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Entries from November 2007

Sanders on Lieberman-Warner

November 15th, 2007 · Comments Off on Sanders on Lieberman-Warner

Senator Sanders has provided a strong statement about Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act’s lack of security for the climate.

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Tags: Global Warming · lieberman-warner

A breezy way to power up your iPod

November 15th, 2007 · Comments Off on A breezy way to power up your iPod

Well, just by the picture, I thought it was a stylish way to cool myself at the old ball game. Instead, Hymini is a way to power up my Blackberry when riding my bike or otherwise off-grid. The Hymini is micro-wind universal charger/adapter for recharging ‘digital gadgets’.   The Hymini stores the power collected, which can also be […]

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Tags: alternative energy

No wonder people are confused … v2 …

November 15th, 2007 · Comments Off on No wonder people are confused … v2 …

Andrew Revkin, at the New York Times, who I generally find very much worth reading, has a dousy today.  In a review of three global warming books, Revkin speaks of Bjorn Lomborg as a “centrist” and discusses his book without suggesting that there any factual errors or how truthiness runs roughshod over the truth. He […]

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Tags: Bill McKibben · bjorn lomborg · climate change · Global Warming

30 Days to Save the Mountains … counting down …

November 14th, 2007 · Comments Off on 30 Days to Save the Mountains … counting down …

For nearly a month, a group of bloggers (including, in a minor way, me) have sought to brought visibility to the havoc and pain that mountain top removal are causing through much of the Appalachians in 30 Days to Save the Mountains. Havoc and pain that is not justifiable on energy requirements, economic, social, health, environmenal […]

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Tags: coal

No wonder people are confused …

November 13th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Andrew Revkin, at the New York Times, who I generally find very much worth reading, has a dousy today.  In a review of three global warming books, Revkin speaks of Bjorn Lomborg as a “centrist” and discusses his book without suggesting that there any factual errors or how truthiness runs roughshod over the truth. He […]

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Tags: lomborg

Video warfare against global warming …

November 13th, 2007 · 2 Comments

The train is bearing down. The pluming smoke. The threat is real. But the threat is for tomorrow.

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Tags: Global Warming

The spoofer revealed …

November 12th, 2007 · Comments Off on The spoofer revealed …

Low Carbon Kid is the spoofer that much of the Global Warming Denier wing of the Flat Earth Society fell for the other day.

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Tags: Global Warming · global warming deniers

Gore’s new venture … clean energy tech

November 12th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Well, Al Gore is taking on another venture.  As Fortune phrased it,  The recovering politician, environmental activist, and Nobel laureate is adding another title to his résumé: venture capitalist.

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Tags: Al Gore · business practice · carbon dioxide · climate change · emissions · Global Warming · investing

EcoSpot finalists are in …

November 12th, 2007 · Comments Off on EcoSpot finalists are in …

and, well, they’re extremely good … amazing at what a shot at a free GreenWashing gas guzzler (a Toyota Highlander) as motivation can produce.  In all seriousness, some great videos … check them out at Current TV.

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Tags: Global Warming

PHEBs: Plugging in that School Bus for an Energy Smart Future

November 12th, 2007 · 6 Comments

Hybrids are too often thought of simply in terms of personal vehicles. They are also penetrating the big vehicle market space. Consider the average delivery truck and all its starts/stops. There is a lot of energy to capture there, which is why UPS is pursuing hybrids. And, as per Walmart and its hybrid trucks, they […]

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Tags: fuel economy · government energy policy · hybrid · hybrid trucks · PHEV