Tag: Climate Change
Mayor Bloomberg endorses Obama for President in wake of Hurricane Sandy
Gov. Spitzer explains political quagmire behind destruction in New York City
NY Gov. Cuomo calls climate change a reality, says everyone is vulnerable
Why aren’t the Presidential Debates discussing climate change?
House Transportation bill headed into train wreck due to extreme right-wingers

The transportation bills being considered by the Senate and House are operating in different universes, with the Senate following the usual bi-partisan process to create good transportation policy, and the Republican-dominated House larding their bill with extreme right wing ideology that would doom mass transit systems, gut environmental review processes, and fundamentally change transportation system funding…
Natural gas from Shale not a clean “bridge fuel” and may worsen climate change
The World Energy Outlook report on energy supplies, peak oil and climate change
The World Energy Outlook (WEO-2009) is a yearly report issued by the International Energy Agency (IEA). This years report was issued on Nov 10, 2009, and due to next months climate change summit in Copenhagen the WEO-2009 report includes extensive information on the climate change impact which comes from energy…
What are the defining parameters for electric vehicle success?
Several reports the last few days have focused on gasoline price as the primary determiner of whether electric vehicles will be successful this time around. One source of this comes from a recent webchat posted on GM’s Fastlane blog: Bob Lutz: The Volt technology is very exciting, but costs will…
350.org day of climate action
Scientists say that 350 parts per million CO2 in the atmosphere is the safe limit for humanity. For all of human history until about 300 years ago, our atmosphere contained 275 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide. That’s a useful amount—without some CO2 and other greenhouse gases that trap…