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Get Out of Jail Fee
Dutch company pays nearly $200 million to help resolve Ivory Coast mess Six months after toxic sludge was pumped from a ship and dumped in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, leading to 10 deaths and thousands of poisonings, the company responsible will pay the country nearly $200 million. Oops, did we say responsible? Trafigura, the Dutch-based company […]
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Salon dishes out Grist-like advice
Roz pointed me to this advice column on dishwashing from Salon. In typical hand-wringing, teeth-gnashing style, an eco-aware woman writes a (long, long) letter asking whether it’s OK to buy non-green detergent that gets her dishes cleaner. Cavalier columnist Cary Tennis writes a (long, long) response saying: use whatever the hell you want. Then go […]
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He will green you up
Wow. Just wow.
The B.C. government is trying to out-green California with a sweeping strategy unveiled Tuesday to fight global warming by cutting back on greenhouse gas emissions from everything from cars and industry to the daily energy consumption of ordinary people.
As far as I can tell, Campbell's government looked at each of the recent advances in Gov. Ahnold's climate policy in California -- the emission goals, the broad authority to develop a cap and trade system, the vehicle emission standards, policies on electric power -- and tried to take each one a step further.
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AEI story
I hope everyone’s seen the piece Andrew and I have up about the AEI brouhaha. I’m never really sure whether Gristmill readers are aware of stuff that gets posted elsewhere on the site. Anyway, it’s there. I’m quite fond of it, though I expect some folks will not be. Please comment over there and not […]
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Watch in wonder …
… as President Bush chides a child for throwing up a peace sign during a photo-op. Oh, the symbolism. Also, this is just classic: As Bush chatted with some children, other youngsters were overheard by a pool reporter. “He’s my favorite president,” one said. “My favorite president is President Obama,” another replied. “Who’s that?” “He’s […]
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That’s not gonna stop us from talking about it
It’s kind of funny — no matter how many times Gore and his people issue the exact same bland non-denial denial, journalists keep try to gin up some new hook around which to write about his possible entry into the presidential race. The latest is New York Observer‘s Steve Kornacki, who breathlessly reports "Why Al […]
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Grab an eco-sex kit for your Valentine
Sure, today is Singles Awareness Day Valentine’s Day, but what about Valentine’s Night? Awww, yeah. This ain’t your grandmother’s tree-huggin’. Or is it … Anyway, I’m tickled (hee, hee!) to point you to this Eco-Sexy Kit from Babeland. Inside is a vibrator made from latex-free and phthalate-free material, a soy massage candle, natural lube, and […]
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Rhetorical cheapshots from a usual suspect
Global warming is complicated, and often counter-intuitive, which is one reason most scientists prefer the phrase "climate change" to describe it. But whether you call it climate change or global warming, its complexity offers easy opportunities for rhetorical cheap shots to right-wing zealots such as Drudge, who would like the whole issue to go away. Yesterday his popular tabloid ran an item about how a House hearing on the "warming of the planet" had to be canceled due to freezing rain.
One problem with the irony: this kind of "precipitation event" is exactly the scenario scientists predict for a warming planet.
In a statement prepared before his testimony about climate change to the same House Committee on Science and Technology last week, leading climatologist Dr. Kevin Trenberth, of the National Center for Atmospheric Research warned:
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Mildly funny
In other video news, last night scientist Michael Oppenheimer appear on the Colbert Report. He did a fairly good (though not particularly funny) job, though it really highlights the disparity between the horrendous consequences forecasted and the wan, pitiful solutions offered (light bulbs!). Video below the fold:
