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Clean Economy Network
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Tim Greeff, Policy Director at the Clean Economy Network, tells us why Verizon may hold the key to green communities and why EnergyStar is a model we should replicate to promote clean energy.
Tags: Smart Grid, clean technology, clean economy network, tim greeff, Does the Government Help or Hurt Innovation
George Washington University
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
With D.C.’s famous monuments in sight, the Potomac has been deemed by many “the nation’s river,” and it serves a much larger purpose than you might realize.
Tags: rivers, Potomac, Pervious Surfaces, rain garden, waterways, tourism, health
(Jon Tyson/Unsplash)
Executive Director, Global Council for Science and the Environment
Monday, October 25, 2021
The Road to COP26 | The head of the Global Council for Science and the Environment is going to COP26 to ensure that science is included in "deliberations, negotiations, and decisions that are rigorous and durable."
Tags: cop26, climate change, Climate Change Agreement, glasgow, climate policy, science, climate action
Northwestern University
Thursday, October 04, 2018
What were the main commitments and news items to come out of the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco in September?
Tags: climate change, global climate action summit, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, San Francisco, Environment, EV public transportation, climate change cities, storyfest2019
(Sam Bradway/Planet Forward)
Middlebury College
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Ruby Woodside, a fellow at Second Nature, discusses what carbon neutrality will look like in the coming year, now that several major institutions have gone entirely Carbon Neutral.
Tags: carbon neutrality, Middlebury College, energy, greenhouse gas emissions
Planet Forward
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
We’re moving the conversation forward on National Geographic. This new blog features “insights from insiders" and will challenge all who care about the future of energy. The blog presents a diverse range of voices to the discussion on shrinking...
Lake Erie algal blooms (NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory/Flickr).
George Washington University
Friday, February 07, 2020
The Baltic Sea is choking, and so are many of the creatures that depend on it.
Tags: oceans, pollution, fertilizer, storyfest2020
(Wikimedia Commons)
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent | New York University
Thursday, February 06, 2020
Bhutan, a small nation located in the Himalayan mountains, offset its carbon emissions more than what it produces (AKA carbon negativity) because of four key policy decisions.
Tags: sustainability, politics, Bhutan, green solutions, environmental policy
University of Connecticut
Thursday, March 24, 2022
In Port Chester, community members, myself included, are pleading with the Village to consider implementing mechanisms for environmentally- and community-conscious planning which have emerged in the last decades.
Tags: storyfest2022, sustainable development, home
Independent
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Secure more water, curb pollution, end interior flooding and create jobs through a national project that will correct our sin of neglect, abuse and waste to our most precious resource. It is not gold, oil or even food.