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- Supreme Court Justice John Stevens announces his retirement, opening the door for Obama to nominate a second Justice. Grist explains what this means for environmentalism.
- Is environmentalism not enough, is global warming out of our control, should we focus on adaption rather than mitigation? Ecology.com explores this topic, and discusses Derrick Jensen’s version of environmentalism.
Continue Reading April 3rd-10th: Environmental News Wrap-Up
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Editor’s Note: This is the first of a new series of environmental current event reviews from our new contributor Anders Hellum-Alexander.
- Koch is a large, mostly unheard of US company that is one of the main funders of the climate denial movement. MotherJones shines a spotlight on them.
Continue Reading April 5th: Global News Highlights from an Environmentalist
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By Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger
(reposted with Permission)
Nuclear power, biofuels, clean coal: These are the Obama administration’s answers to climate change. The 2011 budget, released this week, promised new loans for the construction of nuclear power plants, and on Wednesday the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), White House, and other departments detailed steps to encourage ethanol and clean coal production.
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Despite sinking into the deepest recession since the Great Depression, the levels of green innovation rose to historic heights in 2009. This has been a trying year marked by economic decline and the near collapse of global finance. On the environmental front, progress was hampered by an uncooperative US Senate, the ruse of climate-gate and a less than stellar result at COP15. However, the plethora of bad economic and environmental news in 2009 overshadowed the wealth of eco-innovation.
Continue Reading Eco-Business Innovations 2009 Year End Review
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Guest post by Kriss Bergethon
Rapid changes in the solar power sector are fueling a green energy revolution. With so much emphasis on solving the global warming puzzle, technology in solar is advancing very quickly and may be the answer we’ve been looking for. Let’s take a look at how this industry is changing so quickly.
Continue Reading Eight Cool Things About Solar That Just Might Change the World
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May of 2009 saw a record increase in the amount of electricity generated from renewable sources.
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State governments are faced with the immense task of rolling out energy projects that will dramatically increase the renewable power component of their energy mix in a short space of time.
Continue Reading Many States Implementing Solar Energy Projects
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A new Canadian neighborhood is North America’s first solar-powered community. The community, named the Drake Landing Solar Community (DLSC) is located in the town of Okotoks, Alberta, and consists of 52 houses all powered by solar (what else?) energy.
Continue Reading Canadians Set Up First Solar Powered Community In North America
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