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The frontline battle of coal vs. climate in Kansas
Something remarkable is happening in the heartland of America. One might even consider it a tipping point for the battle of coal vs. climate. The story goes like this: Last year, Sunflower Electric proposed the development of three new coal-fired......
Celebrating the 50-year-old Keeling Curve
If you've spent any time reading about greenhouse gases and climate change, or if you've watched Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth, this is a graph you should be extremely familiar with. This week marks 50 years ago that Charles David “Dave”......
Idle Cars are the Devil's Work
Quick little green tip for the day: Don't use the drive-through. Ever. Seriously. Just park your car and go in. Say you use a drive-through bank or meal once a week. Over the course of the year you'll save 3.12......
Green News Round-Up: Making Oil from CO2, Sky Sails, and Paris Hilton?
Lots of interesting green news out in the last few days: Los Alamos Laboratories (yes, the guys that do the nukes) says that it has figured out how to suck CO2 out of the air, mix it with water, and......
Four simple ways to keep your water hot, and reduce your carbon footprint
In a recent look at my hot water heater, I discovered that the gas burned to heat my water is responsible for 8.1% of my CO2 emissions, or 1.5 tons of carbon a year. It took me some time, but......
The System: Tracking our Carbon Footprint
Read other articles in the Carbon Audit Series: an ongoing investigation into our carbon footprint. At this point, I've completed enough individual audits to have a good sense for my overall carbon footprint. Here's what it looks like yearly: Nearly....
