prior winners – Emma and Will at ClimateStories.
Casper is the Co-Director of the UK Youth Climate Coalition, and a leading
organiser in the UK youth climate movement. He has campaigned with various
groups, including Oxfam, [...]
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Lessons from the Geologic Past
In a recent speech given at Lawrence University, Geology professor Marcia Bjornerud eloquently argues for a “deep respect” of “deep time”—the term Geologists use to refer to the Geologic past. Introducing the term “Geomimicry”, Bjornerud suggests that we look “to the Earth itself as our ‘mentor, model, and measure’ in building new, just, and sustainable [...]
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Distributed Generation – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Part V
So, if you have been following this eight-part series, you may be starting to get an idea of how difficult the DG business is. But, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet! Let’s talk about the realities of where you can and can’t do business, either by regulation or by practical matters.
A few years [...]
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Wind Power – growing but slower…
The Wind Power base in the US has continued to grow, but the recession has slowed the rate of growth.
We hope that the stimulus bill will be able to provide a bridge to the industry so that it can meet its near term growth goals…
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Climate Education…failing?
With all the education that we think is going on, with all of the science at our finger tips, with ice melting, and the world talking about Climate Change on a daily basis…can it be that US belief in global warming is cooling.
According to a new poll – Americans belief in global warming is [...]
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Climate Community Citizen of the Week Award – Megan Bjella
Congratulations to Megan Bjella, this weeks Climate Community Citizen of the Week!
Megan Bjella, a recent graduate of Lawrence University, is a passionate environmentalist, as reflected in her student activism. While at Lawrence, Megan managed the Sustainable Lawrence University Garden—affectionately known as SLUG—and worked closely with Lawrence’s dining service to increase the amount of local and [...]
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Turbines Gaining Ground – High Above The Ground
The city of Palmdale, CA, located about one hour north of Los Angeles in the high desert, has approved allowing certain shopping centers and business parks to install small wind turbines for on-site electricity generation. Their plan allows for turbines of no more than 60 feet high to be perched atop light standards in designated [...]
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