Climate Pulse

Photo via LimJunYing It's been a couple months of seriously bad PR for climate science, both due to unfortunate errors made by scientists and (okay, mostly) a well-funded noise machine intent on preserving the status quo at any cost. So how can climate scientists dig themselves out of the negative... [continue]

Image credit: Funny or Die TreeHugger has covered hand-powered chainsaws before, and even chainsaws lubricated with mushroom spores, but we've never done much on electric chainsaws. I'm thinking we should get something up soon though, before Pleatherface dons his cruelty-free mask and pays us a... [continue]

Photo via Whatson The so-called "conventional wisdom" has been pretty unremitting in deeming any sort of comprehensive energy reform legislation dead in the water this year. But that's still not looking to be the case--some rather unlikely champions, including GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham and... [continue]

Image credit: Smart Log Splitter From effective masonry heaters to beautiful Danish wood stoves, the Scandinavians know a thing or two about heating with wood. And as Collin stated in his post on wood stoves vs pellet stoves, with trees being a near carbon neutral source of energy, efficient wood... [continue]

Image credit: Lifefactory As a rule, I am not one of these greenies that gets overly excited about new reusable bottles. I have an old reusable bottle somewhere, and it occasionally gets used when I venture out of the house—but I've always been a little confused by the amount of attention... [continue]

The Utah prairie dog. Photo by Dean Biggins, U.S. Geological Survey. Guest blogger NaturallySavvy.com is dedicated to natural and organic living. Plague once struck mortal fear in humans, but it's a thing of the past, right? Not so, according to research published in a special issue of the... [continue]

Image: Youtube Cool Statistic of the Day Who knew a hockey game could be so energy-intensive? According to the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) that oversee's the power grid in Ontario and balances supply and demand, the final hockey game of the Vancouver Olympics (Canada vs USA)... [continue]

Missouri coal train, photo: Scott Granneman via flickr. As Grist pointed out yesterday, the US now has 15 states with resolutions attempting to prevent limits on greenhouse gas pollution. Add to that West Virginia Senator John Rockefeller's bill, just introduced, which would bar the Environmental... [continue]

Image credit: Solar One If you are anything like me, you can be supportive of a particular piece of legislation. But that support doesn't always turn into action. From clean energy legislation to local feed-in tariffs, there is plenty that law makers can do to help us move to a greener, saner, more... [continue]

photo: John Schanlaub via flickr. A new analysis of the United States' wind power potential for the lower 48 states has been released by AWS Truewind and shows that increases turbine height mean the nation gains an additional 2,500 gigawatts of onshore power....Read the full story on TreeHugger [continue]