Accusations of hypocrisy against environmentalists because they too use fossil fuels are a dangerous and counterproductive distraction. Continue reading
Share on FacebookMay 17, 2013
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April 1, 2013
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Environmentalists rejoice as Agenda 21 is implemented across North America!
A green, sustainable future awaits us all as the United Nations proposal for sustainable development becomes the law of the land. Continue reading
Share on FacebookMarch 14, 2013
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Could virtual fences rein in free-range cows?
The divide between environmentalists and stockmen can sometimes be pretty wide, but they may find common ground in a new wireless fence technology for cattle. Continue reading
Share on FacebookMarch 5, 2013
by Max Baumhefner
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Good and Green Reasons to Consider an Electric Car This Year
Max Baumhefner, Sustainable Energy Fellow, San Francisco
By Felix Kramer* and Max Baumhefner
When it comes to consumer products, environmentalists generally don’t encourage people to buy new and buy now. But that’s what we’r… Continue reading
March 4, 2013
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State Department releases Keystone XL environment assessment
In an apparent Friday evening news dump, the State Department has released its environmental assessment of the Keystone XL pipeline. It is not the news environmentalists had hoped for. Continue reading
Share on FacebookJanuary 28, 2013
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Why Environmentalists Need to Talk More About the Basics and Stop Skipping Steps
Convincing more people of the importance of the challenges we face is crucial, yet it’s not always easy to do. This sometimes happen because we’re only giving partial information, leaving too many blanks in our explanations. Continue reading
Share on FacebookMay 8, 2012
by Joel Reynolds
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What’s In the Name "Environmentalist"?
Joel Reynolds, Director of NRDC’s Urban Program, the Marine Mammal Protection and So. California Ecosystem projects, Santa Monica, CA
Someone sent me a blog post this morning titled “Don’t call me an environmentalist,” arguing that… Continue reading
February 8, 2012
by Adrian Martinez
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LA’s Trash Bureau Recommends Important Step for City’s Waste
Adrian Martinez, Staff Attorney, Environmental Justice, Santa Monica, California
Yesterday, the Bureau of Sanitation for the City of LA released its recommendations for fixing the inefficiencies in LA’s waste system. After more th… Continue reading
January 20, 2012
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Oregon to Address Mercury in CFLs
Oregon’s legislature will once again consider a proposal to reduce mercury in compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs). The proposal – introduced on Wednesday by the Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee – is less restrictive than a failed 2011 bill that would have made it illegal to dispose of the bulbs in landfills and required [...] Continue reading
Share on FacebookNovember 28, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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The importance of legacy to sustainability
Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
When we think of “sustainability,” we usually are considering the viability of a place or action into the future – as my friend Steve Mouzon puts… Continue reading
October 26, 2011
by Allen Hershkowitz
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Municipal Waste is Not Renewable Fuel
Allen Hershkowitz, Senior Scientist, NYC and throughout the world
Should municipal solid waste (MSW) be converted into energy? Is it a renewable fuel?
Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) require electric utilities to generate a certain … Continue reading
September 26, 2011
by Jacob Scherr
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Carrying On for Wangari Maathai at the Rio+20 Earth Summit
Jacob Scherr, Director, Global Strategy & Advocacy, Washington, DC
I awoke today to the sad news that Wangari Maathai, environmental leader and Nobel Prize winner, had died at age 71. I first had contact with her in th… Continue reading
Share on FacebookAugust 9, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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Seeing cities as the environmental solution, not the problem
Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC
For a long time, America’s environmental community celebrated wilderness and the rural landscape while disdaining cities and towns. Thoreau’s Wald… Continue reading
June 21, 2011
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Texas Law Requires TV Recycling
Texas hold’em? Not so much anymore. Obsolete televisions that used to end up roadside or otherwise illegally dumped in the Lone Star state will now be properly recycled thanks to new legislation. Gov. Rick Perry signed a bill into law last week that compels TV manufacturers to take back and recycle old sets. Televisions, like [...] Continue reading
Share on FacebookJune 6, 2011
by Melissa Waage
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March on Blair Mountain begins today: join the virtual march!
Melissa Waage, Campaign Director, Washington, DC Today begins the March on Blair Mountain, with more than six hundred people setting out from Marmet, WV on a fifty-mile, five-day journey to recreate the 1921 labor uprising that culminated wit… Continue reading
Share on FacebookMarch 18, 2011
by Nathanael Greene
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On the ground in Rio with a diverse set of opinions
I’m in Rio De Janerio today on my first full day of a 9 day trip to explore the impacts on biofuels policy here in Brazil and back home in the US on land-use change here. As I wrote about earlier this week, the trip was organized by IATP and includes a… Continue reading
Share on FacebookMarch 9, 2011
by Kaid Benfield
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A trip to Sustainaville
One thing that I have learned in six months in my new position as director of sustainable communities at NRDC is even a lot of environmentalists don’t quite know what to make of the phrase. For some of us in the field the principles… Continue reading
January 13, 2011
by Larry Levine
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New York City to clean up rivers & beaches with "high performance" parks
When you hear the term “high performance,” you might think of a fast sports car – or your child’s report card. But last week, New York City officials gave it a different meaning, releasing a blueprint for sustainable desig… Continue reading
Share on FacebookOctober 15, 2010
by Rocky Kistner
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The Week’s Bay Principles; a Call to Restore and Protect the Gulf
As the six-month anniversary of the worst American maritime oil disaster approaches, people along the Gulf coast continue to struggle with its aftermath. Many feel uncertain about their future and abandoned by the media and politici… Continue reading
Share on FacebookJuly 20, 2010
by Allen Hershkowitz
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Broadway Green at the White House
President Obama and the First Lady celebrated Broadway last night in the East Room of the White House and two co-founders of the Broadway Green Alliance, Susan Sampliner, Company Manager of Wicked, and I, were invited. (http://www.broadwaygreen.com/)&n… Continue reading
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