While electric vehicle subsidies create the incentives to buy more environmentally friendly vehicles, they might be targeting the wrong people.…
Where Meat Is Never a Free Lunch
Cow burps were supposed to be the problem. As a substantial source of methane, cattle (and other ruminants) naturally boosted the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). From there, the story s…
Why Kraft’s Mac & Cheese Has a Global Warming Problem
Ranking the global warming readiness of the largest consumer product companies, a climate change research group tells us where to be concerned.…
A Brief Primer for the Paris Climate Talks
Looking at the different levels of development and the alliances among those at the Paris climate talks, we see the challenge of reaching an agreement.…
Could You Like a Carbon Tax?
Our Wednesday environment focus Here is my “To Do” list for reducing carbon emissions: Buy a Prius. Install solar panels. Take the train to NYC. Lower my thermostat to 60 degrees during th…
Opportunity Cost & The Meat Eater's Dilemma
Our Wednesday environment focus: Are you a meat avoider, eater or reducer? On a scale of meat consumption, we can place the avoiders at one end, the eaters at the other, and the reducers in the middle…
An Unexpected Cost of Climate Change?
Our Wednesday Environment Focus By Madeleine Vance, guest blogger and student at Kent Place School; edited by Elaine Schwartz Global Warming has become more than just a threat to the environment. In t…
The Big Impact of a Little Salamander
The woodland salamander made me think of Adam Smith. In North American forests, wherever it is dark and damp, under a rock or a log, a very hungry salamander could be devouring her daily diet. Eating …
Cow Burps and Global Warming
As most of us know, cow burps add to global warming. So too do the methane releases of sheep, goats and other ruminant animals. In a recent opinion piece in Nature Climate Change, a group of researche…
An Unexpected Connection Between Bluefin Tuna and CO2
On the first Saturday in 2013, in Japan, at the Tsukiji auction, a 489 pound bluefin tuna was sold for $1.76 million. As a source of information, what does $1.76 million say to you? One journalist sai…