If you do have to fly, fly nonstop. You reduce your emissions by up to 50% with nonstop travel.

Driving 10% less by walking, cycling, carpooling or taking public transit can reduce greenhouse gas emmissions by 0.2-0.8 tonnes per year, depending on the vehicle.

Implement a workweek with four 10 hour days instead of five 8 hour days.

Consider telecommuting to allow employees to work from home one day a week.

Avoiding 10 miles of driving every week would eliminate about 500 pounds of carbon dioxide emmissions a year.

Develope a company-wide policy to eliminate unnecessary idling of truck engines. Wal-Mart installed auxiliary power units on its 6,845 semi tractors and saved $22 million in 16 months.

Carbon dioxide is the number 1 contributor to the greenhouse effect, and cars produce about 30% of the nation’s carbon dioxide emissions. Time to walk?

This was a year that saw major environmental shifts, in both directions. Here are just a few of the high (and low) lights, as we see them…

A new report from UNEP, the United Nations Environment Program, illustrates revised scenarios for climate change, most specifically the increase in global temperature averages forecast over the remainder of the century. The news is not good. Time to get to work.

Good News: On June 30th, EPA gives California emissions waiver.
Bad News: On July 23rd, Air Resources Board amends landmark rule to reduce toxic emissions from off-road equipment.