On October 20th, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) adopted final rules for a state wide cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gases. Once the program commences in 2013, large industrial facilities and power plants will become the main targets. Details for the program still aren’t finalized, but the adoption of rules at least shows the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Carbon Dioxide’
California Moves Forward on Cap and Trade
November 5th, 2011 
Justin Manger 
Posted in Behavior, Business, Justin Manger, News, Policy, Sustainability 
Tags: California, Cap and Trade, Carbon Dioxide, Electricity Generation, Environment 
No Comments »The Economic Advantages of Green Energy
October 14th, 2011 Guest Author The world is changing, and maybe not for the better. A look at The United States, as well as many other industrialized countries, finds that nearly 85% of energy comes from fossil fuels. Oil is integral in today’s society: we’re dependent on it. When oil is transported or burned, it emits CO2, among other air [...]
Five Friday Facts: The Nature of Design
September 30th, 2011 Eric Wilson A friend recently lent me her copy of David Orr’s The Nature of Design. I read and reviewed his 1994 book, Earth in Mind several months back. In the first few chapters there were a number of interesting facts. I culled a few from Earth in Mind for a past Five Friday Facts and noted [...]
Posted in Behavior, Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Sequestration, Coal, David Orr, Food, Population Growth, Science, Waste No Comments »Five Friday Facts: CU-Buffaloes
September 16th, 2011 Eric Wilson As a follow up to the EPA’s Game Day Challenge post from earlier this week, this set of Five Friday Facts deals with the waste diversion efforts at the University of Colorado Boulder’s football stadium. Virtually all public food and beverage services in Folsom Field have converted have switched to recyclable or compostable materials and [...]
Posted in Conservation, Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Recylcing Tags: Boulder-Colorado, Carbon Dioxide, Composting, Energy, EPA, Waste, Zero Waste No Comments »Entering the Anthropocene Epoch?
September 10th, 2011 Nick Grue Geologic time periods of the past have generally been differentiated due to changes in landscape and organism populations. During some geologic time periods, certain organisms have thrived while others have faltered, and sometimes many organism falter as seen during mass extinction events. Humans first appeared during the Pleistocene epoch and have been in existence all [...]
Posted in Behavior, Guest Authors, Op-Ed, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Environment, Nick Grue No Comments »Winter’s on the way: Is your home ready?
September 5th, 2011 Guest Author Guest post by Alex Smith Whether it’s digging out the warm clothing or stocking up on de-icer for the car, there’s a whole host of things we need to do when winter’s on the way. However, when you’re trying on snazzy new coats and preparing for frustrating mornings scraping ice off your windscreen, don’t forget [...]
Posted in Behavior, Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Guest Authors, Real Estate Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Energy Conservation, EPA No Comments »2010 Carbon Emissions Up As Economy Rebounded; Still Below 2005 Level
August 29th, 2011 Justin Manger This is a good news/bad news post, though I’m more on the good news side. Whether you see the news as bad or good also depends on your perspective. The U.S. economy rebounded somewhat from the recession in 2010, thus driving up carbon dioxide emissions as the country started producing more. In fact, “energy-related carbon [...]
Can D.C. Lead the Charge in Shutting Down Coal-fired Power Plants?
August 24th, 2011 Justin Manger Gridlock in Washington. It’s not just the traffic, but the political process that has stalled as evidenced by the debt ceiling debacle and other squabbles. That’s at the federal level. At the city level there has been worry over the change from Mayor Fenty to Mayor Gray and a possible return to DCs not so [...]
