Expert Blog

The latest opinion and analysis from NRDC’s science, legal, and policy experts.

Salon.com and the good life

This week marks the beginning of "The Good Life," a new column on salon.com about living an environmentally responsible life as a citizen and consumer. As the...

October 30, 2007

Yes, Growth Can Be Good

Passionate defender of nature Edward Abbey once said that "growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell." Skepticism about growth isn't unusual...

October 29, 2007

$100 per barrel oil?

In a first since they began trading on NYMEX in 1983, futures for oil hit $92 . This continues an eye-popping runup in prices this year, as you can see in the...

October 26, 2007

Shifting Gears

Our friend Tom Friedman struck again this weekend, penning a thoughtful column in Sunday's NYT . In it, he talks about the remarkable greening of the huge taxi...

October 22, 2007

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