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Offshore oil
The usual suspects in Congress are pushing hard for legislation that would end the ban on U.S. offshore drilling. It's the latest cause célèbre of the Fossil Fuels Forever crowd.
Over on Oil Drum, Dave (no relation) takes a long, close look at the claims made by proponents about available oil reserves. It's somewhat technical, as usual for OD, so if you want to skip to the end, here's the nut:
In conclusion, here in the United States we continue to fiddle as Rome burns.
Sigh.
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Inhofe press flacks ‘worst people in the world’
The inimitable Keith Olberman named Marc Morano and Matt Dempsey, the press flacks for the Senate Environment Committee, as his "worst persons in the world" yesterday.
OK, they came in second -- got the silver medal -- but still.
Morano himself sent out a press release about it; perhaps in true hack fashion he thinks any publicity is good publicity.
(If you don't recall the background, the committee, chaired by Sen. Inhofe, has started sending out press releases filled with lies and ad hominem attacks about global warming, directed at newspaper articles and now TV specials. With your tax dollars.)
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We Hope the Russians Love Their Tube Worms Too
Russians plan to drill into untouched Antarctic lake The world’s seventh-largest freshwater lake is locked under a giant Antarctic ice sheet and has never been exposed to human contact — but Russian scientists have drilled within 425 feet of it, and, despite pleas from scientists and environmentalists, intend to drill in all the way over […]
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Road trip, dudes!
The Kick the Oil Habit road trip is underway -- it was introduced today by Sen. Barack Obama.
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Amanda on Marketplace
Following up on Amanda's post below -- check out her appearance on public radio's Marketplace, where she discusses Gore's appearance at Wal-Mart's meeting.
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The Jinglehorse EcoSystem
The CEO of Jinglehorse, a Georgia-based computer company, wrote to let us know that his outfit has created the EcoSystem, an energy-efficient, eco-friendly PC.According to Jinglehorse, the system uses 75% less energy than normal PCs and is fully RoHS compliant. Plus it's tucked into a small form factor (SFF), which I'm a big fan of. I haven't used the system myself, so caveat emptor, but it looks killer. I expect we'll be seeing more of these in coming years.
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Take a Road Off, Arnie
Schwarzenegger asks feds to protect roadless national forests in California California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) today asked the feds to keep all 4.4 million roadless acres of national forest in his state off-limits to logging, road-building, and other development. President Bush in 2004 canceled President Clinton’s rule protecting roadless national-forest areas; now it’s up to […]
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Population pixels
Lisa mentioned that yesterday was World Population Day. The huge numbers that get tossed around in these discussions are difficult to grasp, so if you'd like a handy way to visualize world population, check this out.
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Dioxin Another Day
EPA should reassess dioxin risk, science panel says The U.S. EPA may be overestimating the cancer-causing risk of the chemical dioxin at very low doses, and should crunch the numbers in new ways before setting a cleanup standard, says a research council from the National Academy of Sciences. The EPA published a draft report on […]
