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• President Obama Addresses Climate Change in Inaugural Speech

  The following excerpt from President Obama’s second inaugural address comes from the transcript provided by the White House. In the entirety of the address, thi... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Drain Cleaner Is Indicative of the (Sustainability) Problem

  As I mentioned a few weeks ago in my suburban experiment post, my wife and I are renting a place; one half of a duplex where the landlord lives next door. Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Dispatches from the Bus: Waiting

  I feel bad for the bus driver. Arrive too early and people are upset if you miss the bus because it goes by before you arrive. Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Five Friday Facts: Energy Down the Drain

  Prior to the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, we wrote about how the village was planning to extract waste heat from the sewer system to provide a sustainable... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Movie Review: Forks Over Knives

  Forks Over Knives(2011) has been on my list to watch for a while since it was another movie about our food system and I finally got around to watching it... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• New Jersey, Leading the Way in Solar Installation Innovation

  What comes to mind when you think of New Jersey? Snooki? The Situation? The Boss? Fughedabouddit, try solar. New Jersey is the second largest installer of... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• 2014 Corvette Stingray Goes Green (well, a Little Bit)

  This probably is not the best forum to talk about 6.2-liter V8 sports cars going green, but bear with me. The Corvette has been with us since 1953, and none is... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• An Uncomfortable Paradox

  The reaction that many experience when considering what economic development will do for drawing underdeveloped nations away from high fertility rates,... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Jumping the 2 Degree Cap

  

  A 2004 study published in Science by Stephen Pacala and Robert Socolow made the assertion that simply stabilizing CO2 emissions over the next 50 years would kee... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• From Coal to Butter, Shifting Electricity Generation

  A report from the Energy Information Agency has laid out the future diminution of coal fired electricity. Once the stalwart of electricity generation, coal has... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Light Rail as Driver of Economic Engine

  I started working in downtown St. Paul a month and a half ago. During the first major snow (about a week after I started) I was lamenting the lack of light rail. Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Dispatches from the Bus: One Way Streets, Dedicated Bus Lanes

  I don’t pay much attention when I commute. I take the bus to and from work, looking up occasionally to make sure I don’t miss my stop. Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Five Friday Facts: The 3,200 Year Old “President” Giant Sequoia

  The poster from December’s National Geographic of one of the worlds largest trees – President, a member of the Sequoia-denron giganteum species, or a giant... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• 2013 Resolutions

  I recently recapped my resolutions from 2012. While it wasn’t a complete failure it wasn’t a complete success either, which means there is room for improvement. Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Japan Studying Ways to Charge EVs While Driving

  

  After a year and a half of building on a shaky linguistic base, my Japanese has progressed enough to be able to read the newspaper (thank you ICI). Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Electric Cars Lose Parking Perks at Los Angeles Airport

  Between federal tax credits, exemption from vehicle excise taxes, HOV lane use, and free parking, hybrids and electric vehicles (EVs) have enjoyed some pretty... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Piranha Bite Study Shows Fish Lives Up to Scary Image

  Put this in the “nature is awesome” category along with Aleutian Magic. The tiny fish – ranging in size from 20 to 37cm (roughly 8 to 15 inches) – has incredibl... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Another Case for Cutting the Meat

  A perusal through a 2009 paper published in American Society of Nutrition[1] provides a quick reminder that American eating habits are bad not only for an... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• U.S. Electricity Consumption Flattens Out

  The once all but certain trend of rising electricity use may now be coming to an end. This may not be good news for electricity companies tied to a business... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT

• Public Favorability of Energy And Environmental Concepts

  

  The path to bringing more renewable energy and sustainable technologies into our infrastructure is by making the political environment more friendly towards... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2013 ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT