http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:35:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/27/us-house-passes-cap-and-trade-global-warming-bill-moves-to-senate/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/27/us-house-passes-cap-and-trade-global-warming-bill-moves-to-senate/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:37:29 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=21568 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/27/us-house-passes-cap-and-trade-global-warming-bill-moves-to-senate/feed/ 24 Controversial — and potentially game-changing — climate bill clears first hurdle http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/20/add-it-up-atlantas-carbon-footprint/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/20/add-it-up-atlantas-carbon-footprint/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:49:45 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=17416 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/20/add-it-up-atlantas-carbon-footprint/feed/ 0 How green is our city? A by-the-numbers glimpse. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/02/dynegy-pulls-out-of-early-county-coal-plant-project/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/02/dynegy-pulls-out-of-early-county-coal-plant-project/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:47:03 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=11845 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/02/dynegy-pulls-out-of-early-county-coal-plant-project/feed/ 0 Says regulatory and credit market is too unpredictable. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/02/metro-atlanta-carbon-footprint-study-methodology/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/02/metro-atlanta-carbon-footprint-study-methodology/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:11:45 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/02/metro-atlanta-carbon-footprint-study-methodology/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/02/metro-atlanta-carbon-footprint-study-methodology/feed/ 0 There was some confusion last week about a recent Brookings Institution study that calculated the carbon footprints of 100 metropolitan areas in the United States. Mainly, it revolved around the news that metro Atlanta had shown improvement in 2000-2005 and actually lessened its impact on the environment whereas other metropolitan areas did not. This [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/29/atlantas-carbon-footprint/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/29/atlantas-carbon-footprint/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 19:04:43 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/29/atlantas-carbon-footprint/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/29/atlantas-carbon-footprint/feed/ 5 Gather ’round, Atlanta, Marietta, Sandy Springs — according to the Brookings Institution, your carbon footprint is shrinking. Everybody gets a gold star. The Washington, D.C.-based think tank has released a study of the carbon footprint from transportation and residential energy uses of 100 metropolitan areas. The three-city survey conducted from 2000 to 2005 in our neck [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/04/14/bush-to-propose-global-warming-initiative/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/04/14/bush-to-propose-global-warming-initiative/#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:30:02 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/04/14/bush-to-propose-global-warming-initiative/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/04/14/bush-to-propose-global-warming-initiative/feed/ 0 Yo! Satan called and wanted to let everyone know that Hell’s getting frigid. According to the Washington Times, the venerable right-leaning publication owned by a verifiable God, the Bush administration may push the U.S. Congress to pass a bill this week calling for action on global warming. The article says it wouldn’t be toothless resolution [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/04/09/co2-map-of-the-us/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/04/09/co2-map-of-the-us/#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:53:22 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/04/09/co2-map-of-the-us/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/04/09/co2-map-of-the-us/feed/ 6 NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy just released a map of U.S. C02 emissions: Metro Atlanta is chock-full-o-carbon-belching coal power plants, hence its relatively high C02 output compared to other similarly-sized metro areas. If you look carefully at the map, you might be able to see a black dot over CL’s office. That’s from the C02 [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/24/add-it-up-lifes-a-gas/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/24/add-it-up-lifes-a-gas/#comments Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:00:01 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/24/add-it-up-lifes-a-gas/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/24/add-it-up-lifes-a-gas/feed/ 0 Tons of CO2 emitted in 2007 by Plant Scherer, a coal power plant outside Macon: 27,200,000 Since 2002, number of states with lower increase in CO2 emissions than Georgia: 48 Pounds of CO2 emission stopped annually by replacing three incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs: 300 Pounds of CO2 emission stopped annually by inflating your car tires correctly: [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/19/report-georgia-2nd-in-nation-for-co2-emissions-increases/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/19/report-georgia-2nd-in-nation-for-co2-emissions-increases/#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:59:15 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/19/report-georgia-2nd-in-nation-for-co2-emissions-increases/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/03/19/report-georgia-2nd-in-nation-for-co2-emissions-increases/feed/ 0 While leaders and scientists debate the pros and cons of setting long-term goals to lower carbon dioxide emissions, the greenhouse gas responsible for global warming continues to rise. According to the Environmental Integrity Project, a nonprofit environmental group, carbon dioxide emissions from U.S. power plants climbed 2.9 percent in 2007, the biggest single-year increase [...]