Climate 411

This post is by Sheryl Canter, an Online Writer and Editorial Manager at Environmental Defense.

Are you thinking about climate-related New Year’s resolutions? In addition to this list of ideas from our Web site, here are some articles we’ve posted on green living that can give you some ideas.

Your Home:

• Personal Impact: Does It Really Matter What You Do? (easy-to-do tips)
• Making the Invisible Visible (energy usage feedback devices)
• The Next Big (Light bulb) Idea (LEDs)
• Why Switch to Compact Fluorescents?
• Heating with Lightbulbs: A Bad Idea
• Food Miles: Is Local Always Better?
• Energy-Efficient Mortgages: It Pays to Go Green

Your Car:

• Turn Off Your Engine!  
• Tips for Cleaner Driving
• To Drive Less, Live Closer to Work

This post is by Sheryl Canter, an Online Writer and Editorial Manager at Environmental Defense.

As 2007 draws to a close, we also approach the end of our blog’s first year. Well, okay, it started in February, but it’s close. We’ve tried to bring you a blend of the science and policy of climate change, and be a resource for you in explaining these issues to others. How’ve we been doing? We want your feedback!

We also need your help in another quarter. The end of the year means fundraising for non-profits like ours. We rely on you to fund the important work we do.

Please donate now, and here’s wishing for a cool, green New Year for us all!

This post is by Sheryl Canter, an Online Writer and Editorial Manager at Environmental Defense.

Sometimes it can seem like we’re not making any progress at all on the global warming front, but we are! Here are ten important policy victories from 2007.

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This post is by Sheryl Canter, an Online Writer and Editorial Manager at Environmental Defense.

If you need some last minute gift inspiration, check out our annual round-up of earth-friendly ideas.

We’ll be off for a few days, so we won’t be posting again until next Thursday. Have a great holiday.

This post is by Lisa Moore, Ph.D., a scientist in the Climate and Air program at Environmental Defense.

All year long we’ve been monitoring developments in climate science, and posting about the important new developments. I thought now would be a good time to look back over 2007 and summarize what we’ve learned.

Here are ten noteworthy science stories we covered in 2007:

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This post is by Steve Cochran, National Climate Campaign Director at Environmental Defense.

Yesterday, with the leadership of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the House passed legislation that will reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil and promote energy efficiency. The bill is now in the Senate, where procedural votes are underway.

Speaker Pelosi has previously said that the energy bill passed yesterday by the House "will lay the groundwork for the Congress to move forward next year with comprehensive action to address climate change."

The Speaker is showing that she has the will – and the power – to produce real results in the House on issues important to the American people. We’re pleased that she has pledged to use that same focus to pass a comprehensive climate bill in 2008.