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Carly Fiorina was for climate and energy legislation before she was against it
by Joseph Romm.
This post was cowritten by Araceli Ruano, the Center for
American Progress’ senior vice president and director for California. Andrew
Fitzgerald Adams also contributed to this post.
Big league sports join the green team, score with solar
by Todd Woody.
Talk about sporting greens: On Wednesday, all of the United States’ professional sports leagues said they would distribute a guide on how to switch to renewable energy and urge their teams to solarize their stadiums.
The guide was prepared by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation and marks a new alliance between environmentalists and the nation’s baseball, football, hockey, and soccer teams.
Six things you should know before defying the real food police
by David Gumpert.
Resistance has a glorified history in this country, beginning with the
founding fathers, and extending to the labor and civil rights
movements last century. We honor one of the resisters, Dr. Martin Luther
King, with a national holiday.
WTF should you make for dinner?
by Ashley Braun.
The
adventures of daily life are many and varied and often include decisions that
don’t really matter all that much in the grand scheme of things. However, I
find these are often the hardest choices to make.
Take
dinner, for example. Sometimes I just want to know what the f**k I should make
for dinner that day. As a vegetarian, not just any f**king dinner will do. And
did I mention that I f**king love “choose your own adventure” books?
How Chicago became the city of green shoulders
by Claudine Benmar.
Today, Chicago is overflowing with architects who know the ins and outs of the LEED rating system, but just a few years ago John Albrecht was one of the first. He worked on the Center for Green Technology—the city building that started it all -– as well as several green building projects that followed. He’s now in private practice, with the firm NELSON. He shared his thoughts on Chicago’s success.
Chicago takes the LEED in eco building
by Kari Richardson.
Skyscrapers and other enormous buildings are
environmental horror shows. Countless tons of steel, concrete, and glass are
required to build them. Endless streams of energy keep them warm enough in
winter and cool enough in summer. Lights and computers are kept on all night
long. And just imagine the water that goes into flushing all those toilets.
The omnivore’s delight: One day, four meals, and 53 species
by Stephen Hale.
There is nothing more
fundamental about our relationship with Nature than the species we eat.
One evening, while trying to
discern exactly what was in the bean casserole my traveling wife had kindly
left in the fridge, I wondered: What is the biodiversity of my diet? How many
plant and animal species do I consume regularly? And where did they come
from?
BP takes share of blame for Gulf of Mexico oil spill
by Agence France-Presse.
LONDON—Failures by BP and other companies led to the Gulf of Mexico oil
disaster, BP concluded on Wednesday as it sought to defend itself against
possible multi-billion-dollar lawsuits.
As expected, BP’s inquiry did not admit “gross negligence” for the
oil rig explosion in late April that killed 11 people and caused the worst
environmental disaster in U.S. history.
The report did put forward 25 recommendations, including improved staff
training, designed to prevent a repeat of the Deepwater Horizon rig disaster.
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