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Clean energy advocate gives a 'how to' clinic on rebutting fossil energy disinformation
Cross-posted from The Great Energy Challenge blog Over the past few months, I’ve made the case that dirty energy lobby plays a full contact game against clean energy, using lobbying and disinformation as business weapons to drive the idea that clean energy is “expensive, unreliable and not ready.” Cleantech, I’ve said, needs to step up […]
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The 10 deadliest cities for pedestrians in the United States [SLIDESHOW]
Streets in the U.S. are designed not for people, but for cars. And it shows. From 2000 through 2009, some 47,700 pedestrians were killed by drivers. Transportation for America has released a new report and interactive map that shows which metro areas are deadliest. Here are the 10 worst.
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Great places: turning from stuff to happiness
This is how happy great places can make you. This is part two in a series on “great places.” Read parts one, three, four, and five. Today, America is making a few people rich and leaving a great many others anxious, uncertain, unhealthy, or unemployed, all while doing irreversible damage to the planet. A whole […]
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Speak Out For Mercury Safeguards at EPA's Hearings
This is a big week for public input for the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed safeguards against mercury and other air toxics spewed out by coal-fired power plants. EPA is holding three public hearings – two on Tuesday (in Chicago and Philly) and one on Thursday (Atlanta) – so people like you and me can make […]
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The Rapture didn’t come, but don’t worry, the world is still boiling
Cross-posted from Beyond the Choir Church this morning must have been quite awkward for some people. The sermon might have gone something like, “I know we’re all disappointed that the rapture didn’t come, but don’t worry — its not like it’s the end of the world or anything.” Ha ha. I was among many progressives […]
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Rapture Playlist
Because Pandora won’t work on my iPhone as I ascend…or am left behind. Either way. Track 01: All Over the World – ELO Track 02:In the Air Tonight – Phil Collins Track 03: Heaven- Psychedelic Furs Track 04: Rapture Mashup- Blondie and The Doors Track 05: Heaven-Warrant Track 06: Up Up and Away -5th Dimension […]
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Coal fades as clean energy rises
Roger Singer loved the recent good energy news out of Colorado. “We’re now seeing further on-the-ground evidence that a swift conversion by energy providers from dirty coal to increased levels of clean, renewable energy sources is not only possible, but it’s also easier than expected and it’s cost effective,” said Singer, regional representative for the […]
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Innovative farmer Eliot Coleman speaks [AUDIO]
Eliot Coleman.Eliot Coleman is one of the most innovative, successful, and influential small-scale farmers in the United States. Eliot runs Four Seasons Farm in Maine, where he has become legendary for producing top-quality vegetables through Maine’s harsh winters. His books, which include The Winter Harvest Handbook, and Four Season Harvest, are considered bibles among farmers […]
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Oil Executive to Young People: 'As Long I Make Money, I Don't Care What Happens to You'
Cross-posted from Jack & Jill Politics Quick question: Do you think that tax subsidies for the “big five” oil companies — which earned $32 billion in profit during the first quarter of the year — are more important than the financial aid we give to low-income college students? My answer: Of course not. Investing in […]
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Friday music blogging: Beastie Boys
To Kids These Days, the Beastie Boys must seem like a fixed, eternal part of the pop culture universe, like a constellation that periodically comes in and out of view but you always know is out there somewhere. Which is weird for an old fart like me who remembers their first album, Licenced to Ill, […]
