More on ethanol, Friedman, and the measure of dumbness
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
The other day, Thomas Friedman wrote another Op-Ed regarding ethanol [with apologies to the NY Times, but they make you pay to view this article unless you are a subscriber, so I have copied it at the end of this post]. This time, it was about the dumbness of […]
California sues carmakers, plus more on climate change
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
Well, global warming and climate change filled page two of the NY Times business section today. I wanted to make note of that — the business section — though these items deserve more prominence than that. Still, it says something important — the business community is ahead of the […]
Lower gas prices bad news for the Earth
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
With all the cheer-leading going on regarding plunging oil prices, and therefore the price at the pump, it is difficult to ring the alarm bell and get any serious attention. Who wants to be told this is not a good thing? It’s such good economic news, freeing up more […]
Al Gore calls for ‘popular movement’ to confront global warming
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
Al Gore is determined to save the planet. In a speech yesterday, he began to lay out a plan for reducing the carbon emissions that are leading to the heating of the planet, global warming that threatens the future of civilizations around the world.
He also gave a clarion call […]
A few problems with nuclear energy
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
As you may know, there is a fierce argument about nuclear energy raging among those concerned about the rise in greenhouse gases that are threatening the Earth’s atmosphere by heating it up rapidly (gently referred to as global ‘warming’). Nuclear energy does not emit greenhouse gases and so some […]
How to avoid water wars
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
Among the resources that we humans are seriously depleting is water. Population stresses, overuse and waste in rich developed countries, contamination, and growing areas of drought are exacerbating a problem already critical in some parts of the world. Some Middle East experts will tell you that much of the […]
Arizona joins California on CO2 emissions
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
Last few times I’ve been in the Phoenix area, the worsening smog has been evident, an increasingly serious, dangerous, and tragic by-product of the automobile-based population explosion in that state.
Now Arizona is following California’s example and taking action to cut carbon emissions, a leading cause of global warming.
If we […]
Going the wrong way on renewable energy
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
More evidence of the Bush administration going in the wrong direction in terms of energy, now the Dept. of Energy wants to cut the paltry amount of government funding for geothermal and hydropower. This is stupid, but consistent.
This one can be fought on the Congressional level. Hint, hint…
Climate scientists file suit seeking action on climate change
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
Searching around for the latest action on climate change, I found this post on the DeSmogBlog (how can you not like the name?) regarding a suit being brought by climate scientists against the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the US Supreme Court arguing that the EPA is ‘mischaracterizing’ […]
California confronts global warming
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Today from Margaret Swedish:
In my earlier post today, I briefly referenced California for its state-level initiatives to drastically reduce carbon emissions that contribute to global warming. Then I went to my NY Times and found a very long, quite good article about exactly that on the front page. It goes on for two pages […]
