Most Boston-area commuters are intimately familiar with the iconic MBTA service map. So when thousands of T riders received a "Change of Service" announcement during rush hour this morning (pictured above), it took many by surprise. … [Read more...]
The complete victory of Dick Cheney versus the earth
Way back in 2001, Vice President Cheney infamously dismissed energy conservation as (perhaps) "a sign of personal virtue." Ten Earth Days later, his prescription has become the template for thinking about environmental activism. What … [Read more...]
Mr. Mayhem
A brilliant student-made public service announcement from UMass-Lowell students: This is it, in a nutshell. Climate change deniers (Scott Brown and practically all the Republican leaders in America) are driving us off the road and … [Read more...]
Some rather terrifying news on climate
The IPCC's report a few years ago on climate change appears to have vastly underestimated the rate of Arctic ice melt. This is confirmed by data reported in a Globe article today, Arctic ice is melting faster than expected, report says, by … [Read more...]
Seesaw Coverage of Nuclear Power
Wald: First visited a nuke in 1979 at CT Yankee. An alternative press reporter was indignant she didn't get to enter the reactor vessel. General interest reporters don't usually understand mechanical things or complex … [Read more...]
Senator Brown’s Chance to Kill any Effort to Curb Global Warming
Up to now, it's been assumed that a Presidential veto of such action would not easily be overturned, but that may not be the case. Senator Bingaman of New Mexico has expressed doubts about the prospects for upholding a veto: ""I think … [Read more...]
Cheap Dirty John E. Sununu Energy Math
In his attack on support for alternate energy Sununu regales the reader with a list of programs that he says failed, ranging from support for natural gas, to high mileage vehicles, to carbon sequestration, though he also manages to bring in … [Read more...]
DIY Climate Change: Ongoing Global Brainstorm
Last year, when the Haitian earthquake happened, there were crisis camps set up in response all around the world. Pecha-kuchas, short design talks using only 20 slides with only 20 seconds allowed for each slide, devoted to helping … [Read more...]
“We Will Restore Science To Its Rightful Place”
For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act - not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the … [Read more...]
Lose a ton, of carbon that is, on the $7 Gaviotas carbon diet- Yup, I’m in!
If there is one thing that my team at the Marion Institute hears over and over from me it's "lets walk our talk". I believe that we need to authentically be the change we wish to see and advocate for this change through example. So I, along … [Read more...]
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