Archive for Climate Change

May 2008

5/16: Trucks Gone Green? 14

March 2008

3/27: Pro-Pricing PAC Puts Pols on Notice 18

February 2008

2/25: Is Big Environment Ready to Say America Is Hooked on Cars? 12

2/12: London Imposes $50 Guzzler Fee on SUVs and Lux Roadsters 12

January 2008

1/29: Interstate Access, Plenty of Parking at the "Green" Airport 9

1/22: Masdar: Arabic for Chutzpah? 54

November 2007

11/13: Green Subways: An Answer Blowing in the Wind? 7

11/02: Bloomberg Declares Support for a National Carbon Tax 7

October 2007

10/30: Warning: Driving Could Be Hazardous to Your Health 2

10/15: Robin Chase: "The Web 2.0 of Transportation Technologies" 21

10/08: The World's Greenest, Most Livable Cities 9

September 2007

9/21: Making the Case for Compact Development 8

9/19: The Black Car Project: Filling the Autovoid 9

9/13: World Cities Adding One Million People Every Week 2

August 2007

8/31: Climate Change: It's What's for Dinner 21

8/30: Brit's Liberal Dems Want to Ban Cars Fueled By Gasoline 2

8/29: Carbon Tax vs. Cap and Trade 7

8/15: Weiner on the Environment: Big Talk, Small Stick 52

8/03: Grist: NYC is Not One of the World's Greenest Cities 55

July 2007

7/30: Sadik-Khan: Many Initiatives Are Under Way... 7

7/27: Dying to Get to Work 11

7/26: Count SUVs for the Brian Lehrer Show Today 2

7/25: Americans Vote for Fuel Efficiency. Why Do They Buy Guzzlers? 18

7/18: NYC's Greenest Building Cracks Down on Bikes (Updated) 30

7/07: 7/7/07: The Live Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook 8

7/06: Mayor Speaks at Times Square Pricing Rally 4

7/06: The Suburbanist Paradox 13

7/06: Times Says: We Must Pay More for Fossil Fuels 2

7/02: How US Energy Emissions Compare (It's Not Pretty) 2

June 2007

6/28: Just What India Needs: The $3,000 Car 2

6/27: Addicted To Oil: Ranking States’ Vulnerability 3

6/25: Book Review: Twenty-Three Years to Save the Planet 8

6/21: Albany Fiddles Over Congestion Pricing... 3

6/19: How Americans Get to Work 5

6/14: Quebec Approves Carbon Tax on Fuels to Cut Greenhouse Gases 5

6/11: California Sues Municipalities for Bad Urban Planning 2

6/07: Chicago Alley Initiative Shows How to Make Streets Greener 0

6/06: REBNY Goes Green, Gets Behind PlaNYC 4

6/01: City Wants 20,000 New Parking Spaces in Hell's Kitchen 26

6/01: Small Business Leaders Voice Support For PlaNYC 2

May 2007

5/22: Hail the Yassky Cab: All NYC Taxis to be Hybrid by 2012 20

5/22: Gas Costs More? Fill ’Er Up! 6

5/18: John Liu Says He Supports Congestion Pricing 38

5/18: T.A. Rides with the Mayors of Sydney & Copenhagen 2

5/17: The Car Habit Is Tough to Break 20

5/16: The Clock is Ticking for PlaNYC 1

5/16: Days Numbered for City Parking Privileges? 3

5/14: PlanNYC's Public Political Push Starts Today 1

5/11: Smoggy China to Observe World Car Free Day 1

5/10: There Are Certain Facts That We've All Got to Face Up To 4

5/09: Biofuels, Bus Lanes and Beer 7

5/04: Building a Better Bike Lane 30

5/01: PlaNYC Team Releases Transportation Technical Report 7

April 2007

4/30: Who Wants to Drive Into a City That's Under Water? 0

4/26: Black Clouds Over China 0

4/25: Streetfilms: Little Legs for Green Streets 0

4/25: PlaNYC: Foster the Market For Renewable Energy 9

4/24: What $13 Billion Looks Like 7

4/24: Zero Carbon is the Goal for Woodstock 2

4/23: Council Overrides Pedicab Veto 17

4/23: How Green Is Our Mayor 44

4/20: The Ultimate System: Free Mass Transit and Congestion Pricing 15

4/17: Pedi Politics 6

4/17: In the East River, Verdant Power Sleeps With the Fishes 14

4/13: Find Yourself a City to Live In 8

4/11: We Must Imagine a Future Without Cars 7

4/06: Resolved: More Traffic Congestion & Automobile Dependence 7

4/05: Support Builds for Carbon Taxes Over "Cap and Trade" 3

4/05: Hey, Wanna Buy a Minicar? 12

4/04: Auto Worship Still a Sign of the Times 14

4/01: Breaking News: Frieden Tapped as DOT Commish 14

March 2007

3/28: An English Plan in New York 3

3/27: Mayor Says Toronto Will be North America's Greenest City 2

3/27: Will "Crazy Technology" Thwart Climate Change? 1

3/27: Sydney Organizes World's First Climate Change Blackout 1

3/16: Doctoroff Sets Stage for Something Bold, Creative & Expensive 10

3/13: PlaNYC 2030 Project "Tearing Things Up" at City Hall 6

3/08: "People Act as Though the Hybrid Could Solve All Our Problems" 4

3/07: The Greening of the Times 0

3/06: CO2 from Shipping Twice as Much as Airlines 13

February 2007

2/28: Schumer & Clinton Backing Upstate NIMBY's Against Wind Power 8

2/26: European Automakers Are Feeling the Heat 1

2/23: Green Revolution Sweeping Through U.S. Cities 0

2/20: Taxing Vehicles Based on Their Environmental Impact 1

2/20: PlanNYC 2030: What makes a Community Sustainable? 4

2/16: PBS to America: Fight Global Warming, Drive an SUV 11

2/12: Gridlock Sam: Avert Climate Catastrophe, Ride a Vespa^® 28

2/06: New York New Visions Tackles "Sustainable" New York Future 2

January 2007

1/29: New York City 2030. London Today. 2

1/25: Are Port Authority's Airport Expansionists Flying Blind? 36

1/23: UK Carbon-Reduction Activists in a Quiet "Riot for Austerity" 9

1/22: Launching the Campaign for Carbon Taxes 4

1/19: Battle of the Weatherpeople 33

1/17: McKibben on Climate Change: "We Don't Have a Movement" 3

1/16: PLANYC 2030 Community Leader Meetings 2

1/16: Uncool New York: NYC Lags in Combatting Climate Change 2

December 2006

12/23: New York City is the New Baltimore 5

12/18: Holiday Bonus for U.K. Ikea Employees: 9,000 Free Bikes 14

12/18: Holiday Book Recommendations Open Thread 15

12/14: Are Old-Line Environmentalists Asleep at the Wheel? 46

12/13: Futurama 2030 Speech: News Round-Up 1

12/12: Futurama 2030: Bloomberg Outlines Ambitious 10-Point Agenda 37

12/12: Parochial Thinking Amid Ominous Signs 1

12/12: Bloomberg: "New York City 2030: Accepting the Challenge" 29

12/11: Mayor Bloomberg Sustainability Speech Tomorrow 4

November 2006

11/15: Mayor Livingstone: $50 to Drive an SUV into Central London 18

11/14: The Idea of Rising Sea Levels is Sinking In 1

11/14: Rumor Mill: Sustainability Announcement Tomorrow 30

11/08: Car-Free Manhattan: Just Wait 100 Years 1

11/07: Cutting the Carbon and Enjoying the Scenery 5

11/02: London Calling. Are New York's Leaders Really Listening? 5

October 2006

10/27: Climate Change: A View From the Deep Sea 0

September 2006

9/21: Bloomberg Sustainability Announcement 8

9/20: State of California Sues Carmakers on Climate Change 4

July 2006

7/28: We're in Good Hands With Allstate 0