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The Senate has been heavily distracted as of recent with health care reform debate. Many think that the Senate will not be able to get a Climate Bill passed this year even though the House has already passed its version. One of these doubters is majority leader Harry Reid. Senator’s Barbara Boxer D-Calif and John [...] The citizens of Seattle will have an opportunity to support or reject a 20-cent plastic and paper bag fee. This bag fee was approved in July 2008 by the Seattle City Council with a 6 to 1 vote. Shortly after the bag fee was approved the American Chemistry Council started an all out media blitz portraying the bag fee as a tax and imposition on the residents of Seattle. Yesterday Seattle hosted the last of only two public EPA hearings on climate change at pier 66 on the Seattle waterfront. The hearings were designed to allow public comment on the impact of global warming and pollution to public health and welfare. To the pleasure of many Seattle neighborhood leaders and environmentalists, Michael McGinn announced he is running for Mayor of Seattle. He is the first to officially announce his candidacy and to challenge the current Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels. In his announcement McGinn noted three of the keys issues he would address as mayor being schools, transportation and technology infrastructure. The next time you change a burnt out light bulb consider this….. Samsung continues to up the ante of their sustainability plan with their latest release of the Blue Earth cellphone. The cell phone is made from recycled water bottles and all materials are free from harmful substances found in typical electronics like brominated flame retardants, beryllium and phthalate. The touch screen design incorporates solar panels on [...] As an impressive array of thermal solar power plants have been scheduled to be built by BrightSource Energy in the Mohave desert of Southern California….the question looms…. |
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