McCain’s Energy Plan: The Lexington Project

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McCain’s Energy Plan: The Lexington Project

August 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Here is the link to John Sydney McCain III’s energy plan known as the Lexington Project.
There are a few big headings including Oil Speculation, Expanding US production, Reforming our transportation sector, Investing in clean energy, Protecting our environment, and Promoting energy efficiency. But the devil is in the details.
How many devils are in […]

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Tags: alternative energy · environment · eco friendly · electric cars · green politics · Carbon emissions · Energy efficiency · US presidential elections

California First In Nation To Pass “Green” Building Code

July 21st, 2008 · No Comments

When you think of ways to help the environment, perhaps the first thing that comes to mind isn’t the process by which buildings are, well, built. Yet the state of California has been taking such things into consideration and amazingly enough came to a unanimous decision on Friday. The California Building Standards […]

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Tags: environment · green politics · Architecture

Tire Giant Thinks Green

July 15th, 2008 · No Comments

If you’re like us, the first thing that comes to mind when you think “environmentally friendly” may not be a tire manufacturer. However, that may soon change if your opinion is based upon Japan’s Yokohama. Their plan proposes some 25 acres of new forest across 18 of their worldwide facilities (that’s 500,000 […]

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Tags: environment · green politics · transportation · culture · Community

Environmental Performance Index

July 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments

As many of you may have seen on a recent edition of Newsweek magazine (7-14 July), the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) is a joint initiative between Yale’s Center for Law & Environmental Policy and Columbia’s Center for International Earth Science Information Network. According to Newsweek, “EPI aims to be a comprehensive assessment of the world’s […]

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Tags: environment · Carbon footprint

The Plot to Save the Planet

June 26th, 2008 · No Comments

I have been reading a brand new book by Brian Dumaine from Fortune and Time and other august establishments. It’s called The Plot to Save the Planet
My first response to reading this was “Wow!”
There are a lot of different organizations working from many different angles trying to come up with products ands methods to […]

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