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Save your work
Funny story. Yesterday, I had two posts I’d been working on for hours open in my HTML editor (Dreamweaver). One was a long analysis of Cheney’s recent craziness. The other was one of my periodic link posts, where I dump about 20 interesting stories from the last few weeks, with a few sentences on each. […]
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Skills shortage in Alberta
From the unfolding saga of "how Canada can suck ever more oil from the ground" we get this little news item:
Canada and Mexico should accelerate efforts to import temporary Mexican energy workers to alleviate the skills shortage in Alberta and other provinces as oil sands development ramps up, top North American CEOs will recommend today.
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An Inconvenient Truth triumphs at the Oscars, and more
Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: Texas Fold ‘Em Martin Who? They’ve Had Their Filament Kenya Screw Me Now? Anything You Can’t Do I Can’t Do Better Read the articles mentioned at the end of the podcast: On Track Betting Bad Wrap Boots Camp A Winter’s Trail
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No, it’s not a disease
Gesundheit.
I know biofuels are terrible and will starve us, but check out this Newsweek article on Jatropha. When I was in the Peace Corps in Guinee-Bissau, we used this to grow living fences to keep the goats out of our gardens. It's the growingest plant I've ever seen -- whack off a branch from your neighbor's hedge with a machete, stick it in the ground, and presto, it sprouts like a weed, no irrigation needed.
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Surprisingly hip
Because the world demands it, here is Al Gore’s (surprisingly hip) iTunes playlist (via Ecorazzi): Track One: I Need To Wake Up, by Melissa Etheridge (From An Inconvenient Truth) "There are many of Melissa Etheridge’s songs I could choose to be a part of my list but this one is more meaningful to me than […]
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Probably not, despite rumors
Rumor’s going around that Arnie, term-limited from continuing in the governor’s manse after 2010, may run for Senate against Barbara Boxer. A long discussion by Paul Hogarth examines all the angles and concludes that, eh, probably not. (hat tip: reader LL)
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Gore parties with the glitterati
Sean Hannity’s not going to be happy about this.
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The left coast’s answer to RGGI
The big news of the day is the fact that five Western governors have agreed to enter into a cap-and-trade system: the Western Regional Climate Action Initiative. We’ve now got bicoastal cap-and-trade systems. C’mon, Midwest. You know you want to.
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Michael Boots, director of the Seafood Choices Alliance, answers Grist’s questions
Michael Boots. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I am the director of the Seafood Choices Alliance, which is the largest program of the communications-based organization SeaWeb. What does your organization do? Seafood Choices Alliance is a global trade association that works on the issue of ocean-friendly seafood. The alliance helps the seafood industry […]
