Quote of the day

Courtesy of Tesa Silvestre of Sustainable Cape Ann: There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will...

Big deal for less coal

New York Times: A Buyout Deal That Has Many Shades of Green The week in carbon this week missed the big story: Early Monday, after several weeks of marathon negotiations that brought together both environmentalists and Wall Street bankers, TXU announced that its board...

The week in carbon: 2/25/2007

A sometimes weekly, no pretense at comprehensive, occasionally opinionated scan of some of the week’s key events in carbon emissions and climate crisis. The Globies Environmental Defense announced its Globies awards this week. The winners: Seattle mayor Greg...

Food fight

The long awaited public dialog between Whole Foods CEO John Mackey and whole foods advocate Michael Pollan (author of “The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World” and “The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four...