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The 10:10 resolution
I’m only making one New Year’s Resolution this year: I resolve to reduce my carbon emissions by 10 percent in 2010.
This is going to be one of the trickier resolutions to pull off — it will require a year’s worth of effort, buy-in from the rest of my household, and some real changes in behavior.
Because any New Year’s Resolution is easier to stick to if you have friends...
King Coal is shouting itself hoarse and deaf
This diary is my contribution to Blog Action Day: ’09 Climate Change. “Blog Action Day is an annual event held every October 15 that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance.”
Our planet is faced with a grave and serious danger: global climate change. How we go about addressing...
King Coal is shouting itself hoarse and deaf
This diary is my contribution to Blog Action Day: ’09 Climate Change. “Blog Action Day is an annual event held every October 15 that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance.”
Our planet is faced with a grave and serious danger: global climate change. How we go about addressing...
Lifting the coal resource curse
Your lights are on, but you’re not home, your will is not your own Might as well face it you’re addicted to coal.
Appalachia suffers from a resource curse. Coal mining wealth is illusory–the benefits have long been obvious to those dependent on Big Coal for a living even if the costs (largely hidden) were high. Yet, the costs are no longer as hidden and the benefits no longer so great.
Climate...
Lifting the coal resource curse
Your lights are on, but you’re not home, your will is not your own Might as well face it you’re addicted to coal.
Appalachia suffers from a resource curse. Coal mining wealth is illusory–the benefits have long been obvious to those dependent on Big Coal for a living even if the costs (largely hidden) were high. Yet, the costs are no longer as hidden and the benefits no longer so great.
Climate...
Legacy of Coal: The dead canary sings
For decades, how closely a coal miner paid attention to the canary in the coal mine was, literally, the difference between life and death. Today, the “canary in the coal mine” is a more sophisticated set of man-made monitors and biological indicators, but just as important for our long term health and welfare.
So what happens if the canary dies and no one hears its dying cries?
The modern...
Legacy of Coal: The dead canary sings
For decades, how closely a coal miner paid attention to the canary in the coal mine was, literally, the difference between life and death. Today, the “canary in the coal mine” is a more sophisticated set of man-made monitors and biological indicators, but just as important for our long term health and welfare.
So what happens if the canary dies and no one hears its dying cries?
The modern...
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