Tag Archives: energy efficiency

Mayors against climate change

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Charles Kuffner

From the Think Globally, Act Locally department. Mayor Annise Parker briefly took center stage Monday in the campaign against climate change by pledging to make America’s energy capital a laboratory for experimentation and action. Frustrated with the congressional response to … Continue reading →

Posted in Local politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Mayors against climate change

It’s not so easy being green

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

For cities, anyway, at this time. College Station, the maroon-hued home of Texas A&M University, is finding it is not easy being green. Four years after launching an ambitious local effort to fight global warming, city leaders say their high … Continue reading →

Posted in The great state of Texas | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Cash for clunky appliances

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

I suppose at some point that “Cash for X” construction will get old, but until then, here come some more eeeeevil federal stimulus dollars, this time for trading in energy-hogging appliances. Many of the details of the plan are still … Continue reading →

Posted in National news | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on Cash for clunky appliances