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Tommaso Boggia is the Climate Advocacy Associate at Campus Progress, the college outreach branch of the Center for American Progress. Prior to joining the Center, Tommaso was the Sustainability Event Coordinator for his alma mater, UC Santa Cruz, where he received a degree in Sociology with an emphasis in environmental justice. He led numerous climate change campaigns on his campus, including one to offset 100% of UC Santa Cruz’s energy use and others implementing energy efficiency programs saving UC Santa Cruz over $30,000 in utility costs. Tommaso worked extensively with student groups, including the California Public Interest Research Group, the Alliance to Save Energy's Green Campus Program, and the California Student Sustainability Coalition. When he's not working to make the world a greener place, Tommaso can be found riding around town on his his Gary Fischer hybrid bicycle that gets infinity miles per gallon.
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Young people showed up full force at the hearings, wearing bright green shirts and green hard hats. Over 15 of us were there, holding signs saying "Trick or Treaty" and talking to Senators as they walked by. We even got a call-out by Sen. Merkley from Oregon who said that climate is always the top issue when he talks to college students. I wrote about it at the Campus Progress blog Funding our Future[http://fundingourfuture.campusprogress.org/2009/10/thoughts-and-background-on-the-first-climate-hearing/] cheers, TommasoOn Grass people invade Congress as Senate hearings wrap up posted 1 week, 1 day ago 3 ResponsesClick here to view comment in original post
Young people showed up full force at the hearings, wearing bright green shirts and green hard hats. Over 15 of us were there, holding signs saying "Trick or Treaty" and talking to Senators as they walked by. We even got a call-out by Sen. Merkley from Oregon who said that climate is always the top issue when he talks to college students. I wrote about it at the Campus Progress blog Funding our Future[http://fundingourfuture.campusprogress.org/2009/10/thoughts-and-background-on-the-first-climate-hearing/] cheers, TommasoOn Grass people invade Congress as Senate hearings wrap up posted 1 week, 1 day ago 3 ResponsesClick here to view comment in original post
I am in a similar situation but, earning an entry level salary and being a renter, a hot water heater might be out of my league. What I did was to make sure to only book non-stop tickets. The vast majority of GHGs from air travel come from take-off and landing. This means that if you have a layover you are almost doubling your emissions. The other thing I am working on is writing a proposal to prioritize Virgin Airlines, even if it might cost a little more, for all travel booked by my organization. Virgin, contrary to virtually all other carriers, is actively lobbying for a climate bill and more regulation on airline pollution. Their aircrafts are 25% more efficient than the industry average and they are experimenting with bio-fuels. Plus, I seem to remember that they buy offsets with a certain percentage of their profits, don't remember details though. Good question!On Ask Umbra on offsetting work trips posted 3 weeks, 5 days ago 3 ResponsesClick here to view comment in original post
There are tons of issues with LNG as well. It doesn't seem to be that much better than coal in terms of GHG emissions once you count in the energy needed to liquify and transport.
On Should greens ally with natural gas against coal? posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago 16 ResponsesClick here to view comment in original post
Great post. I'll definitely pick up the book.
On Blackout: Heinberg on dwindling coal reserves and the siren song of "clean coal" posted 3 months, 1 week ago 13 Responses