Generation ME2

Remember the “ME” generation? Generation Me describes anyone born in the 1970s, 1980s,...

Detour.

It seems to me that most people living in America grow up with the mindset that taking the main road...

Rory & Paris lapping up the good life.

In One Year

I’m going to leave the 2020 and 2050 energy planning to the experts. For myself, I’m...

Here's an Alternative to a Hybrid

I went looking in my spam folder for missing email, and discovered a very not-so-novel but good...

In One Day....

An article is making its way around the Internet, reminding us that our Winter purchase of summer...

Shifts Happen

Well I saw it firsthand. The shift Barack Obama is talking about, happened, right there in Macky...

The Environment is the Envelope

Today, I’ll attend a World Affairs Conference talk by former Colorado Senator Timothy Wirth on...

Good-bye Gasoline?

Could Israel be the first country in the world to run its automobiles free of gasoline by 2020? In...

Evolving Democracy

One person, one vote is a great idea, but what if everyone talks to each other, ideas are exchanged,...

Lights Off ... To Save Your Life

Don’t bet the farm on coal-futures. While carbon sequestration R&D is the big bucks...

Generation 2020

Benson’s in. ConocoPhillips is settling in right behind him. The symbolism can’t be missed....

The Hungry Dog Index

I visited Cuba several years ago as a “medical missionary.” I’m not part of the...

Measuring the IQ of Cities

Forbes Magazine recently tagged college towns, including Boulder, CO as some of the smartest cities...

Resource Wars or Resolution?

Could the grab for biofuels be the start of resource wars, pitting scientists against farmers who...

Pay-As-You-Go Solar

Here’s a FIRST in the Nation: The Berkeley City Council has approved a proposal by Mayor Tom...

Voting in the Classroom

Here’s a new way to bring students into the world of voting. At the University of Colorado a...

Cheyenne River E-Politics

In any political campaign, one of the biggest expense items is the cost of travel. It takes a lot of...

Energy Future of a Small Town

Planning for a “world without oil,” the mayor of the mountain town of Nederland, CO,...

Benson, Oil and Big Bucks

Why Benson? It’s easy to read between the lines of the University of Colorado’s selection committee...

Damanhur on ABC's Good Morning America

Back in 2002, I wrote a whole chapter about Damanhur, a sustainable city in northern Italy, in my...

Subprime Crisis Has a Loan Solution

If you know someone who is facing foreclosure, then pass this column along. It holds hope and a loan...

Prisons for Internet Pedophiles

Prisons are a growth industry. In states like California, they also account for about 20% of the...

Disaster Economics in Congress

Senate House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) may have lost some women’s votes for Hillary...

Santa Barbara Sues California

In an ironic twist of fate, the State of California - which recently sued the federal government to...

The Tax Cut GAP

The $145 Billion economic stimulus tax cut proposed by President Bush has become temporarily stuck...

U.S. Mayors Take the Lead

What a difference a year makes. Last year at this time, only a few hundred mayors had signed the...

Spend $145 Billion to Save the Earth?

If every action has consequences, then consider the consequences of this decision-point: Should the...

Cheap Green vs Local Green

News that WalMart now has 60,000 vendors supplying “green” products - makes me wonder...

Quilt Wars in China

Could a simple bed quilt be accused of stopping progress in today’s China? In Shanghai,...

Bye Bye Hybrid?

Would you buy a pollution-free car for $7,000 which has a top speed of 70 mph and can travel 125...

Carbon Trading Your Seat

A friend and his wife just returned from Hawaii and reminded that if a person wanted to fly...

Obama: He Listens. He Cares.

The City of Des Moines Mayor, Frank Cownie, gave the most insightful sound byte of why Barack Obama...

Breaking it Down

How many people were up bright and early this New Years morning, trying to discover ways to bring...

Native American Prayer

New Year’s Day 2008 from Winyan Maka Great Spirit, give us hearts to understand; Never to...

The Carbon Cost of Christmas

What happens when 60 million people sit down to Christmas Dinner? Is there someone around to measure...

Benazir Bhutto’s Death: Where Hope Lies

With the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan has reportedly erupted into chaos. The chaos is...

Best ECO Books for the New Year

Whether you’re snowbound or beach bound… here are a couple of books to take with you...

Methane is the Wild Card

Like the declining health of the world’s oceans and coral reefs, methane is the wild card in...

Airline Crisis Looms

It took me 27 hours travel time to return from Bali and the UNFCCC. Part of the time was spent...

Leaders in Climate Action

When all is said and done, all actions that have the biggest impact on protecting the climate are...

Climate Talks Move Toward Action

The U.S. blinked. Backed into a corner because of her hardline stance, Senior US negotiator Paula...

India and China Stall

The latest news from the plenary session in Bali is that European countries moved a lot, and the...

Breaking News

A final plenary session of all parties has just begun in Bali. A small group of 40 ministers and...

Europe Threatens Boycott

The European countries of Germany, France and Portugal (EU president) plan to boycott a meeting...

Debating An Ethical Issue

It is 10 PM on Friday night, the final day of the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali. Negotiations...

Gore: Evanglist On a Global Stage

Al Gore addressed a deeply engaged audience last night. He cautioned delegates: Don’t let your...

Bush Scores an F

The U.S. has failed to take responsibility for its actions on emissions, charges Kevin Knoblock,...

The Wrecking Crew at Work

Anger is rising against the U.S. here in Bali. Delegates are taking off the “white gloves” of...

The U.S. Bomb Squad

The U.S. is getting ready for a press conference. Unlike all press conferences at the UN Climate...

The UN Scorecard

Keeping score is easy at the UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC). Just follow the money. Watch who...

UN on YouTube

The UN conference in Bali is reaching its critical phase with the arrival of the United Nations...

Stop Deforestation

There is a subplot going on at the UN Conference on Climate Change in Bali. As it unfolds, the key...

Kerry Looks to 2009

Senator John Kerry spoke to the press for nearly an hour, leaving very little time for questions. He...

Climate Change and War

Four U.S. delegates checked in yesterday at the Ayodya Hotel. Is this all? I’ll confirm this number...

Are the Gods Angry?

In indigenous cultures around the world, native people do not link floods, droughts, rising sea...

A Global TAX on Emissions?

The original estimate of participants at the UNFCC was 10,000, the largest in its history. That...

China Tops the U.S.

In a nutshell, here’s the crux of the problem in Bali. China and India – who never had to abide by...

Anti-US Sentiment Linked to Lack of...

There are warning signs of an imminent meltdown of US leadership at the UN’s Bali conference. A...

Waiting on the U.S.? Why Wait?

UN Climate chief Mr. Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate...

Bali: A New Road Map

The recent election in Australia may provide a road map for what could happen over the next 10 days...

“Last Chance” Conference

Like a silent Tsunami, news headlines are rippling out from the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali...

UN Bloggers

I’m on my way to Bali. I’m heading for the UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC). I’ll be doing some...