Having a car in the New York area definitely feels like the wrong tool for the job, but there are times it’s unavoidable, e.g., when one also has appointments in the periphery of the area that aren’t well served by …
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And the Winner of "Greenest Neighborhood" Is …
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Climate Change and Energy Policy — Problems and Solutions
In connection with climate change and our energy policy, I recently heard someone say, “21st Century problems demand 21st Century solutions.” I laughed derisively at the time, as it sounded like any one of hundreds of political slogans of yesteryear, …
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Clean Energy’s Low-Hanging Fruit
Frequent commenter Larry Lemmert waxes metaphorical with the respect to our clean energy targets: We need to go after the low-hanging fruit before climbing the tree and going out on a limb to harvest energy that has a negative payback …
Energy Policy’s Difficult Choices
I recently wrote a post critical of radical environmentalists who take rigid positions and refuse to make the tough choices that confront us all in the real world. In particular, I stand in disagreement with people’s unwillingness to exile the …
Are Electric Vehicles Really a Boon to the Environment?
There are at least two kinds of “EV deniers” (as I call them), i.e., people who doubt that electric vehicles represent an improvement for the environment over gasoline. The first concept is that for the foreseeable future, an increase in …
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Living Small — A Christmas Gift for Planet Earth
To wrap our wits around where we truly are as a species and who we need to be to avoid the brunt of the catastrophes heading our way in the 21st Century, let’s observe: How do we actually behave with …
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By Guest Blogger Steven Cortez: Environmental Degradation: Negative Impacts of Energy Efficiency
Since the 1970s when environmental concerns first hit the political front, we have made great attempts to encourage sustainable development. These attempts include things such as recycling, carpooling, using energy efficient lights and purchasing products which do not emit harmful …
