Over the past couple of decades, California has earned a reputation for passing its own environmental standards that are often much more rigorous than those set by the federal government. Following this trend, California’s Air Resources Board (ARB) released a tougher vehicle emissions program for vehicle model years (MY) 2015 through 2025. The Advanced Clean [...]
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California Strengthens Vehicle Emission Standards
February 2nd, 2012 
Chris DeArmond 
Posted in Energy Efficiency, News, Policy, Transportation 
Tags: California, Carbon Dioxide, Cars, Chris DeArmond, Climate Change, Electric Vehicles, Plug-in Hybrid, Pollution 
No Comments »February 2012 Clean Energy and Sustainability Events
February 1st, 2012 Eric Wilson With an extra day this year, February gets its quadrennial opportunity to step up and fill its 29 days with as many events as possible. With that in mind, there are a number of domestic events jammed into February. These include two here in Denver, one of which I will attend at the end of [...]
Posted in Agriculture, Conferences, Education, Eric Wilson Tags: Calendar, California, Denver, Film Series, Florida, Organic, Photovoltaic, Solar Energy No Comments »Wild and Scenic Film Festival – January 13-15
January 11th, 2012 Eric Wilson As mentioned in this month’s calendar post, the Wild and Scenic Film Festival takes place this week. Starting this Friday (the 13th) and running through the end of the weekend, the festival is put on by the South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) in Nevada City, California. This year represents the 10th Annual Wild & [...]
Posted in Conservation, Eric Wilson Tags: Calendar, California, Climate Change, Environment, Film Series, Nature, Water No Comments »Seattle Joins Washington DC in Banning Plastic Bags
January 4th, 2012 Eric Wilson Effective in July 2012, plastic bags will be banned in Seattle. This marks the latest in a series of plastic bag bans. Last year California attempted to pass a statewide ban, but to no avail. However, Washington DC has had a ban in place for a few years now. For a list of the pros [...]
Posted in Conservation, Eric Wilson, News Tags: California, Landfill, Plastic, Washington DC No Comments »January 2012 Clean Energy and Sustainability Events
January 2nd, 2012 Eric Wilson In the world of clean energy and sustainability conferences, 2012 begins much as 2011 ends. There are only a few conferences and events listed on 2nd Green Revolution’s events calendar. Many universities are out of session until after Martin Luther King Day. However, Emory University in Atlanta is hosting a workshop focused on sustainability in [...]
Posted in Conferences, Eric Wilson, Sustainability Tags: Calendar, California, Emory, Film Series, Minnesota, New York City No Comments »Five Friday Facts: Oil
December 23rd, 2011 Eric Wilson The following Five Friday Facts come from Stacy Dewald at Heating Oil Shopper, a Web publishing company that specializes in information about oil production and consumption, particularly as it relates to the business and environmental impacts of oil. For the original article, click here. According to the U.S. Energy Information Association, Canada is the top [...]
California Valley Solar Ranch Gets Underway
December 15th, 2011 Eric Wilson A number of large solar projects have been dogged by issues of environmental degradation, of all things. Last year, several concentrated solar power installations ran afoul of environmentalists due to the sites chosen. One in particular, the Blythe Solar Power Project, which was the largest installation at the time, was planned on critical habitat for [...]
Posted in Conservation, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Renewable Energy Tags: California, Carbon Dioxide, Environment, EPA, Solar Energy, Water No Comments »NPR 2-Part Series on California Cap and Trade Legislation
December 12th, 2011 Eric Wilson Media coverage of COP17, the latest United Nations climate conference in Durban, South Africa that wrapped up on Friday, was sparse in the United States. With no national legislation in this country to address limits on greenhouse emissions, the state of California has taken some steps ahead of the federal government. Last week, NPR aired [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, News, Policy Tags: California, Cap and Trade, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Sequestration, United Nations No Comments »
