Environmentalism

Environmentalism, Renewable Energy and NIMBYs

Jennifer Runyon asks if environmentalists are doing the right thing by pushing regulations that make the cost of building renewable energy projects prohibitive.

25 September 2011 - 7:00am

Renewable Energy World

Environment and Clean Energy Not Behind GOP Surge

U.S. Environmentalists say that despite a Republican rout in the recent election, the rejection by voters of California's Prop. 23 (which would have suspended enviro regulation if unemployment was over 5.5%) shows that wasn't the issue.

4 November 2010 - 12:00pm

The Christian Science Monitor

Reframing the Sustainability Argument

This podcast features a discussion with designer Bruce Mau, who talks about sustainability and why he loves the suburbs.

9 October 2010 - 5:00am

Climate Desk

Michael Lewyn

The Failure of Voluntarism

Thu, 12/03/2009 - 09:25

I recently read an article containing a World War II-era poster: “When You Ride Alone You Ride With Hitler.” The authors of the article asked whether governments could use similar powers of persuasion today to discourage energy consumption and thus address climate change.

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If You're NIMBY, You Aren't Green

Environmentalists in Berkeley and Oakland are realizing that the inner-city development they protested in the past is actually more eco-friendly than the alternative.

6 July 2009 - 6:00am

East Bay Express

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