While I wholeheartedly embrace new standards on power plants and the transportation sector, I am dismayed at the way in which we seem to be ignoring other major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.
Category: energy
energy
Anne Martin
alumni, climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, sustainability, water
alumni, climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, sustainability, water
NEEDED: An Agricultural Transformation
The 2013 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development culminated in the creation of a special report, titled forcefully, “Wake Up Before It’s Too Late: Make Agriculture Truly Sustainable for Food Security in a Changing Climate”.
Tripp Burwell
climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, ESC, faculty, marine studies, students, sustainability, travel, water
climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, ESC, faculty, marine studies, students, sustainability, travel, water
Arctic Tango
On passing gas in the woods
Plugging the leaks of methane from gas wells and the gas pipelines that crisscross our country is probably the easiest, most effective, and straightforward way to curtail the rise of methane in the atmosphere
Divest Now!
Let’s hear calls to those who manage college and university endowments, not to divest from the fossil fuel industry, but to invest in alternatives.
Exporting our emissions
In our house nearly everything we buy is made in China or assembled overseas. No wonder our carbon dioxide emissions from manufacturing are dropping.
Anne Martin
alumni, climate, conservation, energy, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, students
alumni, climate, conservation, energy, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, students
Riveted by the Rainy Season
“I am sensing a storm is coming, it’s calling me out to play” – Yuna The rainy season in Mastatal, Costa Rica is wet. Of course it is wet. But it is not justContinue reading
Gazing at your lawn on a summer afternoon
For nearly all of us, today’s obsession with the perfect, park-like lawn is a waste of time and money and bad for the environment.
Tripp Burwell
climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, ESC, forests, students, sustainability, travel, water
climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, ESC, forests, students, sustainability, travel, water
Money Solves Money Problems
Last year, I posted a magazine article that I wrote about paddling the Romaine River in East Central Quebec. One of the main reasons that the Romaine is is being dammed is to provide “green”Continue reading
Methane: the other greenhouse gas
Methane is one of several “greenhouse” gases that we must manage if we are to reduce the probability of harmful disruptions to Earth’s climate.