The Planet Can't Wait (w/toast)
Update 9:50 PM. . Topik: Environment
As we enjoy the guilty pleasure of another New England midwinter heatwave this weekend, and Phoenix just today ends its record-shattering ca...Read More..
Clients Prevail v. Their Unscrupulous Lawyers
Update 9:54 PM. . Topik: Environment
A jury in Maine this week found that Schlichtmann's former friend and colleague, Thomas Sobol of Danvers, abandoned his clients in order...Read More..
Green twist to the Nobel Prizes?
Update 9:26 PM. . Topik: Current Affairs
This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to German scientist Gerhard Ertl for his work on surface chemistry. The BBC and Globe and Mail...Read More..
A not-so-small problem
Update 9:18 PM. . Topik: Economic Growth
In a side event about deforestatrion this morning, researchers from the Woods Hole Research Institute talked about the science of emissions ...Read More..
An Inconvenient Analogy
Update 4:51 PM. . Topik: Population
On April 26-27, the Pontifical Council on Justice and Peace organized a seminar on global warming, to better undertsnad the different points...Read More..
Ten Billion Served (and Hundreds of Millions Fleeced)
Update 5:44 PM. . Topik: Transportation
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) just announced that the U.S. transit industry carried more than 10 billion transit tr...Read More..
COP12: The last two days, a plea for action
Update 10:14 PM. . Topik: Economic Growth
Decisions of different working groups are being forwarded to the supreme body of the convention, the Conference of the Parties (COP) for fin...Read More..
Carbon Offsets with Native Energy
Update 10:06 PM. . Topik: Mitigation
In 19 days I will be in Boston's Logan International Airport ready for 14 hours and 40 minutes of sitting in a Boeing 747. I will fly 7,...Read More..
Portland as a Model of Transportation Planning
Update 5:48 PM. . Topik: Transportation
Recently, the BBC featured my home town of Portland as an example of how good transportation planning can create a city "where the car ...Read More..
The time inconsistency of the UK Climate Bill
Update 6:46 PM. . Topik: Instruments
The recent Queen's speech notably had a climate bill which will set forth legislation for the next round of Parliament. The legislation ...Read More..