Category Archives: climate change
An Alternative View on Copenhagen
(FT Opinion) A new approach to tackling climate change By Jagdish Bhagwati Published: February 22 2010 22:00 | Last updated: February 22 2010 22:00 The resignation last week of Yvo de Boer, the Dutch diplomat, as executive secretary of the … Continue reading
Eco-City Alexandria in the news – What climate change means locally
“The climate crisis will not be solved by international deals alone. Virginia’s elected officials should act before it is too late. State legislators can start with S. 71, an energy efficiency bill that will reduce emissions and cut costs. And … Continue reading
December 7th in Copenhagen, December 5th in Alexandria
The 15th Conference of Parties (COP-15) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change kicks off on Monday in Copenhagen. I’m very pleased to hear that President Obama has decided to be there at the end, when the real negotiating … Continue reading
King Street Trolleys will get greener
In its Tuesday night session, the Alexandria City Council took another step forward in making the Eco-City initiative a reality. Docket item #23 on the agenda was whether to use federal stimulus grant money to procure five low-emission diesel trolleys … Continue reading
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Tagged Hybrid v. Diesel, King Street Trolly
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Two New Reports Released
On Monday, the Office of Environmental Quality released two new reports: Alexandria’s State of the Air Report: Past, Present, and Future and the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Criteria Air Pollutant Emission Inventory. Some of the highlights from the State of the … Continue reading
New study: Emissions growing faster than expected
As reported in today’s NYT, a new study by McKinsey and Company, greenhouse gas emissions are “growing faster than we thought a few years back”, as stated by Per-Anders Enkvist, one of the study’s authors. Both the full study and … Continue reading
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Change Part II
Here are more ideas on you can adopt to reduce you and your family’s environmental footprint. At Home: Take a three-minute shower three times per week. Extra credit – Turn-off the water while you soap-up (you’ll be more comfortable than … Continue reading
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On Change
Unless you’ve been living in outer space or on a deserted island, 2009 is the year of change. Millions of Americans believe that change is personified in the form of President-elect Barack Obama, the soon-to-be 44th President of the United States … Continue reading
Posted in air, Alexandria, climate change, energy, green buildings, implementation, Kids, solid waste, transportation, volunteer opportunity, water
Tagged Adopt-A-Block, business, carbon fast, citizen, commute, culture change, school, volunteer, world
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Rob Krupicka on Climate Change
Click here to read Councilman Krupicka’s press release on Climate Communities. It’s always wonderful when a boss fully supports one’s activities. His comments rightly emphasized the roles and responsibilities that “local government and local communities” (in that order?) have to … Continue reading
The Lord may have rested on Sunday, but Westminder Presbyterian won’t
I recently came across EcoCheap’s weblog. I was particularly impressed with the Green Team EcoCheap’s church, Westminster Presbyterian, started in August 2008. It’s clear that EcoCheap has a holistic understanding of sustainability. I think everyone should check out EcoCheap’s Green … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglican Communion, carbon fast, faith, Islam, Jewish
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