The Green Grok
blogging towards a more sustainable path with Dr. Bill Chameides
Is There a Clean Energy Standard in Our Future? - Revisited
by Bill ChameidesMay 18, 2012
filed under: clean energy, clean energy standard, Clean Energy Standard Act (S2146), policy, politics, renewable energy, renewables
This just in...
Is There a Clean Energy Standard in Our Future?
by Bill ChameidesMay 17, 2012
filed under: biomass, Blueprint For a Secure Energy Future, carbon capture and storage (CCS), carbon dioxide emissions, carbon footprint, Clean Air Act, clean energy, clean energy standard, Clean Energy Standard Act (S2146), Copenhagen Accord, economics, electricity, energy, energy efficiency, Environmental Protection Agency, fuel economy, greenhouse gas emissions, hydropower, Jeff Bingaman, Massachusetts v. EPA, natural gas, nuclear, pollution, power plants, renewable energy, renewables, solar power, transportation, U.S. Energy Information Administration, utilities, wind power
Americans want it, but how much will it cost?
Chemical Marketplace: When a 'Safer' Label Begs Some Questions
by Bill ChameidesMay 16, 2012
filed under: alkylphenols, Chemical Marketplace, chemicals, Design for the Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, nonylphenol, nonylphenol ethoxylates, pollution, toxins
The government’s new list of green alkylphenol alternatives is a mixed bag.
Another 'Game-Changer' for Natural Gas
by Bill ChameidesMay 15, 2012
filed under: Canada, Colorado, drinking water, eCorp, energy, environment, fossil fuels, fracking, fracking fluids, gas fracking, GasFrac, groundwater, hydraulic fracturing, hydrofracking, LPG fracking, New York, produced water, shale, shale gas, water, water pollution, waterless fracking
Not fracking with millions of gallons of water this time round -- waterless fracking.
America’s No. 1 Environmentalist Subversive
by Bill ChameidesMay 11, 2012
filed under: carbon footprint, China, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, climate change, electricity, energy, environment, Environmental Protection Agency, environmental scientist, environmentalism, global warming, Heartland Institute, inventor, political action committee, politics, regulation, renewable energy, renewables, solar energy, solar power, sun, Thomas Edison
We all know environmentalists are un-American, right? But do you know who the first and worst of them was?
U.S. Acid Rain Regulations: Did They Work?
by Bill ChameidesMay 10, 2012
filed under: acid precipitation, acid rain, acid rain program, acidity, cap and trade, climate change, Delaware, economics, economy, electricity, energy, Environmental Protection Agency, George H. W. Bush, global warming, haze, NADP, National Acid Deposition Program, New England, nitrogen oxides, ozone, policy, politics, pollutants, pollution, precipitation, public health, rain, rainfall, regulation, sulfate particles, sulfur dioxide, sulfur oxide, U.S. Congress, United States
U.S. acid rain regulations have worked. What's more, they didn’t seem to get in the way of the country’s longest economic expansion.
1,4-Dioxane and Laundry Soap: Free and Gentle or a Marketing Free-for-All
by Bill ChameidesMay 07, 2012
filed under: 1,4-dioxane, cancer, Chemical Marketplace, chemicals, consumer products, consumers, disease, endocrine disrupters, health, Procter and Gamble, Tide, toxins, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Women's Voices for the Earth
“Free of dyes and perfumes" on the label doesn’t mean free of carcinogens.
Organic vs. Conventional Farming
by Bill ChameidesMay 03, 2012
filed under: agriculture, antibiotics, chemicals, crops, farming, fertilizer, food, land management, nitrogen, nutrition, organic, pesticides, pollutants, pollution, pollution controls, population, sustainability
Is organic farming the answer to our agricultural ills?
Water Ills Focus of New Documentary
by Bill ChameidesMay 02, 2012
filed under: Aaron Wolf, agriculture, Australia, bottled water, California, endocrine disrupters, Erin Brockovich, film, food, hexavalent chromium, Jay Famiglietti, Jessica Yu, Participant Media, pesticides, Peter Gleick, pollutants, pollution, recyced water, Texas, Tyrone Hayes, wastewater, water
"Last Call at the Oasis" highlights global water crisis but opines that the “glass is half full.”
The Heat Goes On: CO2 Reaches Another High-Water Mark
by Bill ChameidesMay 01, 2012
filed under: 350 ppm, 450 ppm, adaptation, Barack Obama, black carbon, carbon dioxide emissions, carbon footprint, carbon intensity, China, climate change, Copenhagen Accord, economy, energy, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, Mauna Loa Observatory, methane, Mexico, Mitt Romney, policy, politics, United Kingdom, United States
Our neighbor to the south plans to swim against the tide.
