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Obama forms recovery council with climate-action advocate at helm

In his third press conference in as many days, Barack Obama today signaled once again that environment and energy issues will be at the heart of his administration’s efforts to fix the ailing economy. The president-elect said he will appoint an “Economic Recovery Council” to focus on reversing the current economic trends. The council, which […]

Getting past the prologue redux

In his essay on Obama and climate change, novelist Ian McEwan says this: The burning forests, the dissolving coral reefs, the extinction of species — we have numbed ourselves with these familiar litanies. During the past 30 years we have dealt with the issue, if at all, only in our minds. There are, of course, […]

How to green your office holiday party

  Who brought the lampshade?   They say it’s a “no-frills holiday season” this year — with the economy hitting the skids, many companies are putting the brakes on lavish holiday-party spending, and some are nixing their parties altogether. But just because you have to cancel the fireworks show doesn’t mean you can’t have a […]

Like the interstate system, a new electrical grid would revolutionize power transmission

Cross posted at the NDN blog. —– Should the federal government build or incent others to build a new electron superhighway? In other words, a backbone for a 21st century electrical grid? At NDN’s recent event on clean infrastructure, Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) asked precisely that question, and it’s one more and more energy leaders […]

Mac daddy

Apple continues to tout its ownership of the “greenest family of notebooks” in a new ad:

The Day the Earth Stood Still trailer

Cool trailer. The Day the Earth Stood Still is one of the better disaster movies to come out this year. Keanu Reeves’ cold logic about solving Earth’s problems is bone-chilling.

NYT spoofs better than the Onion

These spoofs have started to show up in real news searches. Be sure to scroll to the bottom to read Friedman’s opinion piece.

L.A. will go big with solar power under mayor’s plan

Los Angeles will source one-tenth of its energy from solar power by 2020 under a plan unveiled Monday by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Considering the town’s many celebrities, a plan to tap star power is certainly forthcoming.

Kerry to make climate a top priority for Foreign Relations panel

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) wasn’t on the Democratic ticket this year, but he’s set to gain some additional influence in Washington thanks to the Obama-Biden victory. With Biden leaving the Senate for the vice presidency, Kerry will become the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and today he told reporters that climate change will […]

Revkin ‘n’ Romm

Over on Dot Earth, Andy Revkin has an interesting Q&A with Joe Romm pivoting off Romm’s letter to James Hansen. Joe says this about cap-and-trade: I don’t see that as the first strategy anymore, as I said in my Nature Online article. The latest science suggests that national and global climate policy is seriously misdirected. […]