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U.S. Near a Tipping Point on Global Warming?

US policy on global warming seems headed for a tipping point, with politicians, business leaders and economists joining environmentalists to call for new laws to limit greenhouse gases that spur...

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New Hampshire: Today

Super Tuesday: Just Around the Corner While New Yorkers have not been barraged by presidential hopefuls in Iowa or New Hampshire style, as recent additions to the Super Duper Tuesday roster, our...

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Tax Time

And Simulation Time While we all scramble to get those documents signed, sealed, and delivered, lets take a moment to think about where  tax dollars are going. As our economy likens itself to the...

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Bush Announces Deadline for Cutting Green House Gasses

Can we Wait until 2025? Today the White House was very busy. The pope’s visit brought more than 13,500 um…”fans”? And somehow the President still found time to make his speech about a new vision for...

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Gas Tax Holidays

Not the Kind of Break We Need We Americans are not known for our vacation taking culture. In the summer of 2006, The Conference Board, an independent research group, conducted a study that found that,...

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What We Can Learn

On Day 1 Like many other Americans (78% to be exact), I am ready for change. Wherever you stand on the political spectrum, whatever your issues, chances are, you are ready for something to be different...

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A Bigger, Better Bottle Bill

In A Smaller, Shrinking Economy So far, the stimulus and sustainability entries have focussed on what environmental initiatives might be cut from the books. But today, we are highlighting the...

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The Environment after 100 Days

People Seemed to be Feeling Positive on Earth Day A slight departure from stimulus talk today to discuss the President’s first 100 days in office, with regard to sustainability and the environment. Oh...

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