January 31st, 2013 
Chris DeArmond 
Renewable energy and climate change were emphasized in President Obama’s inauguration speech, but the White House and policy makers will only pass meaningful legislation with voters’ support. Below are a few of the highlights of polling data collected by the Pew Research Center and Pike Research regarding public opinion on climate change and green energy. [...]
January 8th, 2013 Nick Grue The path to bringing more renewable energy and sustainable technologies into our infrastructure is by making the political environment more friendly towards these technologies. Public opinion shapes the way politicians vote or which politicians enter into office in the first place, meaning that the people have the power to influence how quickly and at what [...]
Posted in Clean Technology, Polls, Sustainability 
Tags: Cap and Trade, Clean Energy, LEED, Nick Grue, Offsets, Survey, sustainability 
No Comments » October 19th, 2012 Eric Wilson A few weeks ago, Max made a spirited argument for the “eradication” of pandas. He didn’t go so far as to say we should actively wipe out the species, but let’s just say he doesn’t see the point in saving them. Then news came out that paleolithic humans used to eat pandas (I wonder what [...]
Posted in Behavior, China, Conservation, Eric Wilson, Polls Tags: Food, Max Caughron, pandas No Comments » October 9th, 2012 Eric Wilson Don’t worry, we won’t report you. As a follow up to Chris’s article the last month about the 85 MPH speed limit on a stretch of highway in Texas, he ended with the following question: “Is 85 MPH too much?” We want to know what you think about the trade off between increased speed and [...]
July 30th, 2012 Eric Wilson Yesterday I wrote a piece suggesting that inconvenience is the greatest threat to sustainability. Earlier today, Justin’s article about standardized recycling labels touched on a similar topic. What do you think is the greatest threat to sustainability? Take a moment to answer the poll below. If you have a response that is not included below, [...]
May 9th, 2012 Eric Wilson This past Sunday’s op-ed pondered what it would take to make mass transit the norm. What do you think? What will it take to make mass transit the norm? Take the poll below and leave your thoughts. Choose as many as you like. You can also write in your own response.
April 18th, 2012 Justin Manger The erratic weather of late may finally be making an impact on Americans’ perception of humanity’s impact on the Earth. This poll, titled Extreme Weather, Climate & Preparedness in the American Mind, presents data that shows Americans seem to now link the unusually warm winter, last year’s heat wave, and other recent costly disasters with [...]
March 18th, 2012 Justin Manger Though perhaps a minority voice among the environmental set, I agree whole-heartedly with Joe Nocera’s column about how U.S. politics is interfering with U.S. national interests. Along with the incredible boom in natural gas production over the last several years in the United States, North America has been the place for booming oil sands production, with [...]
Posted in Behavior, Business, Economics, Justin Manger, News, Op-Ed, Polls, President Obama No Comments » March 14th, 2012 Justin Manger Though we have had our own polls from time to time, today we mention Treehugger’s “Best of Green Reader’s Choice,” where you can vote for your favorite green trend, product, person, company and more in several various categories. Here is the link for the Science category (click on the double arrow to the upper right [...]
February 23rd, 2012 Eric Wilson As a follow up to the recent post on water reclamation and last week’s Five Friday Facts about “NEWater”, what is your take on reclaimed water?
Posted in Behavior, Clean Technology, Conservation, Eric Wilson, Polls Tags: Wastewater, Water No Comments »
