Posts Tagged ‘America’

• Majority of Americans say we should do whatever it takes to protect the environment

  A new survey titled “Beyond Red vs. Blue: The Political Typology” (pdf) from the Pew Resarch Center shows that public support for the environment and alternative energy sources is strong on both sides of the political scale in America. When …

• Overpopulation is not the problem – overconsumption by the rich few is

  I often hear people saying that overpopulation is the main problem to our environmental and ecological problems. Some people even claim that it’s responsible for global warming. I also agreed with this idea before. But after reading more about the …

• US House passes Energy and Climate bill, environmentalists says it’s too weak

  Photo credit: jurvetson This past Friday the House of Representatives in USA voted yes to the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, a cap-and-trade energy bill, by a vote of 219 to 212. This historic climate change bill …

• Michael Moore says goodbye to GM, calls for a new and greener auto industry

  Photo credit: Brave New Films The well-known Oscar and Emmy-winning director Michael Moore says goodbye to GM today as the failed auto company files for bankruptcy. Moore says the “big three” auto companies in the USA are responsible for their …

• Watch: Al Gore Senate Testimony on Climate Change

  Here is the full video of Al Gore’s testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about repowering America and the need for USA to resume global leadership on the climate crisis. You can read and watch his opening statement here. …

• Al Gore: “We’ve Arrived at a Moment of Decision”

  Yesterday Al Gore testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about repowering America and the need for USA to resume global leadership on the climate crisis. You can read his opening statement below. Al Gore is also calling for you …

• Change will come as USA elects Barack Obama

  The people have spoken. And they have clearly chosen Barack Obama as the next President of the United States of America. Hopefully the election outcome will result in USA moving away from its current destructive climate and environmental politics and …

• Ford Transit Connect Taxi Concept

  There are currently around 12000 traditional “yellow cabs” in New York today. They are big and gas-guzzling. Now Ford wants to replace them all with their new Ford Transit Connect Taxi Concept. The new Ford Transit Connect is smaller and …

• Where is climate change in the USA primaries?

  Libby Rosenthal over at the International Herald Tribune’s Business of Green blog worries, just like me, about the lack of green issues being raised in the US primaries. Having spent the last week in the United States and having watched …