Today, the Washington Post officially launched their climate & energy blog, Post Carbon. The blog is designed to give readers up-to-the-minute information on key international climate and energy issues – from Copenhagen talks to American energy legislation.
For the next few weeks, most of Post Carbon’s content will focus on Copenhagen, as one of its authors is currently at the conference. Post contributors Juliet Eilperin and Steve Mufson are the blog’s writers.
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This week, I was lucky enough to go to a Shell hydrogen plant and learn about a new, effective way to power cars.
You don’t have to be a chemist to know that eliminating green house gases is top priority to the new administration. What we use today in our cars will only worsen this problem.
For the past few years, Shell has partnered with GM to develop …
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Ever wondered how much Congress can do to enact the change we need? Or how progress on issues like the environment gets made?
Representative Henry Waxman (D – Ca.), sponsor of the recently passed American Clean Energy and Security Act, will be talking next Wednesday about what it means to be a watchdog for citizens and consumers, and how he’s managed to pass legislation dedicated to protecting the …
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More than 200 bicyclists are riding 300 miles from New York to DC on September 26-30 for the 2nd annual “Brita Climate Ride.”
The purpose of the group ride is to bring attention to the issues of global warming and the need for renewable energy ahead of the COP15 United Nations Climate Change Conference.
The funds raised by the Brita Climate Ride will go to Focus the …
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This morning, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom signed the nation’s first mandatory composting law. The law requires residents and businesses in San Francisco to dump compostable food scraps into bins similar to their recycling bins, which are then emptied into compost collection trucks.
The new law is part of San Francisco’s efforts to divert 75% of resources from landfills by 2010 and become “zero waste” by 2020. They are on track to …
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