Image: USDA Forest Service – Region 8 – Southern Archive , CC Okay, okay, we get it. House Republicans don’t like the idea of trying to reign in pollution. I mean really don’t like it. Many of them already claimed that climate change wasn’t real on the campaign trail, and said they’d fight climate legislation. Then, the powerful chairman of the House Energy Committee, Fred Upton (R-MI), has already sponsored a bill designed to prevent the EPA from enforcing the Clean Air Act, claiming it would kill jobs and whatnot. Now, House Republicans have release… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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If you read just one article about climate change this week, make it Dave Roberts’ piece on the climate science vs. climate economics . Climate scientists are becoming increasingly worried as the evidence mounts that our current emissions path is leading us to some of the worst-case scenarios that climate models project — sea level rise, increased precipitation, more severe storms, and crippling droughts. Meanwhile, economists’ models show a world growing more prosperous, with economies slightly inconvenienced by the fac… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image: cloud2013 , Flickr, CC Noam Chomsky has a big ol’ brain, and over the years, he’s devoted it to revolutionizing linguistics, pushing the boundaries of analytic philosophy, formulating trenchant political theory, and pissing off establishment figures. Whether or not you agree with his politics, there’s no denying that he’s a sharp fella. Which is why it’s well worth watching his take on why the United States has thus far failed to tackle climate change:… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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When It Comes To Net zero Banks in the Burbs, The Internet Is Wrong About My Being Wrong. I Think.
February 10, 2011 No CommentImage credit TD Bank I thought I was very careful and considered in my discussion of TD’s Net Zero Energy bank branch. I described what good environmental corporate citizens they were and how happy I was as a customer. But I did point out that it was plopped in the middle of a sea of asphalt and that the whole exercise was equivalent to taking five cars off the road, far fewer than the suburban sprawl it was serving was adding. The reaction was virulent, ranging from Julia’s “Lloyd has gone off his rocker” to Lisa’s “I loathe these types of articles, they simply paint environmentally and sustainable… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Randomly Placed Solar Panels, Green Second Skin Give Stunning Look To Hotel In Chile
February 10, 2011 No Comment
Photos: GEN Hotel. Designed as an apartment venue and later turned into a hotel, GEN is a 26-storey building designed by Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido located in Santiago de Chile with the usual green credentials but with two cool details: distributed energy generation with individual solar panels exposed to the front, and a second skin made with recycled aluzinc that acts as a temperature and shading control…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image via YouTube video We address the issue of exotic pets fairly often, and we have to because it’s a shockingly pervasive problem. From escaped pythons that reshape ecosystems to endangered tigers that are treated like novelties, the exotic pet trade has serious consequences for the individual animals and just as often the species as a whole. But exactly how far does the trade reach, and how bad can the consequences be, really? A documentary that looks closely at the case of a man and his lion, kept in his backyard, addresses these questions. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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