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Communities for Clean Ports Letter to the Port of Oakland Supporting Sustainability and Workers Rights

Next Tuesday the Port of Oakland will have decide whether it will take the less traveled path - one that leads to a clean sustainable trucking fleet that promotes the cleanest technologies and affirms the right of truck drivers to good wages, benefits, and safe and healthy working conditions. If it chooses the well traveled path of allowing the trucking companies to continue pursuing profits at the expense of our health and environment then the toxic hazy hold that diesel pollution has on ou… Continue

Added by Ryan Wiggins on July 2, 2009 at 1:42pm — No Comments

LOOKING FOR A JOB? Try the Clean Energy Economy

"The clean energy economy is poised for explosive growth" according to a recent report by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Between 1998 and 2007, the number of American jobs in the clean energy economy grew nearly two and a half times faster than traditional jobs. This outperformance of clean energy job growth over traditional jobs held true at both the national level, and also at the state level. By 2007, nationwide,… Continue

Added by Mighty Green Bee on June 29, 2009 at 2:48pm — 2 Comments

Government $ for Clean or Dirty Energy?

The solar sector can play a key role in the nation’s economic recovery and replace dirty fossil fuels such as coal and petroleum. But for this to happen, federal, state, and local governments must create incentives, strengthen existing ones, and invest in education and job training. And, they should significantly reduce and eventually eliminate government subsidies for fossil fuels. So far it is the individual states that have done the most to promote solar. Both New Mexico and California have… Continue

Added by Mighty Green Bee on June 29, 2009 at 2:46pm — 1 Comment

Record Growth for Solar Industry

Despite the overall troubled state of the U.S. economy, the forecast for the domestic solar industry is bright. In the last three years, installed solar capacity - spurred by advances in technology, government incentives, and tax credits - has experienced record growth. In 2008, capacity grew by a record 17 percent and analysts suggest that 2009 will see even higher growth rates. Record growth in the midst of the worst economy since the Great Depression is a testament to the viability and stren… Continue

Added by Mighty Green Bee on June 29, 2009 at 2:43pm — No Comments

Thank You for Smoking (Diesel)

So imagine you’re a smoker who’s trying to quit. You’ve bought your nicotine gum or a patch and have joined a smoking cessation group. You’ve even been fortunate enough to take advantage of some local government programs that are helping you to pay for this treatment. You’re excited about finally kicking this dirty habit and grateful for the outside help offered by your friendly local government. Then one day a state agency shows up and says, “You know what, we’re still going to help you out bu… Continue

Added by Ryan Wiggins on June 3, 2009 at 1:53pm — No Comments

Health Alert: Who Breathes America's Dirtiest Air?

The burden of air pollution throughout the U.S. is not spread equally— low-income residents and people of color bear the brunt of this problem. So say recent findings by researchers at the University of Southern California and University of Massachusetts, Amherst who measured whether toxic pollution released by industry unequally pollutes air in communities where minority and low-income families liv… Continue

Added by Mighty Green Bee on May 22, 2009 at 10:38am — No Comments

Get Your Green On: How to Save Gas this Summer

Memorial Day Weekend marks the beginning of Summer Driving Season, and unfortunately, the tradition of rising seasonal gas prices. Gas prices are slowly but surely inching back up. The national average is $2.30 a gallon, jumping up 25 cents from three weeks before. And while not nearly the painful level of last summer’s over $4 a gallon, the recession has made any kind of household spending tighter. Rising gas prices are inevitable because global oil reserves are shrinking, and because our nat… Continue

Added by Mighty Green Bee on May 22, 2009 at 10:33am — No Comments

Models that Work: Mining for Renewable Energy and Green Jobs

We know that solar and wind power can supply us with clean sustainable energy supplies, but what does it mean for job creation and the economy? Assessing the economic benefits of the renewable energy industry versus the coal industry is what you would call a relatively young science. Fortunately, many coal mines and many coal-fired power plants are located in areas with superb renewable energy potential, providing excellent opportunities to compare the economic benefits of coal versus renewables… Continue

Added by Mighty Green Bee on May 22, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Imagine This TV!

I’m inviting you to be a founding member of an organization dedicated to building relationships among progressive, community-minded people around the globe. We build projects; anywhere and everywhere people need a hand up. We draw attention to these projects by filming the experience and sharing it with the world. That attention turns into more support and more action, which strengthens our community and turns it into a movement. By joining this social network, you will be equipped with the too… Continue

Added by Imagine This on May 14, 2009 at 10:04pm — No Comments

The U.S. and Canada Move to Slash Deadly Ship Emissions

The dramatic increase of piracy off the coast of Somalia has led numerous leaders to echo President Obama's vow "to halt the rise of piracy." Ironically, the ships being targeted by pirates are arguably responsible for a form of piracy far more damaging and impactful to the world community -- they rob us of our health and right to clean air. Every year over 90,000 cargo ships sail the world's oceans emitting roughly as much air pollution as the world's 760 million cars. This pollution causes 60… Continue

Added by Mighty Green Bee on April 27, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

HEALTH ALERT: How safe is the air by your school? Look it up!

Air pollution can be damaging for everyone's health, but children and seniors are particularly vulnerable. For kids, developing lungs can be damaged and constricted by dirty, toxic air. That's why protecting the air around where kids live, learn and play is important to the health of our communities. And why information about air quality in these places is a critical tool. USA Today used EPA modeling data to track the air quality at 128,000 schools across the U.S.… Continue

Added by Mighty Green Bee on April 27, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

ON THE GROUND: Power Shift 2009

Power Shift 2009: Capitol Hill Power Plant Protest Washington D.C. - Monday March 2, 2009 On a snowy, windy, and bitterly cold Monday in early March, 2500 people gathered outside the Capitol Building to march and demand the end of dirty coal electricity. Throughout the protest… Continue

Added by Ryan Wiggins on March 26, 2009 at 3:21pm — No Comments

INDUSTRY WATCH: Shell Oil Stops Investments in Clean Energies

Royal Dutch Shell took a giant step backward in the global efforts towards a cleaner, renewable energy future when it announced this month that it would stop all new investments in wind, solar and hydrogen energy. Instead, it will focus solely on oil, gas and biofuels. Link to Times Online article: Shell is the second-largest non-state-controlled oil company in the… Continue

Added by Mighty Green Bee on March 26, 2009 at 10:49am — No Comments

HEALTH ALERT: Freeways Harm CA

Did you know that almost half of California’s population lives within 1 mile of a freeway, and over 1 million people live within 100 meters of a freeway? The proximity of residents to freeways, plus the amount of time daily spent on freeways means that exposure to toxic diesel pollution from trucks and buses is a problem for all of us, not just a problem for those who live closest to our ports. Think about it: port trucks travel from the ports and along the roads and freeways to their next dest… Continue

Added by Mighty Green Bee on March 26, 2009 at 10:45am — No Comments

Will CA be able to raise CO2 emissions standards for cars?

After years of outright denial and foot-dragging at the Bush-Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), incoming administrator Lisa Jackson will reconsider granting California's request for a waiver to… Continue

Added by Mighty Green Bee on February 20, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Is clean air unreasonable?

Recently the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) decided to put all its power to stop the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach from institutiing their Clean Trucks Programs. To pay for the purchase of new cleaner diesel trucks and alternative-fuel trucks the ports both introduced a fee of $35 for each 20 foot container and $70 for each 40 foot container that would be charged to the cargo owners such as Wal-Mart. The FMC has blocked the collection of this fee maintaining that it will “produce an unr… Continue

Added by Ryan Wiggins on December 1, 2008 at 10:26am — 2 Comments

No More Bunker Fuel

Breaking news of out San Francisco!!! An 810-foot-long container ship decided to try to take on the Bay Bridge! The container ship thought it would have an advantage -- sneaking up on the Bay Bridge through a dense fog. Alas, 65,131-ton Cosco Busan didn't stand a chance (the Bridge reminded me of Tyson in his early years). 65,000 tons couldn't muster the necessary stamina, reach, or… Continue

Added by Mighty Green Bee on November 8, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

Georgia, Russia and the Control Over Oil

photo courtesy of UK TimesOnline Once you come to the realization that everything is a product of energy, the world sure does look different. The world’s wrangling can then be understood in terms of energy: Who’s got it? Who wants it, and at what costs? Here’s a very good example: The bloody military conflict between Russia and Georgia (once part of the former-Soviet Union) is in la… Continue

Added by Gisele on August 21, 2008 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Beijing’s Green Olympic Venues

By now, “The Birds’ Nest” and “The Water Cube” are household names to millions of television viewers around the world who have been watching Olympic history being made these last couple of weeks. What most viewers probably don’t know is that, as athletic records are being smashed and performances of lifetimes being delivered, a little bit of eco history has been more quietly occuring. The Birds' Nest and Water Cube, both located on the Olympic Green in the northern part of Beijing, are… Continue

Added by Elizabeth VanderVen on August 20, 2008 at 6:00pm — No Comments

LA Metro Profiles

Victor and Anu Gbemudu One evening recently, my photographer, Marcia, and I were hunting the Metro for interesting-looking riders. After we got on at Wilshire and Vermont on the Purple Line, Marcia spotted Victor’s chic straw hat as he hunched in a corner of the Metro car. “He looks really stylish,” she commented and rushed over to talk with him.

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Added by Elizabeth VanderVen on August 19, 2008 at 3:00pm — No Comments

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