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Opinion: U.S. Environmentalists Finally Have a Leader
July 18, 2008 07:53 AM -
On Thursday, politician-turned-activist Al Gore called for the United States to rely 100 percent on zero-carbon sources of electricity by 2018. Regardless of the logistical practicality of the goal or of the existence of political will to achieve this target in a single decade, Gore's statements made it clear: the U.S. environmental movement finally has a leader.
The (Annotated) Gore Climate Speech
July 17, 2008 01:16 PM - NYT Dot Earth
Former Vice President Al Gore is delivering a speech laying out his new approach to the entwined challenges of limiting risks from global warming while providing sufficient energy to sustain economic vigor in the United States and around the world. The prepared text is below. Some Democrats in Congress weren’t thrilled with the timing, according to TheHill.com, given the focus now on high oil prices.
Burgers To Blame For Global Warming?
July 16, 2008 10:11 AM -
It all depends on what the burger is made from ”¦ A 408 page report by the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) states that 18% of greenhouse gases are coming from animal agriculture — meat and dairy, that is. Therefore, what many people are eating is contributing more to global warming than the entire transportation sector of the United States.
More offshore oil drilling? Not so fast.
July 15, 2008 09:42 AM - David McGrath, Chicago Tribune
I live on Dauphin Island, 3 miles into the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Alabama. As I read the political positioning by the president and presidential candidates on whether to rescind restrictions on offshore oil drilling as a solution to soaring gas prices, I can only shake my head while gaping at the brightly lit crown of oil and natural gas rigs that surround my community.
Q&A: Open archives — the alternative to open access
July 15, 2008 09:07 AM -
Padmanabhan Balaram, director of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, India and editor of India's leading science journal, Current Science, tells K. S. Jayaraman why he favours 'open archives' as the way forward for scientific publishing.
8 Ways to Green Your Kitchen
July 14, 2008 11:02 AM -
So all those gourmet cooking shows have inspired you to spend more time in the kitchen. But between energy use, water use and food/packaging disposal, there’s lots of opportunity to help or hurt the environment in the process. Here’s eight ways to green your time in the kitchen.
let’s go green - all under one green roof
July 11, 2008 11:08 AM -
What I like about online shop, Let’s Go Green is the fact that you can garner a lot of green for your home with one quick visit. You’ll find quality items for your kitchen, bath, office and garden — all reasonably priced.
How to Make E-waste Processing Easier in the US
July 10, 2008 10:15 AM -
Imagine you have a TV that is no longer seeing service in your home. Or a computer. Or a monitor. You know that tossing it in the garbage is a big no no. Where do you take it? More than likely, if you're in the US, to Goodwill. Or if you're really progressive, you make a little money by going through Second Rotation or Tech Forward. A fine step forward, for sure. But what happens to donations to your local Goodwill?
World Food Shortage and the Ethanol Bubble
July 9, 2008 09:21 AM -
We had the internet bubble and the real estate bubble and now, there is the ethanol bubble. Recently, I ran some numbers on ethanol and to my amazement realized that it is - too use a catch phrase from the environmental world -- not sustainable. Turning food into fuel is just plain silly; and when oil prices come down the ethanol bubble could pop big.
EU Considers Dumping Biofuels While U.S. Continues to Bully Global South to Adopt Gene-Altered Crops
July 8, 2008 10:14 AM -
European Union energy ministers said at an informal meeting Saturday they had been labouring for 18 months under the false impression that an EU plan to fight global warming included an obligation to develop controversial biofuels. What seems to be a stunning misreading on the part of policymakers in Brussels comes at a time when the image of biofuels has shifted over a matter of a months from climate saviour to climate pariah.