Sometimes I just have to maintain a very active sense of humor to keep up with Republican governors. The sun…
Pollution
Gm’s Last Guzzle of Gas
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra recently announced that General Motors plans to completely phase out vehicles using internal…
Do We Have the ‘Right’ to a Future?
Individually, yes but collectively no. That’s a very quick answer, but it shadows a great many flaws in what we…
In Olden Days, a Glimpse of Stocking…
…was looked on as something shocking, now heaven knows…anything goes. So says the musical genius Cole Porter And that resonates…
Note to Elon Musk: Put the Electric Car Where it Counts
The automotive industry is surging toward a bright near-future of electric vehicles. But currently the industry-focus is on consumers and,…
The Smoke Police, Ethics or Foolishness?
An interesting conversation developed last week at the big round corner table at Mon Ami restaurant in Prague, where eight…
Third-World to First-World–Anybody Listening?
Fuel Prices Boost Cause of S. Asia’s Maligned Rickshaw By Emily Wax Washington Post Foreign Service Saturday, June 28, 2008;…
At Last, a Cheaper Way to Pollute
October 12, 2007 In India, a $2,500 Pace Car By HEATHER TIMMONS NEW DELHI, Oct. 11 — A revolution is…
The Skies Will Magically Clear for 2008 Olympics
August 26, 2007 As China Roars, Pollution Reaches Deadly Extremes By JOSEPH KAHN and JIM YARDLEY BEIJING, Aug. 25 —…
British Petroleum (BP) Shames Itself With Green Ads and Disastrous Policy
I’ve written before about oil companies, chemical firms and pharmaceutical giants who grease the double-page spreads of magazines with ‘green-speak’…