Posted in energy efficiency, transport on Jan 11th, 2008
Improvements in automobile efficiency since 1973 are saving consumers $151 billion in 2004 alone—more than twice as much as the federal government spends each year on education. Alliance to Save Energy, 2005
Posted in corporate action, government action, individual action on Jan 3rd, 2008
An overwhelming majority of consumers—92 percent—agree that business, government, and consumers have an equal responsibility to reduce energy use. Alliance to Save Energy, 2005
Posted in leadership on Jan 2nd, 2008
The single most significant word today in the language of all environmentalists is interdependence…The plain fact is this: pollution can’t be contained by lines drawn on a map. The actions we take have consequences felt the world over. The destruction of the rain forest in Brazil. The ravages of acid rain that threaten not just [...]
Posted in facts & figures on Dec 29th, 2007
The United States uses a lot of energy––nearly a million dollars worth of energy each minute, 24 hours a day, every day of the year. With less than five percent of the world’s population, we consume about one quarter of the world’s energy resources. We are not alone among industrialized nations; 16 percent of the [...]
Posted in action now, general on Dec 20th, 2007
If we do it right, protecting the climate will yield not costs, but profits, not burdens but benefits, not sacrifice, but a higher standard of living. Bill Clinton, October 1997
