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The American West is heating up nearly twice as fast as the world
A recent report by the NRDC indicates that the American West has experienced average temperature increases at a rate of 70% greater than the rest of the world. This is resulting in loss of snowpack in the Rocky Mountains, which......
WA senator Christine Gregoire kicks off Governors' Clean Energy Summit
WA senator Christine Gregoire kicked off a 2-day national summit to focus on “Clean Energy Research, Development and Demonstration” today. Governor's will discuss and hear presentations on the challenges of reducing oil demand, expanding state al...
Where are the dirtiest power plants?
All morning, I've been playing with a site called http://www.carma.org. CARMA stands for Carma Monitoring for Action which is an organization financed by a couple of thinktanks in Washington DC. What they've done is compiled a comprehensive database ...
Washington Ecology Dept. funds several biowaste-to-fuel research projects
The Washington Department of Ecology announced that it will grant over $600,000 to several research projects focused on conversion of organic wastes to ethanol, biodiesel, and organic fertilizer. We at Brave New Leaf are not fans of turning food into...
Bellevue rolls out the "Carbon Yeti" to schools
In a case of only-in-the-Pacific-Northwest, the City of Bellevue has rolled out an animated carbon footprint mascot called the "Carbon Yeti". I'm not really sure why they chose the Yeti, which is the Himalayan Bigfoot, rather than the native Sasquatc...
801 U.S. mayors pledge to fight climate change
801 mayors of cities across the United States have signed the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ (USCM) Climate Protection Agreement. The Agreement came to pass in 2005 when the United States failed to sign the Kyoto Treaty. Several cities, citing the......
Do you know your area's climate change plan?
As I've been greening my own life, it's become increasingly important to me to understand how my city, county, state, and nation are addressing the issues of peaking oil and climate change. Most of the information for my local government......
Evergreen Cities Bill will make our cities greener
Today the WA House passed the Evergreen Cities bill, which will help restore urban forests throughout Washington. Satellite imagery has revealed that nearly half the tree canopy in the Puget Sound has been lost, resulting in poor air quality, more......
