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In a D.C. school, the simple power of a good breakfast
This is the first of three articles on how food made from scratch using local ingredients is served to the students and staff at Washington Jesuit Academy, a free-tuition private school for at-risk kids. Duane Drake, head chef at Washington Jesuit Academy. Chef Duane Drake lines a dozen pie shells on sheet pans and begins […]
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The NY Times once again equates non-scientists with climate scientists
Memo to NY Times: TV weathermen are not climate experts. In fact, Dr. Judith Curry, Chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Georgia Tech explained to me a few years ago: Meteorologists are not required to take a course in climate change, this is not part of the NOAA/NWS [National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]
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Let’s call setting a price on carbon “puppies”
The Hill’s blog has a post, “Why kill cap-and-trade? Because it’s there.” The NYT’s John Broder had a piece, ” ‘Cap and Trade’ Loses Its Standing as Energy Policy of Choice.” CBS reports of the forthcoming Graham, Kerry and Lieberman bill, “notably missing from it will likely be the cap-and-trade system that had not long ago been expected […]
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Has CBS found dumbest idea yet for an online poll?
Yeah, please vote here. Pointedly ignoring my plea for an end to online polls, CBS has come up with perhaps the dumbest idea yet. Let’s use the least scientific, most easily manipulated choosing scheme invented since eeny-meeny-miny-moe to pick what major piece of legislation president Obama should pursue next. Seriously. I can almost hear Walter Cronkite reading the […]
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IPCC’s Pachauri cleared of financial wrongdoing
The embattled head of the United Nations’ scientific panel on climate change has been cleared of allegations of financial irregularity by an independently conducted review. So the Financial Times reported Sunday in its piece, “Climate chief cleared over payments” (reg. req’d). Here’s more: KPMG, the professional services company, examined the personal finances of Rajendra Pachauri, chairman […]
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Honey, I shrunk the GOP, Part 5: So much for the American Enterprise Institute being a "think" tank
Sure the American Enterprise Institute is stillcrazy with climate denial and delay after all these years. And sure it recently compared EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to Clint Eastwood and carbon polluters to criminals. But it always retained the semblance of a serious think tank. Heck, back in October, Steven F. Hayward, “the F.K. Weyerhaeuser fellow […]
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Quiz — Who said this?
Who said: “Continuous research by our best scientists is the key to American scientific leadership and true national security. This indispensable work may be made impossible by the creation of an atmosphere in which no man feels safe against the public airing of unfounded rumors, gossip, and vilification”? If you want a hint, the very […]
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‘Britain’s Appalachia’ engineers a brighter post-coal future
Can renewable energy turn Wales as clean and shiny as the Cardiff waterfront?Courtesy ttfnrob via FlickrThe sparkling, sanitized waterfront of Cardiff, Wales, reveals barely a hint of the country’s grimy industrial past. Where one of the busiest ports anywhere once shipped Welsh coal out into the world, a complex of upscale shops, pubs, and restaurants […]
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ENERGY STAR ranked cities: Find your perfect match [slideshow]
The Environmental Protection Agency just released a report ranking U.S. cities based on their number of ENERGY STAR–labeled buildings. These rankings make us, well, warm all over, so we decided to check out the sexiest top nine ENERGY STAR buildings of the bunch. Are you in search of the perfect match? Look no further than these sassy personal ads. Maybe […]
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H&M’s organic line and the Wal-Mart perspective
Eurochic retailer H&M is launching an earth-friendly spring Garden Collection, H&M shopper Joe Romm reports. No, scratch that, this is from thegreengirls.com. The new line will include recycled polyester, organic cotton, and organic linen. Presumably the expected life of these clothes won’t be any longer than typical H&M items, which aren’t exactly known for their […]
