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Feeling some heat …

October 10th, 2008 · Comments Off on Feeling some heat …

Last evening, PBS and Frontine had a “sneak preview” of the documentary HEAT in Washington DC. This looks to be a worthwhile show to watch. Associated with the preveiw was a discussion of climate change with representatives (or surrogates) from the two campaigns and other energy and climate experts. Reportedly (I was unable to attend), […]

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Tags: 2008 presidential campaign · 2008 Presidential Election · Energy

The ABC’s of Blocking the Future

October 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The various fossil fuel industries have been spending hundreds of millions (if not billions) of dollars to influence the national discussion this year, from campaign contributions to Santa Claus giving out ‘clean coal’ at the Metro exits closest to Congressional offices to sponsoring presidential debates throughout the election cycle. This fossil foolish promotion of a […]

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Tags: 2008 presidential campaign · 2008 Presidential Election · advertising · climate change · coal · Congress · Energy · environmental · exxon-mobil · Global Warming

Can Organics Save Us from Global Warming?

October 10th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Jill Richardson is an extremely interesting, provocative, and fresh voice on the web in the arenas of food and agriclture. She is a founder of La Vica Locavore. This is, with permission, a cross-post of her latest piece. Last weekend, I visited the Rodale Institute as part of the 2008 Community Food Security Coalition Conference. […]

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Tags: agriculture · carbon dioxide · carbon offsets · climate change · Energy · Global Warming