by Jane Richey | Jan 7, 2014 | Agenda 21
The voyage and rescue emitted lots of carbon dioxide through the burning of fossil fuel — which climate scientists on the expedition believe is the main driver of global warming — so the expedition has promised to plant about 800 kauri trees in New Zealand to offset...
by Jane Richey | Feb 8, 2013 | Agenda 21
Sally Jewell, the woman President Barack Obama has nominated to be the next Secretary of the Interior, said in a 2007 interview that she was “not proud of our employee commuting footprint” during her time at the helm of outdoor retailer REI. “Is there anything you’re...
by Jane Richey | Jul 26, 2012 | Agenda 21
Attendees at the 2012 International AIDS Conference taking place this week in D.C. were given the opportunity to offset the “carbon footprint” they made traveling to the event through the registration processor at a “carbon offset” desk located in the registration...
by Jane Richey | Apr 24, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
One of the world’s leading environmentalists, James Hansen, calls for a tax on carbon emissions. The revenues would come mostly from high earners and businesses, and would be ”deposited monthly,” as dividends, into the bank accounts of low earners with smaller “carbon...
by Jane Richey | Apr 11, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) enforced nearly $500,000 in fines and mandatory “environmental projects” on a school bus contractor for “excessive idling,” and as part of its anti-idling campaign to reduce the carbon footprint of school buses waiting to pick...