Changing Our Resource Culture
I don’t know everyone can walk and chew gum at the same time, but we are in the position of having to change our culture toward the resources we consume or waste. At the same time, we need to start … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Climate Change
Utility Plans need full environmental considerations
Electrical utility plans need to have a full accounting for environmental costs, especially considering the challenges of CO2, climate change and the costs we will bear in the future for having changed so much of our environment. Matanuska Electric Association … Continue reading →
Alaska State House rejects climate change mitigation opportunity
The State of Alaska Executive Administration seems to be beginning to take climate change seriously with its creation of a sub-cabinet level group to recommend ways to reduce carbon emissions. This goal is what House Concurrent Resolution 56 asked the … Continue reading →
IPCC report out
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) just completed the Fourth Assessment Report on Climate Change entitled: Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. This international conglomeration of governments and esteemed scientists from around the world continue to document why the … Continue reading →
EPA can regulate CO2 emissions
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the EPA does have the authority to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant, particularly for cars. The EPA and some states had argued they had no business doing so. This sets the stage … Continue reading →
Alaska on the wrong side of climate change
The state of Alaska is on the wrong side of climate change. We are both heavily favored for major impacts, but the State of Alaska has also taken the wrong side in a brief before the U.S. Supreme Court. The … Continue reading →
Oil, Resources, and Responsibility
Okay, so what qualifies as Common Sense and Comity? How about wise use of non-renewable resources? We know the supply is finite, yet we allow our needs to be formed around the fastest method of consumption. When we had the … Continue reading →
Oil, Resources, and Responsibility
Okay, so what qualifies as Common Sense and Comity? How about wise use of non-renewable resources? We know the supply is finite, yet we allow our needs to be formed around the fastest method of consumption. When we had the … Continue reading →