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Bit-by-bit, explicit efforts to prioritize environmental issues — with committed voters — are emerging for the 2008 election. Here are two: The Heat is On from the League of Conservation Voters for “Making Global Warming a Presidential Priority” Climate Voters “united for a cooler future” (brand new on the web … your chance to be […]

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As discussed in Pelosi is painting the House GREEN, in the beginning of March, Nancy Pelosi directed the House Chief Administrative Officer to come up with a plan to ‘Green the House’. This is moving forward. As per Democrats Painting the House GREEN …, the preliminary report (summary: pdf) of the Green the Capitol Initiative […]

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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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Okay, perhaps I live a bit too much in the virtual world, but I have yet to make the transition to having a Second Life (although some 5.2 million have done so).  Thus, I missed the momentous events as Global Warming effects swamped portions of the Second Life world.

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Growing up, Newsweek was the weekly news magazine coming into the house. Shows the value of those college discount programs. They caught my father with a great deal when he was 20 and, well, decades later … For the household — and I — well, Time was the second run in the competition for respect […]

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Sea Studios Foundation has just come out with a Ahead of the Curve: Business Responds to Climate Change. This 12-minute video looks at the situation related to energy and global warming … and how businesses are shifting to deal with them. “Far too many people see it as a win-lose game and it’s not that […]

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In January, Cherry Blossoms were starting to bloom in Washington, DC, people said “see, this is Global Warming”. And, well, a Denier reaction was “look at all the snow in Colorado”, that is total BS. Well, to be clear, both comments sets were wrong — wrong in the sense that Global Warming is about climate […]

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When is a tipping point reached? When has changed occurred? When will we know it? This is a question asked about Global Warming in many ways. The Globe has clearly passed the tipping point where there is no way to avoid some Global Climate Change (already occurring), to avoid more warming (will occur), and species […]

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The sound-machine created controversy over Al Gore’s home energy use has brought focus to an issue that merits focus.  Are “Carbon Offsets” simply 21st century indulgences for assuaging the guilt of those living a life at odds with their belief structure (whether real or simply proclaimed) or do they have real meaning?

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I made a New Year’s Resolution to Imagine Life Differently … Imagine it Better … and to Seek to Create that Better Life.  As part of that, I vowed to take up DannyInLA’s challenge to challenge non-reality based thinking. My “area” of focus, however, is Energy and, with linkages, Global Warming. I have determined not […]

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