http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Sun, 19 May 2013 09:20:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/06/04/in-your-own-backyard-mapping-communities-near-superfund-sites/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/06/04/in-your-own-backyard-mapping-communities-near-superfund-sites/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:04:51 +0000 Center for International Earth Science Information Network http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=27338 The NPL Superfund Footprint Mapper is an interactive, online mapping application—a clickable map—that lets users visualize a rich variety of population and environment characteristics of areas in the vicinity of Superfund sites.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/06/04/in-your-own-backyard-mapping-communities-near-superfund-sites/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/02/less-thirsty-cars-future/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/02/less-thirsty-cars-future/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:40:47 +0000 Benjamin Preston http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=16628 Good news for clean air and water: President Obama unveiled an agreement last week to raise the bar on fuel economy by 2025.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/08/02/less-thirsty-cars-future/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/31/young-citizens-lawsuit-seeks-to-compel-us-action-on-climate-change/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/31/young-citizens-lawsuit-seeks-to-compel-us-action-on-climate-change/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 19:25:48 +0000 Kate Brash http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=15149 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/31/young-citizens-lawsuit-seeks-to-compel-us-action-on-climate-change/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/10/15/in-new-york-city-2010-is-all-about-the-water/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/10/15/in-new-york-city-2010-is-all-about-the-water/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:24:24 +0000 Julia Apland Hitz http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=7583 Has New York City hit a critical mass that will make it truly a green city? I’m beginning to suspect so, at least in terms of water issues. There have been an increasing number of initiatives both to remediate past damage and to prevent future water quality problems, that are worth looking at together.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/10/15/in-new-york-city-2010-is-all-about-the-water/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/30/another-superfund-site-in-new-york-city-newtown-creek-to-get-a-makeover/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/30/another-superfund-site-in-new-york-city-newtown-creek-to-get-a-makeover/#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:00:09 +0000 Julia Apland Hitz http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=7178 The March designation of the Gowanus Canal in New York City as a SuperFund clean up site was an important step forward, and is now being followed by another leap: on Monday Newtown Creek, which runs between Queens and Brooklyn received the same designation.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/09/30/another-superfund-site-in-new-york-city-newtown-creek-to-get-a-makeover/feed/ 3 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/18/the-policy-buffet-part-4-eulogizing-the-climate-bill-that-wasn%e2%80%99t/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/18/the-policy-buffet-part-4-eulogizing-the-climate-bill-that-wasn%e2%80%99t/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:37:11 +0000 Adam Fischer http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=5685 On July 22, just days before the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) declared that the last decade was the warmest on record, the United States Senate abandoned its effort to put a price on carbon. Comprehensive climate and energy legislation was on life-support for weeks until Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) announced that [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/18/the-policy-buffet-part-4-eulogizing-the-climate-bill-that-wasn%e2%80%99t/feed/ 1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/10/beyond-carbon-how-fixing-the-ozone-layer-contributes-to-climate-change/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/10/beyond-carbon-how-fixing-the-ozone-layer-contributes-to-climate-change/#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:40:41 +0000 Adam Fischer http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=5498 The greenhouse effect is not all about carbon dioxide. Several other substances, such as water vapor and methane, also play a key part in trapping radiation. Recently, a family of relatively obscure chemicals called hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, has entered the spotlight due to its role in global warming. HFCs are highly potent greenhouse warmers – [...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/08/10/beyond-carbon-how-fixing-the-ozone-layer-contributes-to-climate-change/feed/ 3 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/30/how-to-clean-up-the-gulf-coastline-after-the-oil-spill-epa-workshop/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/30/how-to-clean-up-the-gulf-coastline-after-the-oil-spill-epa-workshop/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:32:05 +0000 Julia Apland Hitz http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=3350 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/30/how-to-clean-up-the-gulf-coastline-after-the-oil-spill-epa-workshop/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/23/a-visit-to-gowanus/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/23/a-visit-to-gowanus/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:08:34 +0000 Lakis Polycarpou http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=3218 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/23/a-visit-to-gowanus/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/03/hydraulic-fracturing-potential-for-contamination-of-drinking-water-sources/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/03/hydraulic-fracturing-potential-for-contamination-of-drinking-water-sources/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 18:32:44 +0000 Stephen Yang http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=2615 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/05/03/hydraulic-fracturing-potential-for-contamination-of-drinking-water-sources/feed/ 6