Posts by Jeffrey Blumenthal
CAR WARS
We’ve got lots of alternatives to those gas hogs barreling down the highway. Even better, we’re finally ready to make the switch.
Terra Renewal
It’s a sign of how far the environmental movement has come that after talking for decades about conservation and preservation—ideas geared towards stopping environmental abuses—“restoration,” or repairing damage already done, has found a home in the lexicon.
The Interior Imperative
A record $35 billion budget deficit and the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger overshadowed what will likely prove a more lasting legacy of 2003: California is the first state to ban a common breed of toxic household chemicals known as PBDEs.
Better Safe than Sorry
This July, the city of San Francisco voted to adopt a purchasing policy based on the precautionary principle, which asks city officials to weigh health and environmental costs in their policy decisions.
