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California Is on Track to Ban Styrofoam Statewide

Posted by henryfool on Tuesday, 07 June 2011 in Sustainable Development

Styrofoam may seem fleeting. We use it to eat a quick take-out meal, then throw it away. But the stuff is damn near everlasting. When littered, it's carried from the streets to the storm drains to the ocean, making it the second most common type of beach debris in California, according to the Southe...

The Emerging Market for Small Renewables in California

Posted by Wolf on Wednesday, 11 May 2011 in Sustainable Development

The long battle between public and private power is flaring up again. California is the hot spot because the state legislature has lined up on the side of Community Choice Aggregation (CCA), a form of public power lite in which communities choose power sources but distribution is left to t...

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Projected to Grow Slowly

Posted by Wolf on Tuesday, 03 May 2011 in Sustainable Development

Even if the United States takes no explicit action to regulate greenhouse gases, emissions of carbon dioxide and other climate-altering substances will grow slowly over the next two decades, not returning to 2005 levels until 2027, according to a new projection from the Energy Information Administra...

Oil Spills, Radiation and Earth Day 2011

Posted by henryfool on Thursday, 21 April 2011 in Sustainable Development

As omens go, dead birds raining from the sky can be seen as pretty predictive of grim times environmentally. Catastrophic, even. And the seers would have been right. A volcano darkened the skies of Europe. Crude oil spread its foul sheen over the Gulf. Ice caps and glaciers continued to retreat. A ...

10 Green Jobs

Posted by plantitfilm on Thursday, 14 April 2011 in Sustainable Development

If there is one thing that our communities desperately need right now, it’s jobs. Power Shift will bring thousands of dedicated, energetic youth into Washington, D.C. this weekend to strategize about solutions for a clean energy future—but what impact will they have had on the D.C. community? Hope...

What Works and What Doesn't in Living Green

Posted by Wolf on Friday, 08 April 2011 in Sustainable Development

It started with gray water, then escalated to chickens, composting toilets and rain barrels. I'm talking about the two years I've spent transforming my humble California bungalow into a test case for sustainable living — an experience that's cost me hundreds of hours of my time and thousands of doll...

No More Fukushimas, please?

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 28 March 2011 in Sustainable Development

The situation at the damaged nuclear reactors in Fukushima is dire. Two days ago, three workers were exposed to water containing radioactive materials 10,000 times the normal level in the basement of Reactor No. 3. This reactor is especially dangerous because it contains MOX fuel, a mixture of...

China's take on current the Issues with climate talks

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 28 February 2011 in Sustainable Development

China, the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter, wants rich nations to vow bigger cuts to emissions as part of a new international deal on fighting global warming, Beijing's top climate negotiator said on Tuesday. The negotiator, Xie Zhenhua, said he expects "arduous" wrangling about that and oth...

What comes next for sustainability?

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 18 January 2011 in Sustainable Development

by Greg Lavery, Ph.D. Who will drive sustainability in the future? Government, community or business? This thought-piece suggests that supporting business transformation to more sustainable practices may be our best hope. If we look at the avenues for change that exist in the world – those ways in ...

What comes next for sustainability?

Posted by ep-admin on Tuesday, 18 January 2011 in Sustainable Development

by Greg Lavery, Ph.D. Who will drive sustainability in the future? Government, community or business? This thought-piece suggests that supporting business transformation to more sustainable practices may be our best hope. If we look at the avenues for change that exist in the world – those ways in ...

How Green Jobs Are Fueling The Economy

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 17 January 2011 in Sustainable Development

Creating new well-paying jobs to spur the economic recovery remains a central concern globally and in the US. The Great Recession has left many professionals and their families struggling to make ends meet for over two years. This jobless recovery is likely to be the longest recovery since the Great...

California Adopts Market to Reduce Pollution

Posted by ep-admin on Sunday, 19 December 2010 in Sustainable Development

Carbon market program added to California's clean energy blueprint to spur growth in clean-tech sector, create jobs and reduce air pollution. Sacramento, CA (December 16, 2010) – The California Air Resources Board today approved a first-of-its-kind, carbon market to reduce pollution in California t...

A Day Without A Bag - can you do it?

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 16 December 2010 in Sustainable Development

So we don't ask for much. Just one a day a year can everyone not use a plastic bag. Why? Well because its "A Day Without A Bag"! Our holiday gift to the environment! Join tens of thousands of shoppers statewide in giving up disposable bags in favor of reusable sacks. Take the pledge to make everyda...

White House Forum on Environmental Justice

Posted by ep-admin on Wednesday, 15 December 2010 in Sustainable Development

Today, December 15, the Obama administration will be hosting the first White House Forum on Environmental Justice. Major members of the cabinet will be featured during the summit as well as environmental leaders from throughout the country. The forum can be watched live online and will be accepting ...

Obama’s Push for Clean Energy Systems

Posted by ep-admin on Saturday, 11 December 2010 in Sustainable Development

The 2010 Climate Bill fight is over... but now is the time to see what can learn from what happened. For one thing, it wasn’t very good in the first place. As David Reberts notes over at Grist, the fact that a bill didn’t pass really isn’t a result of a failure on the part of the yo...

Richard Branson Calls For Global Carbon Taxes

Posted by plantitfilm on Wednesday, 08 December 2010 in Sustainable Development

Richard Branson, who was at the Cancún Climate Summit to launch a web-based initiative to reduce shipping emissions by as much as 25% over the next 20 years, said taxes could be useful. “Carbon taxes are fine if they are global. Everyone must be in the same boat. We would welcome it if the...

Google Earth Allows Tracking of Environmental Changes

Posted by ep-admin on Monday, 06 December 2010 in Sustainable Development

Google has unveiled an online technology that allows scientists and researchers to track and measure changes to the environment using 25 years worth of satellite data. Google Earth Engine, introduced during climate talks in Cancun, utilizes “trillions of scientific measurements” colle...

Signs of change: Day One at the COP16 climate talks in Cancun, Mexico

Posted by ep-admin on Thursday, 02 December 2010 in Sustainable Development

Cross-posted from WWF-Canada Blog – November 29, 2010 (c) Fredy Mercay/WWF I have arrived at the United Nations climate change conference in Cancun, Mexico. The first thing I saw as I drove away from the airport in a shuttle was a massive billboard advertisement for the NISSAN Le...

Cancun: your five-minute guide to the COP16 climate conference

Posted by plantitfilm on Friday, 26 November 2010 in Sustainable Development

What is it? This will be the 16th annual meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP), which meets every year to agree international efforts to address climate change. It was set up as part of a UN treaty on climate change, known as the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).Where is ...

US Adopts 30% Energy-Efficiency Savings for Buildings

Posted by plantitfilm on Tuesday, 02 November 2010 in Sustainable Development

More than 500 U.S. state and local code officials voted to adopt new building codes that will achieve 30 percent in energy savings, using the 2006 model code as the baseline, for commercial and residential buildings, reports the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). ...