Plastic bags are a scourge on the globe. From the plastic ocean in the Pacific, to the stomachs of choked birds, to the fences of highways, the billions of annual bags are infrequently reused or recycled and often don’t even make it into the dump. DC faces increasing levels of pollution on the Anacostia River. […]
Paper or Plastic: 5 cents please
June 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off on Paper or Plastic: 5 cents please
Tags: Energy
An Energy Smart Senator Speaks Up
June 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment
Senator Jeff Merkley came to the podium during today’s luncheon session at America’s Future NOW! focused on energy. He opened, reinforcing core points from his 2008 campaign: If I’d been here a year ago, I would have talked to you about three things: The need to transform energy economy, create jobs, and tackle global warming. […]
Tags: environmental · global warming deniers
Burger Baloney: Anti-Science Syndrome and the Fast Food world
June 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment
Courtesy of Chris at Ameriblog who picked it up from The Guardian who derived it from the Memphis Flyer One imagines that someone at Burger King realised that the “global warming is baloney” line didn’t exactly chime with the views of John Chidsey, the company’s CEO, who believes that climate change is “an overriding issue […]
Tags: Energy · global warming deniers
Energy COOL: Electrifying the Beach
June 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off on Energy COOL: Electrifying the Beach
Since diving into the deep end when it comes to energy issues, almost every day sees new fascinating concepts, approaches, and technologies. Fascinating … exciting … even hope inspiring at times. And, as well, as the passion builds, so many of these are truly Energy COOL. Now, in the path toward a prosperous and sustainable […]
Tags: electricity · Energy · energy cool
The Strawman Deceit of “CO2 lags warming by 800 years”
June 2nd, 2009 · 4 Comments
With new videos uploaded every second, one can lose one’s life within Youtube and constantly be falling behind. It is hard to find the wheat amid all that chaff. Perhaps this can help: Greenman3610 (Peter Sinclair) provides some pretty high-quality wheat. Now at 13 videos, Sinclair has taken it on himself to produce “The Climate […]
Tags: climate change · climate delayers · Global Warming · global warming deniers