With Clean Air Watch’s Frank O’Donnell watching from the congressional pews, Barbara Boxer’s Environment and Public Works Committee this week put EPA Chief Steve Johnson on the stand, and Senator Boxer took him to task: "You are accountable to the American people, not special interests." Also, as an extra treat: the latest bizarre statements from Senator James Inhofe.
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Planet Tran: The Green Airport Shuttle
- Thursday, 08 February 2007 17:39
- Written by William Craven
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Planet Tran Founder and CEO Seth Riney hopes his fleet of hybrid vehicles will shuttle you back and forth to the airport in cities across America. LISTEN (8 min)
Gil Friend at Capitalism 3.0
- Tuesday, 06 February 2007 20:18
- Written by William Craven
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How can the economy serve us, rather than us serving the economy, as we have done ever more desperately for the last twenty years. Last week the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco hosted a forum entitled Capitalism 3.0 on the very question.
We caught up with Gil Friend, President and CEO of Naturalogic "Strategic Advisors to a Sustainable Economy" about the current supply of good ideas and consumer’s demand for them. LISTEN (11 min)
Paul Rice & TransFair USA
- Tuesday, 06 February 2007 20:15
- Written by William Craven
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TransFair USA Executive Director Paul Rice was one of the panel speakers at the Commonwealth Club’s Capitalism 3.0. He talks about his fifth year at the World Economic Forum in Davos, why the Economist is wrong on Fair Trade, and his 11 years working with farmers in Nicaragua. LISTEN (7 min)
EcoTalk’s 12 Step Program for “Warm-a-holics*”
- Saturday, 03 February 2007 08:50
- Written by Philippe Boucher
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Because we all contribute to
global warming, be co-dependent no more!
1st Step: Admit you are
powerless over your addiction to using energy and that your high energy
use has become unmanageable, and then change 10 light bulbs in your
house to compact florescent bulbs. Taking this first step saves 1,795
lbs of carbon dioxide per year!
2nd Step: Come to believe that a power strip turned off can restore
you to sanity. Turn off your power strip when not in use and save 300-500
lbs of CO2 output per year!
3rd Step: Make a decision to turn your water heater down to 120
degrees, and turn your will over to the care of the planet, as you understand
it. This step saves 550 lbs of CO2 per year!
4th Step: Take a searching and fearless moral inventory of yourself
and then wash out the waste in cold-water laundry. Save 1,533 lbs of
CO2 per year!
5th step: Admit to yourself and to a human witness the exact
nature of your true driving needs (how often do you drive the entire
soccer team around?), and drive a more fuel efficient car (increase
of 3 mpg) will save 2,400 lbs of CO2 emissions per year, and save getting
hosed at the pumps!
6th Step: Take an oath that you are entirely ready to begin composting
25% of your garbage. Save 1,040 lbs a year!
7th Step: Humbly wrap your heater in an insulation jacket. Save
1,000 lbs!
8th Step: Make a list of all your errands; become willing to
combine them on the same trip, and drive 10 miles less a week. Save
500 lbs per year!
9th Step: Make amends to the planet and turn your thermostat
down 2 degrees in the winter and up 2 degrees in the summer. Save 2,000
lbs of CO2!
10th Step: Take personal inventory of your appliances and unplug
them when they are not in use. Save 300 lbs a year!
11th Step: Seek through prayer and meditation to lighten your
footprint on the planet and clean the coils in your refrigerator twice
a year. Saves 651 bs of CO2 per year!
12th Step: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of
these steps, resolve to take this message to other energy addicts, and
to practice these principles in all your affairs. And if you get really
motivated, switch to solar power. It’ll save 5,749 lbs of CO2
output a year!
For more
“sound solutions for a healthier planet”,
visit www.ecotalk.net