Energy Outlook Offers Grim Fossil Fuel Forecast
As the U.S. Senate today debates whether to bar the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases, it’s worth considering what would happen if every country in the world failed to...
View ArticleOn Second Thought
In a June 10 story on the government’s latest International Energy Outlook, Miller-McCune mischaracterized the proposed American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 as being “roughly in line with the...
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The Great Floods of Mulegé
Voyage of Kiri blogger Kristian Beadle sees firshand the effects of water from the sky impacting water on the ground. Location: At the river mouth in Mulegé, a town on the fourth largest oasis in Baja....
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The Pearls of La Paz
In La Paz in Baja California, our Kiri blogger attends the Waterkeeper Alliance conference and learns about hopes for improving coastal areas. Location: Near the beach at Balandra, southeast of La Paz;...
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Ice Capades At the Ends of the Earth
In December 2008, our Michael Haederle reported on a study from West Antarctica that used ice cores to understand the relationship between carbon dioxide and climate change. One of the goals of that...
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Clearing the Air on States’ Rights
When the Environmental Protection Agency concluded last December that greenhouse gases pose a danger to public health, the agency set itself on a path for the first time to regulate the emissions...
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Ten Ways the Feds Are Leading the Green Charge
President Obama issued an executive order last October requiring every government agency to spell out how it plans to “lead by example” in environmental sustainability. He wanted to hear about waste...
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The Social Cost of Carbon
While federal climate legislation ground to a halt in July, the U.S. government began regulating carbon dioxide through the Environmental Protection Agency’s mandate to uphold the Clean Air Act. CO2, a...
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Americans Can Be Persuaded to Drive Less
While Australia is the model for changing driving behavior because it has led citizens to re-consider their “drive-first” mentality, there are American communities that have quietly benefited from soft...
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Australians Have Learned to Drive Less
With turmoil raging near Middle Eastern oil fields and December’s Cancun climate summit failing to produce any binding agreement even though the Gulf of Mexico had suffered from the world’s worst...
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Developing Smart Cars, Roads for a Greener Drive
If you’re the kind of driver who over-accelerates between traffic signals and jerks to a stop on red, you’re a prime candidate to learn eco-driving, the steady-as-you-go technique that can cut down on...
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Russian Gas and the Cost of Germany’s Energy Revolution
Last week, in front of a crowd of journalists in Vyborg, Russia, Vladimir Putin sat at a desk and inaugurated a major new gas pipeline to Germany with a banal, 21st-century gesture: He clicked...
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Bipartisan Group Wants U.S. to Get Serious About Geoengineering
Geoengineering is the somewhat Orwellian term for mankind intentionally changing the dynamics of the planet’s natural processes using technology. We stress “intentionally” because once man mastered the...
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US, EU in Dogfight Over Airline Emissions
With the rest of the world’s leaders repeatedly gridlocked in crafting a binding international climate change strategy, Europe has plowed ahead in tackling greenhouse gas emissions. The European Union...
View ArticleGreenhouse Gas Reports Send Stock Prices Higher?
Coming clean about greenhouse gas emissions can make some companies squeamish. Because emissions are bad, businesses fear that talking about them might be, too. But a new study out of the University of...
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