Michael Graham Richard
Michael has been with TreeHugger since 2005. He started out as a part-time writer, but after about a year (circa February 2006) he made the transition to full-time editor-in-chief. He held that role until January 2008 (the highlight of this period was of course the acquisition of TreeHugger.com by the Discovery Channel), and he's now editor of the Science & Technology and the Cars & Transportation categories (his two main loves).
It was reading The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken and Good News For A Change by David Suzuki and Holly Dressel that changed his life. Before that, he knew about the problems, but didn't think too much about them. After, he knew there were solutions, and he couldn't think about anything else.
Michael's personal blog can be found at MichaelGR.com. You can also follow him on Google+.
Latest Stories from Michael Graham Richard - Page 14
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The Prius was California's Best-Selling Car in 2012
Not something that many would have believed a decade ago, but hybrids are now truly mainstream and the next frontier lies with plug-in vehicles.
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Nicholas Stern: Climate Situation 'Far Worse' Than Previously Thought
Nicholas Stern, the British economist who made a big splash worldwide with his government-commissioned Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change in 2006, is now saying that things are even worse than he let on in his famous report.
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Carlos Ghosn Discusses Electric Car Revolution
This interview with Nissan-Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn goes over the current state of the electric car market, and where Mr. Ghosn sees it going next.
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Why Environmentalists Need to Talk More About the Basics and Stop Skipping Steps
Convincing more people of the importance of the challenges we face is crucial, yet it's not always easy to do. This sometimes happen because we're only giving partial information, leaving too many blanks in our explanations.
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Nissan to Launch 15 Hybrids by 2016
It's good to see the company give more fuel-efficient choices to its customers, and keep its laser focus on making fully electric cars mainstream.
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Ford Fusion Hybrid gets 5-Star Rating from NHTSA
Fuel economy and low smog-forming emissions are important, but so is safety. It's good to see that most hybrids and electric vehicles on the market are earning top scores from the NHTSA and IIHS.
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Consumer Reports Secretly Buys Model S for Testing
One of the most trusted and objective reviewers out there is testing what is probably the best electric car out there. We can't wait for the full report!
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Illinois Dealer Leases Mitsubishi i Electric Car for Just $69/Month!
They are leasing the jelly-bean shaped Mitsubishi EVs either for $69/month or $169/month, a record low price as far as we know.
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Andean Glaciers Have Shrunk 30-50 Percent
A study of glaciers in the Andes shows that they have been losing a lot of ice, especially since the 1970s. A change in precipitation cannot be blamed, so global warming is the main culprit.
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Vancouver Crowned Most Walkable City in Canada
Walk Score has published its first top 10 ranking of Canadian cities for walkability. They also have information about specific neighborhood. This is very useful to anyone who's thinking about buying or renting in these areas.
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December 2012 Saw Record-Breaking 5.5 GW of New Wind Power in US
It's always fun to keep track of new clean energy records, but some are more impressive than others. 5.5 gigawatts of new wind capacity installed in a single month in a single country is just massive, and a big step forward.
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UK Charities Create Trees for Clunkers Program
When scraping your old clunker, the least you can do is donate it to a charity that will undo some of the environmental damage. A UK group does just that by planting trees.
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What Wastes Enough Energy to Power 2.5 Million Cars and Can be Seen From Space?
It's already bad enough that we create a lot of carbon pollution by doing useful things like heating our homes and moving people and goods around, do we also have to burn gigantic amounts of fossil fuels for no reason?
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Air Quality Sucks Across Middle East and Asia
NASA's eyes in the sky are seeing a lot of air pollution across Asia and the Middle-East, and Beijing's smog problem is so bad that the government has to force factories to shut down temporarily.
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World's Largest Wind Farm to be Built 10 Miles Off Coast of Fukushima
Japan is working on its goal to replace many of its nuclear reactors with other sources of energy (clean ones, we hope!).
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2014 Honda Accord Plug-in Now Available in New York and California
We're still waiting for a nation-wide release date for the 2014 Accord plug-in, but in the meantime, it is for sale at select dealers in California and New York.
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Should the Chevy Volt Have Been an Escalade?
While it's true that making bigger vehicles more efficient can yield huge savings, we should also encourage people who don't need a big vehicle to downsize.
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Bike Advocacy in NYC's Lower East Side
To make our cities more sustainable, we need vibrant advocacy groups like Local Spokes that do the hard work of finding solutions to problems and then pushing them through the political process. They deserve our support!
