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The Hestia Projectnew
Mapping pollution, house by house.
NUVO |
Scott Shoger |
12-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Happy Anniversary, Kyotonew
Anniversaries offer us the opportunity for reflection on the past and a re-commitment to the future. Let's hope that this Dec 11, the 10th anniversary of the day the international community reached agreement on the Kyoto Protocol, does the same for the nations of the world as they meet in Bali to create the framework for the next phase of global action on climate change.
VUE Weekly |
Scott Harris |
12-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
Greenbuild 2007new
At U.S. Green Building Council’s conference in November, Bill Clinton made many powerful points about the transition from a carbon economy to a green economy.
NUVO |
David Kadlec |
12-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Educational Institutions Go Greennew
California State University-Monterey Bay and Monterey Institute of International Studies pledge to teach sustainability.
Monterey County Weekly |
Zachary Stahl |
12-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
Green Commitmentnew
Local governments in California are taking the global warming fight in their own hands.
Monterey County Weekly |
Jessica Lyons |
12-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
Local, State Efforts Sprout Despite Federal Inactionnew
The city of Columbia, S.C., is not waiting for a federal mandate to go green.
Columbia Free Times |
Eric Ward and Julie Jarema |
12-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
Kentucky Still Lags Behind, But the Bluegrass Could Changenew
Tom Fitzgerald, director of the Kentucky Resources Council, talks about Kyoto, Kentucky, carbon, optimism in a time of crisis, and how we might extract ourselves from the mess we’ve made of our ecosystem.
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
12-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
Small Steps Forward, Small Steps Backnew
Louisville, Ky., inches along on climate protection.
LEO Weekly |
Jennifer Oladipo |
12-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
More Freewaysnew
Oregon's local response to climate change.
Eugene Weekly |
Alan Pittman |
12-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
Southern Arizona's Bird Populations are Dwindlingnew
Climate change and urban development are two major causes of habitat loss, according to Tucson Audubon Society executive director Paul Green.
Tucson Weekly |
Dave Devine |
12-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
An Arizona Band Finds It Isn't Really Easy Being Greennew
The members of Mr. Free and the Satellite Freakout have learned that getting a tour bus to run on vegetable oil is no easy task.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
12-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
Up In Smoke: A Decade of Canadian Inactionnew

A decade after the international community agreed to the Kyoto Protocol, and five years since Parliament ratified the agreement, there isn't a lot of good news about how Canada has done in living up to its international obligations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
VUE Weekly |
Scott Harris |
12-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
Living Green: There's Nothing Like Lead for the Holidaysnew
Holiday caveat No. 1: Those twinkling lights you're stringing on the tree or around the windows can be hazardous to your health.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
12-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Energy Interests Fund Duke's Climate Change Researchnew
Duke Energy and ConocoPhillips have donated $3.5 million to Duke University's Climate Change Policy Partnership, and that financial support may have influenced academic research.
INDY Week |
Matt Saldana |
12-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
Does Curbside Recycling Really Do Any Good?new
Curbside recycling is better at assuaging the guilt we collectively feel as ever-hungry consumers than it is at doing something positive for the environment. As such, it's a public-policy crutch.
Orlando Weekly |
Deanna Sheffield |
12-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment