A Good Plan For Traffic Relief
Mayor Michael Bloomberg rightly touts congestion pricing as a solution for New York's traffic gridlock, a boon to the environment and a way to finance improvements to the city's mass transit system. Source: NY Times.com, Posted February 1st 2008
Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler
A SEA change in the consumption of a resource that Americans take for granted may be in store - something cheap, plentiful, widely enjoyed and a part of daily life. And it isn't oil. Source: NY Times.com, Posted January 29th 2008
SmartWay: It' not just a clever name
The E.P.A.'s SmartWay Transport Program is helping shippers make drastic emission reductions without substantial monetary investments
Although shipping emissions are one of the largest contributors to total CO2 emissions in the U.S. and beyond, they have only been recently studied in depth. Part of the recent interest in shipping emissions and methods to mitigate them has Source: Shipgreen, Posted January 25th 2008
EPA Staff Backed Calif Pollution Waiver
WASHINGTON (AP) -- EPA officials told the agency's administrator that California had "compelling and extraordinary conditions" to justify a federal waiver allowing the state to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, according to excerpts of documents released Wednesday. Source: The Idaho Statesman, Posted January 24th 2008
Olympic Team Prepares for the Dirty Air in Beijing
BEIJING -- American runners are trying out face masks. Dutch cyclists will train in South Korea.
Fearful of the effects of air pollution on their performance, Olympic athletes are taking extreme measures to prepare for this summer's Games in Beijing. Source: WashingtonPost.com, Posted January 24th 2008
Whole Foods sacks plastic bags
There's a familiar question that Whole Foods will stop asking shoppers: Paper or plastic?
Tuesday, Whole Foods (WFMI) will announce plans to stop offering disposable, plastic grocery bags in all 270 stores in the USA, Canada and United Kingdom by Earth Day - April 22. That means roughly 100 million plastic bags will be kept out of the environment between that date and the end of 2008, the company says. Source: USA Today.com, Posted January 24th 2008
Biofuels may Threaten Environment; UN Warns
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- The world's rush to embrace biofuels is causing a spike in the price of corn and other crops and could worsen water shortages and force poor communities off their land, a U.N. official said Wednesday. Source: CNN.com, Posted January 24th 2008
Beckham Leaves massive 'global' Footprint
David Beckham is already the world's richest footballer.
He may also be its biggest environmental threat.
According to Soccer America daily, with reference to data provided by the British environmental group Carbon Trust, the Los Angeles Galaxy superstar is responsible for 163 tons of carbon dioxide yearly - compare that to the normal 9.4 tons the average Englishman produces. Source: Fox Sports, Posted January 24th 2008
Issuing a Bold Challenge to the U.S. Over Climate
For 15 years, United Nations talks aimed at fixing a faltering 1992 climate treaty have provided little drama. But at the latest session last month on the Indonesian island of Bali, Kevin Conrad, a young man representing one of the world's least influential nations, Papua New Guinea, gained a worldwide spotlight as he faced down the sole superpower, the United States. Source: NYTimes.com, Posted January 22nd 2008
