May 1, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
I hesitate to write yet another article about bringing “smart growth” – the combination of ideas born in the 1990s to counter suburban sprawl &nd… Continue reading
April 30, 2013
by Grace Gill
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Grace Gill, Program Assistant, CMI/India/Climate Center, New York
April 18 – 26, 2013
India Green News is a selection of news highlights about environmental and energy issues in India
Energy
Bidding system revealed for phase … Continue reading
April 29, 2013
by Doug Obegi
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Doug Obegi, Staff Attorney, Western Water Project, San Francisco
For more than six years, state and federal agencies, water districts, conservation groups, and other stakeholders have been working to try to develop a successful Bay Delt… Continue reading
April 29, 2013
by Noah Long
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Noah Long, Legal Director, Western Energy Project, Energy & Transportation Program; and Clean Energy Counsel, Land & Wildlife Program, San Francisco
Critical votes in The Colorado legislature late Friday night and yesterday represent yet another victory for renewable energy despite a national drive by the fossil fuel industry to roll back standards supporting increased clean power sources like wind and solar.
The Colorado House voted to increase rural renewable energy to 20 percent, doubling access for 100,000 Colorado customers. A version of the bill had already passed the Senate and is supported by Governor John Hickenlooper. A final vote is still necessary before it gets to the governor’s desk, but after these decisive votes, it should become law.
The move will bring clean energy, jobs and economic opportunity to rural Colorado. The increase could result in as many as 10,000 new wind, solar and renewable jobs.
The win for renewable energy in the heart of the Rockies sends a clear national message. Despite the fossil fuel industry’s attempt to roll back renewable energy standards around the country that require utilities to provide an increasing percentage of their power from renewable resources, voters continue to want more clean energy. Roll back attempts have failed in Kansas and North Carolina (more on NC, here). In Arizona, a lawmaker withdrew his proposal to reduce the renewables requirement on that state’s utilities.
Colorado — which will now get 20 to 30 percent of its energy from clean sources — is on pace to have the second highest renewable energy standard in the country- only behind California.
April 26, 2013
by Amanda Maxwell
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Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC
Latin America Green News is a selection of weekly news highlights about environmental and energy issues in Latin America.
April 20-25, 2013
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Daniel Fernández, the Execut… Continue reading
April 25, 2013
by David Lennett
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David Lennett, Senior Attorney, Washington, D.C. and Beijing
Do you live in an older building with a round thermostat on your wall? Millions of Americans do.
If you do, or if your thermostat is more than ten years old and not electronic… Continue reading
April 25, 2013
by Adrian Martinez
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Adrian Martinez, Staff Attorney, Environmental Justice, Santa Monica, California
In one week, the LA City Council has tackled adopting a position to move away from coal and addressing its trash woes — talk about a productive … Continue reading
April 24, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
As I write, places like Clarksville, Missouri and Grand Rapids, Michigan are under water, having been hit by severe rains and consequent flooding over the last wee… Continue reading
April 23, 2013
by Linda Greer
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Linda Greer, Director, Health and Environment Program, Washington, D.C.
Few people think of the fashion industry as a heavy industry like steel or cement. However, the dyeing and finishing of fabric has an enormous environmental f… Continue reading
April 22, 2013
by NRDC News
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NRDC News, NRDC News Team, NRDC Offices Worldwide
The April-May issue of Poder Magazine featured Frances Beinecke’s article on greening the sports industry through sustainable, energy-efficient, and low-impact facilities as well a… Continue reading
April 22, 2013
by Eric Goldstein
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Eric Goldstein, Director of NRDC’s New York City Environment, NY
In a significant turnabout during his final year in office, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is orchestrating a shift in solid waste policies that should improve the … Continue reading
April 22, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
The Wikipedia entry for Stockholm’s Metro system says that it has 100 stations in use along 106 kilometers (about 65 miles) of track. I seem to recall … Continue reading
April 19, 2013
by Kimi Narita
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Kimi Narita, MAP Energy Fellow , Chicago
Recently, the national media and blogosphere has picked up the story about a bill in Kansas that would outlaw public funding of sustainable development. Most of the stories have been of s… Continue reading
April 19, 2013
by Kaid Benfield
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Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC
Earlier this week at the annual conference of the American Planning Association, I attended a very interesting session on GIS mapping of combined data sets. … Continue reading
April 18, 2013
by Ann Alexander
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Ann Alexander, Senior Attorney, Chicago
If you can see pollution, then you sure as hell don’t want to be breathing it. That, in a nutshell, is the basis for the complaint filed today in federal court by NRDC and its co… Continue reading
April 18, 2013
by Wendy Fok
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Wendy Fok, Project Director, High Performance Tenant Demonstration Project, Center for Market Innovation, New York
At last, tenants take center stage. Today, Mayor Bloomberg announced 10 leading corporations have joined the Mayor&… Continue reading
April 18, 2013
by Radhika Khosla
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Radhika Khosla, Staff Scientist, India Initiative , New York
The 2013 Clean Energy Ministerial concluded today in New Delhi, with ministers from more than 20 countries meeting to discuss our energy future. As the discussions acknowledg… Continue reading
April 16, 2013
by Vignesh Gowrishankar
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Vignesh Gowrishankar, sustainable energy advocate, New York
A recent study of Manhattan suggests that a considerable amount of natural gas is being leaked into the atmosphere from our infrastructure. New York is not alone – simila… Continue reading
April 16, 2013
by Adrian Martinez
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Adrian Martinez, Staff Attorney, Environmental Justice, Santa Monica, California
There’s a growing impatience amongst those committed to pushing LA to meet its ambitious Zero Waste goals. For years, the Don’t Waste LA … Continue reading
April 11, 2013
by Damon Nagami
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Damon Nagami, Senior Attorney, Santa Monica
For the second time in four months, the financial condition of Orange County’s Transportation Corridor Agencies (TCA), the public agency that has been trying for years to pave a toll roa… Continue reading