I like to ride my bike and take public transportation when I can. But I still rely on the car to move me around a few days every week. That said, developments in cars and personal transportation are things I take both personal and professional interest in. So after Ford ... keep reading
Written by Timothy B. Hurst this week, about Clean Technologies, Coal & Oil, Education, Electric vehicles, Emissions, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Transport (1 comment)
Speaking with young climate activists on a conference call last Tuesday night, U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) said that even though the timing of his climate bill was tricky, it is doable. Senator Kerry, co-author of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act along with Senator Barbara Boxer ... keep reading
Written by Timothy B. Hurst this month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Climate Change, Economics, Education, Events, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Politics & Government, Pollution
These days, it's easy to graduate with a degree and have no idea how to use it, let alone why to use it. Don't like the idea of graduating from college and becoming another listless, jobless statistic in a shaky economy with nothing to show for it other ... keep reading
Written by Timothy B. Hurst in September, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Education, Energy Saving, Lifestyle & Behavior, Recycling
A proposed pipeline carrying water 560 miles from Wyoming to Colorado would likely take the pressure off farmers and municipalities on the growing front range... but at what price? Colorado's population is expected to double by 2050, when 10 million people will call the state home. According to some ... keep reading
Written by Timothy B. Hurst in August, about Climate Change, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Water
I've always had a thing for maps. When I was a kid, I rarely could sleep on those long road trips in the family wagon. It was either that I couldn't sleep or that I didn't want to sleep for fear that I might miss something good ... keep reading
Written by Timothy B. Hurst in August, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Climate Change, Computing, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Lifestyle & Behavior
A new report finds that the low-hanging fruit of energy efficiency is the "single most promising resource" in pursuing energy affordability and security. In addition to the tremendous savings potential for consumers and businesses, the report (pdf), by the global consulting firm Mckinsey and Company, finds that elevating energy efficiency ... keep reading
Written by Timothy B. Hurst in August, about Clean Technologies, Economics, Emissions, Energy Saving, Finance & Money (4 comments)
The oft-repeated idiom in the American West that 'whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting' is oft-repeated for a reason. Throughout the semi-arid and arid landscapes of Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and Southern California, water has always been a precious resource that brought with it ... keep reading
Written by Timothy B. Hurst in July, about Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Water
As California reckons with a projected budget deficit upwards of $25 billion, the largest state park system in the United States is in big trouble. Under a plan proposed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, eighty percent of California's State Parks would close for a projected budget savings of just $143 ... keep reading
Written by Timothy B. Hurst in July, about Environment & Wildlife, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government
As the United States Congress battles over the costs, benefits, and especially, definitions of its own national renewable energy standard, coal-giant China announced a plan to get 15 percent of its energy capacity from wind, solar and other renewable energy sources by 2020, the state-run China Daily reports. Perhaps sent ... keep reading
Written by Timothy B. Hurst in July, about Green energy, Nuclear, Politics & Government, Solar (10 comments)
While poring through the stories in my RSS reader the other day, I was struck by a subheadline in one that read: "Senators push back passage of greenhouse gas bill." Without knowing any different, one might assume that this was in reference to the climate bill currently being considered in ... keep reading
Written by Timothy B. Hurst in July, about Agriculture & Food, Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Trading, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Emissions, Politics & Government
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