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More Brits Die from Cold Than Siberians – Utilities and Government to Blame?
Image credit: Liz (perspicatious.org) , used under Creative Commons license. The British government has already faced court action over fuel poverty and the number of poor and elderly dying for lack...
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If Old Buildings Are So Green And Efficient, Why Do We Keep Losing Them?
Image credit: Dr. Tim-Rasmus Kiehl, M.D I do prattle on with quotes like Carl Elefante’s “the greenest building is the one already standing” and the Steve Mouzon version “The greenest brick is the one...
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Potted Plant Helmets Hit the Streets of Indonesia (Video)
When it comes to our increasingly crowded city streets , where trucks and cars and bikes clamor and jockey for a spot, it seems there’s hardly room anymore for a little green to soak up all that CO2 ....
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Yurts Cause Controversy in France
Photo: yourtes The nomads in Outer Mongolia created yurts out of necessity, now many people in France are living in them as part of an alternate lifestyle decision. But the French government has come...
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Beautiful French Plateau Will Be Home to 100 MW of Solar Power By End of Year
On the lovely Puimichel plateau in Les Mées, France, two solar farms that are currently generating 18.2 MW are expanding into a much larger solar park capable of generating about 100 MW by the end of...
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Germany Will Phase Out Nuclear Power by 2022
The German government has decided to phase out all nuclear power in the country in the next 11 years. Continued here:Â Germany Will Phase Out Nuclear Power by 2022
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Ron Paul Says Hurricane Victims Should Act Like It’s 1900 In Galveston
Galveston, 1900. Image credit NOAA Ron Paul doesn’t think much of FEMA, calling it ” a great contribution to deficit financing.” He doesn’t think the Federal government has a role to play in cleaning...
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Wolves Fall Prey to Canada’s Rapacious Tar Sands Business
Paul Paquet has a compelling op-ed in the Guardian on the impact Canada’s tar sands oil industry is having on wolves as they are used as a scapegoat for the loss of caribou. “Egged on by a rapacious...
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What ‘Moneyball’ can teach us about sustainability metrics
Baseball and sports teach us to always consider what you're not measuring. The government has some lessons for us, too. More here: What ‘Moneyball’ can teach us about sustainability metrics
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China Bans New Coal-Fired Plants in Most Polluted Regions
As part of its ongoing plan to fight pollution and promote renewable energy , the Chinese government has announced a ban on new coal-fired power plants in parts of Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou....
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Shell has been given approval to drill the Arctic for oil for the first time...
The US government has just granted Royal Dutch Shell permission to drill into oil-bearing rock some 8,000 feet below the Arctic’s sea floor, leading the way for the first such drilling in the area in...
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