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Entries from August 2008

McCain Is Not A Sustainable Choice

August 29th, 2008 · No Comments

WASHINGTON– Senator John McCain just announced his choice for running mate:  Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska.  To follow is a statement by Rodger Schlickeisen, president of Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund. “Senator McCain’s choice for a running mate is beyond belief. By choosing Sarah Palin, McCain has clearly made a decision to continue the Bush [...]

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Tags: The Environment

New WeCanSolveIt Video

August 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Just released today a new video from  the wecansolveit group. Check out their channel on youtube for more videos http://www.youtube.com/user/WeCanSolveIt If you haven’t heard of these guys Al Gore gave them a big plug in this speech. It is going to have to be a rising in citizenry to demand the changes that will lead [...]

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Tags: Climate Crisis · Renewable Energy

Terra – Great Free Green Video Pocast

August 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Just found a very good  video podcast that you can get free in iTunes. Obviously it is about environmental and green issues. They are proffessionaly produced documentaries of around ten minutes length from what I have seen so far. So when there is nothing but c**p on tv you know where you can find some [...]

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Tags: The Environment

Emission Trading Down Under

August 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Australia and New Zealand aim to lead by example in combating global warming. While they may be minor contributors to greenhouse gas emissions on the global scale the crisis is taken seriously. Australians know only too well the effects of changes in climate after a prolonged time of drought. Both countries are in the process [...]

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Tags: Climate Crisis · Global Warming

Bacteria & A Hydrogen Future.

August 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Many people see Hydrogen as the fuel of the future. It is infinitely abundant and as a fuel it’s byproducts are water and heat. scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and North Carolina State University (NC State) are cooperatively developing a new way of producing hydrogen using nitrogen fixing bacteria. These bacteria play a [...]

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Tags: Renewable Energy · Sustainability

What’s Wrong With What We Eat?

August 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Mark Bittman: What’s wrong with what we eat, is a brief history of the rise of the industrial farming industry and it’s role in global warming.With humor he throws out some shocking figures for example a 30% of the earth’s surface is directly or indirectly devoted to raising the animals we’ll eat. This is a [...]

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Tags: Climate Crisis · The Environment

Two Directions For Renewable Energy

August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Day by day things are advancing as we move towards a renewable energy future. Regardless of which renewable energy source we can look at there are really two options that already exists and will continue to grow. The first is large scale energy production and distribution by private companies and utility providers. A recent example [...]

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Tags: Renewable Energy · Solar Power · Wind Power