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When Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed me to serve as the Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency in 2003, my first challenge came not from the smoggy skies of Los Angeles or the pesticide-laden drainage from irrigated fields...
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Much ink and paper profits have been spilt over the past few months over the financial and housing crisis. Almost all of it has been focused on the short-term consequences of the US housing industry structurally overbuilding the wrong product...
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Esoteric, expensive, unrealistic, inspired, essential. A decade ago, these were common reactions to combining green building and affordable housing. Today the reaction is quite different - expressed by the now frequently repeated aphorism: we can't...
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There are many obvious reasons for the takeover of Fannie and Freddie yesterday by the Federal government. They include shoring up under-capitalized lenders crucial to the economy and the housing market, restoring confidence in the US financial system,...
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Political conventions are largely mass entertainment for the party faithful, punctuated by self-serving interpretations of both current events and history. Like summer big-budget movies, this year's Democratic and Republican sequels were replete with...
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Megafires appear to be breaking out everywhere, from Provence to Greece, Mongolia and the Russian Far East to New South Wales and San Diego. But hectare for hectare, the most explosive fire scene on Earth belongs to Iberia, specifically Portugal and...
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"I beg to disagree with any candidate who would say we can't drill our way out of our problem," says Alaska Governor Sarah Palin - What his VP pick says about McCain's environmental policy
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I don't miss the news. I recently completed a three-week road trip/book tour up and back the Rocky Mountains. When I left Santa Fe with my wife, two kids, two dogs, and a trailer crammed full of camping gear, clothing, food, books and other necessities...
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Stanford professor Paul Ehrlich delivered a seminar to the Long Now Foundation a few weeks ago, and you can watch it here. Ehrlich offers an overview of the "state of the world" from the point of view...