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New ratings for sustainability in restaurants

The Sustainable Restaurant Association was started by the founder of Leon. Photo: MomondoIt’s not quite a Michelin Star, but it could be soon. The newly formed Sustainable Restaurant Association will rate restaurants according to how green and sustainable they are. Launched with the backing of leading restaurants and seriously important English chefs, participating restaurants will […]

Leno drives our electric future back from the past [video]

Despite the sexiness of hydrogen options, The Tonight Show host and car aficionado Jay Leno believes electricity is where it’s at for automobile propulsion. Watch as he takes a closer look at the Ford Focus as compared to his own fully electric car—a pretty advanced model, traveling 100 miles on a charge. The kicker? It […]

Old gumball machines give guerrilla gardeners easy ammo

For the guerrilla gardener on the go, why be bothered with making your own seed bombs? Greenaid’s repurposed candy dispensers will arm you with grenades of greenery for all those times you’re deep in urban war zones and remember you’re not packin’ peat (or seeds). Helping the natives beat rebel plants is now as easy […]

Dems more trusted on energy than any other issue, continue pursuing polluter-friendly GOP ideas

In new polling focused primarily on healthcare, Washington Post-ABC asked the following question: Which political party, the (Democrats) or the (Republicans), do you trust to do a better job handling (ITEM)? Here are the results:   Democrats Republicans The Economy 44 36 Health Care 47 34 Immigration Issues 38 35 The Situation in Afghanistan 43 […]

Palin sticks with ‘drill here, drill now’ in Nevada Tea Party speech

Sarah Palin is sticking with the “Drill here, drill now” slogan/policy position she championed during the 2008 presidential campaign. She dusted off the familiar phrase at a Saturday speech in Nevada for Tea Party activists, calling for more nuclear energy, offshore drilling, and “clean coal” spending. “Congress and those in the White House choose to […]

Cars won’t get all the love, Ray LaHood says in big bike speech

LaHood steps up at the National Bike Summit on March 11.Courtesy BikePortland via FlickrTwo weeks ago, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood climbed on a table and told a group of bike advocates that federal transportation planners were finished raising the almighty auto above cyclists and walkers. “I’ve been all over America, and where I’ve been in […]

Who killed cap-and-trade?

In a recent article in the New York Times, John Broder asks “Why did cap-and-trade die?” and responds that “it was done in by the weak economy, the Wall Street meltdown, determined industry opposition and its own complexity.” Mr. Broder’s analysis is concise and insightful, and I recommend it to readers. But I think there’s […]

Hits charade: WattsUpWithThat hypes itself with dubious webstats, while lowballing other blogs March

[JR:  Thanks to so many Climate Progress “lurkers” for providing comments below!] One thing is very safe to say about any quantitative analysis you see from Anthony Watts:  It is probably BS.  See, for instance, Wattergate: Tamino debunks “just plain wrong” Anthony Watts. In his latest piece of misinformation, Watts braggs about his WattsUpWithThat webstats […]

UPDATE: Vote often for Climate Progress in TreeHugger’s Best of Green Awards

Click here to vote. I’m updating this post because I now see you can vote every day (!) for Climate Progress in TreeHugger’s Best of Green Awards. You’ve got a whole ‘nother week (through April 2) to vote for CP in the category of Best Political Website. Sure, you like the insider’s view of climate […]

“Anybody that is a global-warming denier at this point in time has got their head so deeply up

James Cameron’s eco-pic has become the top grossing film of all time (see “Post-Apocalypse Now“).  And that did not endear him to the anti-science crowd.  Glenn “brainless frog” Beck said Cameron “is officially running for Antichrist.”  Cameron has now responded, as Brad Johnson reports in this repost:   Avatar director James Cameron thinks global-warming deniers […]