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The other day I was reading the US Climate Action Partnership (USCAP) Blueprint for Legislative Action on climate change. USCAP is a coalition of major corporations (like GE, Ford and PepsiCo) and highly-regarded environmental NGOs (like The Nature Conservancy and the Natural Resources Defense Council), so this is a group that stands to have some major influence on the final form of national climate change legislation.

USCAP is pushing for...

There is a lot of talk these days about “carbon-footprints” or the amount of carbon dioxide emissions that are released into the atmosphere by day-to-day activities like manufacturing and consuming products, traveling, and using electricity – just to name a few.  From carbon-labeling initiatives, like the one developed by Climate Trust, to the array of carbon calculators available on the Web, the evidence is clear – we are becoming a...

It is really cool that we now know the carbon footprint of a 64-ounce container of Tropicana Pure Premium Orange Juice.  Clearly, you need to know the carbon impact of a product before you can credibly claim to reduce its impact.

The fun part for me is thinking about who is responsible for these emissions.

Clearly, as a consumer, I can make the choice to avoid this product, thereby reducing my personal footprint. You could argue that the...

I wanted to thank Katie Fehrenbacher at Earth2Tech for cutting Dell a little slack in the face of recent criticism of their carbon neutral claims. She doesn’t give them a free ride, but at least she recognizes that their efforts have some real value whether they offset 100% or 5% of their emissions as claimed by the Wall Street Journal.

I don’t want to get into the debate about Dell’s footprint or the value of offsets. Working for an...