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Why we can’t wait

April 20th, 2007 · Comments Off on Why we can’t wait

Bit-by-bit, when Americans hear “Jim Hansen“, they think Global Warming and not the Muppets (Jim Henson).  While Henson cared about warming our hearts and getting smiles from kids while educating them, Hansen hopes to educated us so that we’ll act forcefully enough when it comes to Global Warming so that tomorrow’s kids will have reasons to smile […]

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Tags: General

Blowin’ in the Wind — Ohio’s big time energy opportunity

April 20th, 2007 · Comments Off on Blowin’ in the Wind — Ohio’s big time energy opportunity

Ohio’s wind energy potential actually exceeds the electricity demand of the entire state of Ohio Says Dennis Elliott of the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Laboratory (NREL) as reported in a Beacon Journal article. Ohio is proving the value of applying new research methods. Previously, Ohio was thought to have only marginal wind power conditions. […]

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Tags: renewable energy · wind power

Democrats painting the House GREEN …

April 20th, 2007 · 4 Comments

As reported here , in the beginning of March, Nancy Pelosi tasked the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of the House on ‘greening the Capitol’ … a critical initiative to address energy conservation, efficiency and cost savings for the U.S. Capitol and congressional office buildings The House of Representatives should provide leadership to the nation in […]

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Tags: alternative energy · carbon dioxide · carbon offsets · conservation · democrats · electricity · emissions · energy efficiency · Global Warming · Nancy Pelosi