The following facts come from a pamphlet sent to me by a relative who visited the construction site and memorial pool at the World Trade Center in New York City. The 1 World Trade Center (WTC) building is expected to reach it full height soon, whereupon its 408-foot (124 m) radio antenna will be installed [...]
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Five Friday Facts: The New World Trade Center
May 18th, 2012 
Justin Manger Five Friday Facts: Colleges Saving Energy
May 11th, 2012 Eric Wilson A recent three week competition wrapped up among colleges that saved a bit of money, water, and energy. The 2012 Campus Conservation Nationals (CCN) had approximately one-quarter of a million students participating at 150 colleges and universities across the country. Today’s Five Friday Facts tallies the total savings from their efforts: 1,739,046 kilowatt-hours of electricity [...]
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Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Energy, Water Conservation 
No Comments »Five Friday Facts: Most Polluted Air in the U.S.
April 27th, 2012 Justin Manger 41% of Americans, or 127 million people, live in areas with air that is often unhealthy to breath. This is according to the American Lung Association, which just released its annual ‘State of the Air’ report. The top 5 most polluted cities, as determined by year-round pollution, are in California. See top ten list below. [...]
Posted in Five Friday Facts, Justin Manger Tags: California, Carbon Dioxide, Environment, Pollution No Comments »REDD+: Beyond Carbon Credits; REDD＋:炭素クレジットを超えた利益を目指して
April 24th, 2012 Guest Author This post was written by Akane Hanai, a UN Volunteer working in Viet Nam on the UN-REDD Programme as a Programme Specialist with a Master of Arts in Environmental and Resource Policy from George Washington University. It’s been almost eight months since I got involved in the UN-REDD programme in Viet Nam. For my first post, [...]
Posted in Conservation, Guest Authors, News, Op-Ed, Policy, Sustainability Tags: Akane Hanai, Carbon Dioxide, Environment No Comments »Energy Star Program Celebrates 20th Anniversary
March 30th, 2012 Chris DeArmond Since being created by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1992, the Energy Star program and its partners have helped save Americans nearly $230 billion through increased energy efficiency of appliances and electronics. More than five billion products from more than 60 different categories have been sold under the voluntary program. According to EPA’s March [...]
Japan’s 2010 CO2 Emissions Down By 12.3% Compared to 1990
March 23rd, 2012 Justin Manger That’s the good news. 20 years of efficiency gains, technological improvements, and policy tweaks have reduced the amount of CO2 produced by Japanese industries. What’s interesting is that emissions are actually up since 2009. Now, with the nuclear industry nearly shut down nation-wide (2 of 54 plants are in operation) and imports of oil, coal, [...]
Posted in Behavior, Business, Japan, Justin Manger, News, Policy, Sustainability Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Energy Conservation, Environment No Comments »On Sale this Year: Natural-Gas Powered Pickups
March 8th, 2012 Chris DeArmond With natural gas prices hovering around $2.44 per MMBtu—less than half of what they were 18 months ago—compressed natural gas (CNG) is now starting to make sense as an alternative fuel for vehicles. According to the Wall Street Journal, the number of dual-fuel vehicles is increasing. In a recent press release, General Motors said it [...]
Posted in Business, Clean Technology, Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Green Products, News, Transportation Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Cars, Chris DeArmond, Natural Gas No Comments »China Bans Airlines from Paying European Union Carbon Tax
February 17th, 2012 Chris DeArmond At its outset in 2005, the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) was designed to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions produced by factories, power plants, and other energy-intensive installations. At the beginning of this year, however, ETS began imposing the cap-and-trade system on all airlines with flights departing from or arriving at EU [...]
Posted in China, Economics, Featured Posts, Japan, News, President Obama, Transportation Tags: Brazil, Carbon Dioxide, Chris DeArmond, Congress No Comments »The Legacy of Cheap Natural Gas
February 12th, 2012 Eric Wilson What will be the legacy of cheap natural gas? Until recently, natural gas in the United States was 3-4 times as expensive as it is today. With advances in technology, costs have dropped precipitously. Natural gas prices ended the other day at $2.32 per MMBtu. 18 months ago a MMBtu sold for $5.50 on the [...]
Posted in Business, Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Policy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Sustainability Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Economy, Fracking, Natural Gas, Shale Gas No Comments »Five Friday Facts: Affordable Green Housing
February 10th, 2012 Eric Wilson The following statistics come from EverBuildPro, a subsidiary of BOULD, a social enterprise that seeks “to end substandard housing through green building education.” 46.9% of all CO2 emissions in the US came from the building industry in 2009 compared to 33.5% from transportation 1.6 billion people live in substandard housing worldwide 40% of raw materials [...]
Posted in Education, Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Green Building, Transportation Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Energy No Comments »
