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Headline	Author	Published	Section
What will we look like in 2050? America's climate and energy future	Joseph Romm	03 Dec 2007	Gristmill
This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Bill Becker, Executive Director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. A few weeks ago, one of the presidential candidates' advisors challenged a group of climate leaders to describe America's future. His challenge triggered a flurry of e-mails as we attempted to articulate a vision. We talked about carbon caps and price signals and new investments in R&D. That's fine, the advisor responded, but what it the v ...
Topics: climate, economy, energy, green living, placemaking, politics, United States (all these topics)

With Our Tailpipe Between Our Legs U.S. cars are tops in CO2 emissions		29 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
With Our Tailpipe Between Our Legs U.S. cars are tops in CO2 emissions The U.S. boasts 30 percent of the world's cars and is responsible for almost half of global car-caused greenhouse-gas emissions, according to a new report by Environmental Defense. American-driven cars emit 15 percent more carbon dioxide per mile than the global average (meaning, in essence, they get worse gas mile ...
Topics: climate, Environmental Defense Fund, news, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

You've Come a Long Way, Maybe Stats on how far we've come (or haven't) since the first Earth Day	Todd Hymas	22 Apr 2005	Counter Culture
Photo: NASA. 3.7 billion -- world population in 19701 6.4 billion -- world population in 20051 1,535 billion -- kilowatt-hours of electricity used in the U.S. in 19702 3,837 billion -- kilowatt-hours of electricity expected to be used in the U.S. in 20053 6.0 -- percentage of electricity in U.S. consumed in 1970 produced from renewable sources4 6.7 -- percentage of electrici ...
Topics: climate, energy, GMOs, oil, placemaking, population, solid waste treatment and disposal, United States (all these topics)

Flexible Fools Automakers Can Dodge Fuel-Economy Rules with Flex-Fuel Vehicles		04 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Flexible Fools Automakers Can Dodge Fuel-Economy Rules with Flex-Fuel Vehicles U.S. automakers are dramatically boosting production of "flexible-fuel" cars and trucks that can run on either gasoline or E85, a mixture of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gas that results in lower greenhouse gas emissions -- but this trend is more likely to harm the environment than help it. Owners of flex-fuel vehicles almost a ...
Topics: climate, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

Can We Get There From Here?		30 May 2003	Daily Grist
Can We Get There From Here? The U.S. transportation sector generates more carbon dioxide emissions than the entire economy of any other country in the world with the exception of China, according to a study released yesterday by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. The study, "Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from U.S. Transportation," also found that transportation accounts for almost on ...
Topics: climate, energy, ozone, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

Tank You Very Much		10 Jan 2002	Daily Grist
Tank You Very Much A technique invented to reduce corrosion of steel components on ships could also prevent exotic species from stowing away in the ballast water of cargo ships. The technique, which was designed by Mario Tamburri of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in collaboration with Japanese scientists, involves pumping nitrogen gas into ballast tanks, thereby virtually e ...
Topics: climate, Japan, marine life, placemaking, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Pounding the Pavement	Todd Hettenbach	26 Sep 2000	Counter Culture
3 million -- number of acres of open space developed each year in the U.S. 40 -- percentage increase in acreage of developed land in the U.S. between 1982 and 1997 1891 -- year in which the first road was paved in the U.S. 2.4 million -- number of miles of paved public roads in the U.S. in 1997 23 -- percentage increase in miles of paved public roads in the U.S. from 1977 to 1997 83.9 million -- number of metric tons of cement produced in the ...
Topics: climate, placemaking, United States (all these topics)

It's a Gas, Gas, Gas Higher prices at the pumps are a good thing -- really	Mathew Gross, Writers on the Range	08 Mar 2000	Soapbox
That whining sound you hear is American consumers (formerly known as American citizens) fretting over the rising cost of gasoline. Pump and circumstance. The current national average price of gas -- $1.41 per gallon -- is a full 25 cents higher than it was merely four months ago, and analysts predict that the price could hit $1.80 per gallon before supplies catch up with d ...
Topics: climate, commercial and industry organizations, energy, gas prices, placemaking, United States, Utah (all these topics)

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