When you decide to have a cup of coffee, you have already made your largest contribution to the energy used to deliver coffee to your cup.
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energy
How Much Oil Can We Burn?
We’ve spent about half of our total allowance of carbon that can be emitted to the atmosphere without a global climate catastrophe.
Food Energy
there is no doubt that a vegetarian diet would have much less impact on the climate.
Bill Schlesinger
agriculture, energy, environmental health, faculty, land use, natural habitat, sustainability
agriculture, energy, environmental health, faculty, land use, natural habitat, sustainability
City Mouse vs. Country Mouse
We will spare nature by living in cities, but for a sustainable world, we will not pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps by living in cities.
How Green is Your Milk?
Soy milk seems to leave the smallest footprint on the environment.
Pig Poop
Currently there are about 75,000,000 pigs in the United States. They generate a lot of poop, for which disposal is an ongoing problem in need of good solutions. North Carolina is home to about 12%Continue reading
The Answer is Blowin’ in the Wind
When it comes to sources of power, off-shore wind development looks much more attractive than off-shore oil development
Besides the Shutdown, 2019 is Looking Bright (and Green) for D.C.
If you push past the national headlines, you start to realize that Washington, D.C., is going into 2019 with all cylinders firing on environmental progress.
The Fabric for Our Lives
I asked myself whether cotton vs. linen shirts, or nylon or denim pants, left a greater footprint on the environment.
I-1631: Washington State’s Ticket to Climate Leadership
Putting a fair price on carbon pollution is exactly what my home state of Washington has a chance to do this November, as voters decide whether to enact Initiative 1631.