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The Post Copenhagen Apocalypse

What we all must take away from Copenhagen, is don’t expect leadership to lead.

Review of Break Through: from the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility, by Nordhaus and Shellenberger

The major premise of their book is that the environmental movement has ceased being a “movement” and has reduced itself to an interest group based on complaint activism. Motivated by scientific rationalism, nature has risen to become a religion, decoupling human potential from solving our long list of problems.

Critique of White House “Green Jobs Report”

The following is a critique of “The White House Task Force on Middle Class Working Families: Green Jobs Report,” convened by Vice President Joe Biden. It is an excellent document and in it are the words and conceptual models needed for the The Green Jobs Movement’s success. It also is missing some things.

Right Wingers on the Attack, Fearing Socialism of Environmental Policies

I am such a sucker for responding to the right wing blitz that seems to be occurring right now. I assume that they are trying to influence action with the upcoming Administration’s attempt to address a range of market failures that have resulted in the wholesale destruction of our planet. C-Span had a ...Read more.

Join Us: TFF and Greenway Head to DC Inauguration

Greenway Transit will be offering a completely green tour package to Washington, DC for the January 20th Inauguration, as well as taking its fleet of people powered pedicabs to DC to help folks get around on the Mall for the week before the event.

Tale of Two Cities

Mary Katherine and Marc finally took a well-needed vacation at the end of November, visiting Prague and Bolzano in the Dolomites in northern Italy. There are a lot of cool things we can learn from our European neighbors, so read on.

San Francisco mandates grease into fuel

Tuesday, November 20, 2007 |
  By Carolyn Tyler
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20, 2007 (KGO) (KGO) — On the day the “no plastic bags” law goes into effect at large grocery stores in San Francisco, the city launches another effort to protect the environment. What is apparently the nation’s first citywide program to collect used grease ...Read more.