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How innovation killed the lights. The last major GE factory making ordinary incandescent light bulbs in the United States is closing this month, marking a small, sad exit for a product and company that can trace their roots to Thomas Alva Edison's innovations in the 1870s. Washington Post. 8 September 2010. [Registration Required]
Environmental benefits of telecommuting are not universal. Working from home is a win-win situation for workers and employers. Unfortunately, the environmental benefits aren't quite as clear. How much carbon dioxide you save, if any, depends on how far you live from work and how you get there, among other things. Washington Post. Opinion, 8 September 2010. [Registration Required]
When it comes to reducing energy use, every quadrillion BTUs counts. A bright spot in the nation's flickering economy is that Americans used less energy last year than in 2008, according to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which recently published its findings online. Washington Post. 7 September 2010. [Registration Required]
President Obama is right to back lawsuit of carbon emissions. Environmentalists were unhappy with President Obama after climate legislation foundered in the Senate. A week and a half ago, their blood came to a boil after the administration sided with the TVA, a federal entity, in a lawsuit over power plant carbon emissions. Washington Post. Editorial, 7 September 2010. [Registration Required]
The environmental movement in retreat. The collapsing crusade for legislation to combat climate change raises a question: Has ever a political movement made so little of so many advantages? Washington Post. Opinion, 4 September 2010. [Registration Required]
The EPA's new gas-mileage labels are good but not perfect. The EPA is asking for comments on its proposed new gas mileage stickers for automobiles -- so here's ours. On the whole, both of the agency's two suggested alternative stickers represent much-needed improvement over current fuel-economy labeling. Washington Post. Editorial, 3 September 2010. [Registration Required]
Judge rejects Ken Cuccinelli's probe of U-Va. global warming records. A Virginia judge on Monday dismissed a civil subpoena issued by Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II to the University of Virginia that had sought documents related to the work of a global warming scientist and former university professor. Washington Post. 31 August 2010. [Registration Required]
Increased carbon in atmosphere may explain bumper crop of poison ivy. According to a report in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives last year, the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere has grown by 22 percent since 1960, which may not be so good for humans but is great for poison ivy and other vines. Washington Post. 31 August 2010. [Registration Required]
A federal judge puts a damper on Mr. Cuccinelli's U-Va. witch hunt. The overblown critique of climate science that emerged early this year continues to underwhelm. But that hasn't dampened Mr. Cuccinelli's zeal, at least so far. But we hope he rethinks his course. Washington Post. Editorial, 31 August 2010. [Registration Required]
Judge quashes Cuccinelli subpoena of U-Va. records. An Albemarle County Circuit Court judge has set aside a subpoena issued by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to the University of Virginia seeking documents related to the work of climate scientist and former university professor Michael Mann. Washington Post. 30 August 2010. [Registration Required]
Environmental groups face their future in climate-change debate. A year ago, environmentalists seemed to be at the peak of their influence, needing only the Senate's approval for a landmark climate-change bill. But they lost that fight and now are wondering how they can keep this loss from becoming a rout as their opponents press their advantage. Washington Post. 30 August 2010. [Registration Required]
Obama administration sides with utilities in Supreme Court case about climate change. The Obama administration sided with major utility companies in a Supreme Court case about climate change on Thursday, angering environmentalists who said the broad arguments could hurt their ability to force reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Washington Post. 27 August 2010. [Registration Required]
Thinking green? It's not just black and white. Can a big house be green? Yes, but a smaller house will always be greener because fewer resources were used in its construction and less energy is needed to heat and cool it. Washington Post. 21 August 2010. [Registration Required]
Judge to rule in 10 days on Cuccinelli climate case against University of Virginia. A team of lawyers for Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II, a vocal skeptic of global warming, went to court Friday to further his investigation into whether former University of Virginia professor Michael Mann manipulated data to show that there has been a rapid, recent rise in the Earth's temperature. Washington Post. 21 August 2010. [Registration Required]
As Gulf cleanup continues, BP will also struggle to clean up its brand. Boycotts and shouting may be over, but rebuilding the company's badly tarnished brand will prove a much harder task – one that advertising and oil industry experts say could be nearly as daunting as stopping the oil that gushed into the Gulf for more than three months. Washington Post. 19 August 2010. [Registration Required]
Contracting glitch leads to demand for payment on free D.C. energy audits. Hundreds of District homeowners signed up for free household energy audits last year through the D.C. Department of the Environment -- some hoping to cut their utility bills, some to be "greener" and some because it was free. Washington Post. 16 August 2010. [Registration Required]
A summer's warming. The events in Moscow and Pakistan serve as examples of the sorts of thing that scientists predict will happen more often in regions unprepared to cope, underscoring why people must take seriously the risks associated with continuing to pump carbon into Earth's atmosphere. Washington Post. Editorial, 15 August 2010. [Registration Required]
In the Russian wildfires, will Putin get burned? Between hundreds of wildfires in Russia and record-breaking heat, this has been the worst summer in Russian memory. Officials report that the death rate in Moscow has doubled from its customary levels. Thousands of homes and dachas have been destroyed, with direct losses estimated at $15 billion and rising. Washington Post. Opinion, 15 August 2010. [Registration Required]
So far, 2010 is the world's hottest year on record, NOAA data show. So far, this has been the hottest year in recorded history. Although NOAA experts say global climate change isn't the only reason 2010 has been so hot, they said it's still the most important reason. Washington Post. 14 August 2010. [Registration Required]
Solar plan in China's Inner Mongolia highlights pitfalls for U.S. firms. Last fall, an Arizona-based energy company signed a preliminary agreement with China to build the world's largest solar-power plant in the Mongolian desert. Nearly a year later, the deal has not been completed and there is growing skepticism as to whether it will happen. Washington Post. 13 August 2010. [Registration Required]
Loudoun urges federal government to retain energy block grants. Loudoun County officials say that they want residents and businesses to get excited about going "green," and that with federal funding from a grant program established by President George W. Bush's administration, it is already happening. Washington Post. 11 August 2010. [Registration Required]
Nuclear energy has environmental pluses; safety remains an issue. Advocates say that nuclear power provides 70 percent of the country's "carbon-free" energy. But nuclear energy isn't really a zero-carbon system, since you still have to build power plants, mine and enrich uranium, and transport processed fuel, using fossil fuels. Washington Post. Opinion, 10 August 2010. [Registration Required]
Russia bans grain exports because of fire and drought, sending prices soaring. Russia announced Thursday that it will ban all grain exports for the rest of the year, sending wheat prices soaring to a two-year high and raising the possibility of inflated food prices that could throw an already fitful global economy recovery off track. Washington Post. 7 August 2010. [Registration Required]
As the green economy grows, the 'dirty rich' are fading away. After axing climate-change legislation in late July, the Senate is now taking up a modest energy bill -- and even that effort may go nowhere. Washington Post. Opinion, 7 August 2010. [Registration Required]
Endangered sea: Julia Whitty's 'Deep Blue Home' and Paul Greenberg's 'Four Fish.' Most of the fish stocks we rely on for seafood have been pushed to or beyond the limit of their ability to replenish themselves, and dilution, as the old saw had it, is no longer the solution to pollution. Washington Post. Opinion, 7 August 2010. [Registration Required]
Habitat designation won't help polar bears, but will kill Alaska's jobs. At a time when our nation must look to its own energy resources, rather than remain heavily reliant on foreign oil, the proposal to designate nearly half of Alaska's oil-producing area as critical habitat for the polar bear is a chilling prospect. Washington Post. Opinion, 6 August 2010. [Registration Required]
EPA left to pick up climate change where Congress dropped the debate. The Obama administration told Congress to find a way to regulate greenhouse gases - or else. Now the White House is stuck with "or else." Washington Post. 4 August 2010. [Registration Required]
Welcome to the Anthropocene. Life in the Anthropocene has many nice qualities. Air conditioning comes to mind. But it's not sustainable. We borrow from the future. We take what isn't ours. We squander resources. We live like there's no tomorrow. Washington Post. Opinion, 3 August 2010. [Registration Required]
The truth about global warming. In a depressing case of irony by juxtaposition, the death of climate change legislation in the Senate has been followed by the appearance of two government reports in the past week that underscore the overwhelming scientific case for global warming - and go out of the way to repudiate skeptics. Washington Post. Editorial, 2 August 2010. [Registration Required]
Hope for our energy future. George Mitchell, more than anyone else, has changed the global energy outlook. Facing dwindling natural gas reserves, he drilled deeper in the Texas fields to reach gas-bearing shale rock more than a mile down, and discovered that the world has far more available natural gas than anyone suspected. Washington Post. Opinion, 2 August 2010. [Registration Required]
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