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The Catastrophe in the Senate – More Punditry

The Catastrophe in the Senate – More Punditry

I might more accurately call this post The Catastrophe of the Senate, but that won’t get us anywhere – for the moment.  In any event, as you know by now, the concatenation of Republican anti-environmentalism and fear (and no doubt loathing), plus intransigence from Democratic Senators from states where coal and oil are king, has […]

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Two Great Reads on Cap-and-Trade

I had the good fortune to be involved with some very smart activists back in the 1980s who were working on acid rain.  One of these was the Environmental Defense Fund’s senior scientist Michael Oppenheimer.  Michael’s been at Princeton for a number of years and among his many projects, he co-curated the compelling climate change […]

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A Few Bits and Bobs – End of May '09 Edition

Green Roofs – I have seen the future and it works.  (Well, in the case of the Soviet Union, it didn’t, but with green roofs, it definitely does and will.)  I’ve written before on this unbeatable approach to lowering the urban heat island effect, diminishing the troublesome problem of stormwater runoff, and providing a stunningly […]

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