The Commons Moment Is Now
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffA farmers' market Photo credit: flickr/burke_wicker, Creative Commons license by Jay Walljasper Public recognition of the commons is rising, best seen in this dramatic statistic from the source that best measures the zeitgeist of our times: google. In ...
Saving the U.S. Auto Industry
Friday, December 5th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffThe U.S. auto industry is in crisis. Sustainable business leader Gifford Pinchot III offers an idea for converting catastrophe into opportunity: By Gifford Pinchot III In World War II the American auto industry switched rapidly from producing ...
Clinton Picked to Oversee Population Policies
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffWe often discuss the sustainability implications of peak population. Read more about this topic here and here . Reproductive health advocates are praising the nomination of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to serve as the next U.S. ...
Charting a Course for the First U.S. CTO
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffAs a presidential candidate, Barack Obama earned himself plenty of geek love by pledging to inaugurate the position of U.S. Chief Technology Officer. A U.S. CTO would be a first ...
A President Who Understands Cities
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffThe smart-growth sustainability set is abuzz with excitement today over a new potential relationship in the Obama administration: Bruce Katz, vice president and founding director of the Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, has ...
Photo Essay: Lines at Polling Places Across the U.S.
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffToday, Americans will turn out in unprecedented numbers to elect their next President. Thanks to Flickr users across the country, we can see what the lines look like outside polling places from Manhattan to L.A. I've re-posted ...
Chop Wood, Carry Water
Monday, November 3rd, 2008 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments Off“Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water." – Zen saying Oxford, Tuesday, November 4, 2008: Tomorrow we will be changed. Today we are who we are. It is rare to know ...
Roundtable Reviews International Biofuel Standard
Monday, August 25th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffBy Ben Block Biofuels offer the promise of a low-carbon fuel that could power vehicles and stimulate the world's rural economies. Yet biofuels are also among the most vilified of environmental technologies. Ethanol refineries are not always ...
Inside WCI: Federal Pre-emption
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffWhat happens with a new president? by Eric de Place This is the eigth in a short series of posts that explain some important but often overlooked policy issues in the Western Climate Initiative -- the West's regional ...
Inside WCI: Thresholds
Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffDoes raising the threshold lower the bar? By Eric de Place for the Sightline Institute's blog, The Daily Score. This is the third in a short series of posts that explain some important but often ...
Inside WCI: State Carbon Budgets
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffHow to hand out allowance money. By Eric de Place for the Sightline Institute's Daily Score blog. This is the second in a short series of posts that explain some important but often overlooked policy issues in the ...
Inside WCI: Scope
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffWhat's in, what's out, and what's wrong. By Eric de Place for Sightline's Daily Score. Last week when the Western Climate Initiative's latest draft appeared it mystified most folks who aren't insiders to the process. That's a shame because ...
Looking at the US as a “Patchwork Nation”
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments OffThe John S. and James L. Knight Foundation supports a huge range of journalistic programs, ranging from experimental efforts in community journalism to massive players in the media ecosystem like National Public Radio. 180 of ...
China Watch: Plastic Bag Ban Trumps Market and Consumer Efforts
Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Green News, Politics | Comments Offby Yingling Liu China's recent plastic bag ban has been immediately accepted by consumers. In a country where billions of plastic bags are used each day, the government's top-down policy move will likely benefit the country's ...