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Vote early, vote often to help Grist win $10K in the MySpace Impact Awards for Environmentalism

You (and all your MySpace friends) can help land Grist a cool $10,000 just by exercising your right to vote (again), which is way better than us searching for loose change in our couch. Grist is one of three finalists in the MySpace Impact Awards for Environmentalism, which gives props (and moolah) to organizations and […]

Heritage blog blasts green jobs on the basis of misattributed quotes and misled analysis

Executive summary: Don’t waste your time on the Heritage Foundation’s energy blog, a source of misleading headlines and general conservative disinformation, but little original analysis and even less (unintentional) humor. Bloggers and print editors look for headlines that fulfill two competing goals: It needs to grab readers’ attention and make them want to read more. […]

E.U. may label tires with efficiency ratings

The European Union may soon require tires to be labeled with a rating of their efficiency, grip, and noise. “A”-rated, high-efficiency tires could cut fuel bills by up to 10 percent over “G”-rated, low-efficiency tires, according to the E.U. The European Tire and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association opposes the proposal, saying it “will not have the […]

Call it ‘green mobility’

With an auto industry bailout careening down the pike, Climate Solutions policy director KC Golden has some vitally needed insights regarding what we need to demand from industry leader GM in return. —– We should not rescue General Motors as we know it. But Congress could use the proposed bailout as an opportunity to begin […]

Rep. Dingell’s supporters upset House Speaker

Earlier this week, members of Michigan Rep. John Dingell‘s “whip team” — the group formed to rally support behind his chairmanship of the Energy and Commerce Committee — sent a letter to their Democratic colleagues urging them to join the team. “Please join us in our strong, unwavering support for the re-election of John Dingell […]

Enviros outline what they’d like Obama to do

Shortly after the election, a coalition of more than 30 green groups issued a list of requests to the Obama transition team, outlining the priorities on climate and energy they’d like the next president to address. Their plans are largely consistent with what Obama campaigned on, and the groups are encouraging both the president-elect and […]

Acidifying oceans need to be addressed, says litigous green group

The U.S. EPA should use the Clean Water Act to address the growing problem of ocean acidification, says the Center for Biological Diversity — and if the agency doesn’t act, it’s gonna get sued.

More on the battle with Henry Waxman over the House Energy and Commerce committee

With a secret-ballot vote by Democrats in the House of Representatives likely next week, Washington, D.C. continues to buzz over the effort by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) to unseat Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) as chairman of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee. Dingell’s corporate-lobbyist friends on K Street are coyly staying off the record […]

Turn your holiday lights into LEDS

You can recycle your old incandescent holiday lights for a coupon to get safer and much more energy-efficient LEDs here.

It’s time for the G20 to focus on a global green deal

This is a guest post by Gary Gardner and Michael Renner, senior researchers with the Worldwatch Institute, an environmental research organization based in Washington, D.C. —– When leaders of the 20 largest economies gather in Washington, D.C., this week, a centerpiece of their deliberations should be a Global Green Deal that capitalizes on the current […]