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Bluster’s Last Stand
DOD declares wind turbines can interfere with radar, but says some can proceed The Defense Department has finally completed a long-awaited study on how wind farms impact military radar, which clears the way for some stalled wind projects to continue. At least a dozen projects in Illinois, North Dakota, and Wisconsin had been put on […]
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The Big Glad Wolf
Wolf population thriving in Rocky Mountain states The wolf population in the Northern Rocky Mountains has grown by more than 20 percent since last winter. Officials estimate that 158 wolf packs, totaling at least 1,229 members, are living it up in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. The midyear estimate is the highest population estimate since wolves […]
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It’s Always Greener on the Other Side of the Pond
Britain’s Conservatives challenge Labor for mantle of greenest party Americans, prepare to be jealous, says Peter Madden, head of Britain’s Forum for the Future. In the U.K., the two main political parties are competing to be seen as the greenest — and the Conservatives are currently in the lead. That’s largely due to Conservative Party […]
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Clever
The biggest energy crisis of all, it seems, involves the misdirected energy of a US foreign policy built on war rather than scientific discovery and technological progress.
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Virgin founder’s $3 billion climate pledge heralds new era in philanthropy
Richard Branson, founder and chair of the British conglomerate Virgin Group, has racked up more than his share of high-profile high jinks over the years. Among them, signing the notorious Sex Pistols to his young record label, dangling nearly nude over Times Square, and botching numerous transoceanic hot-air balloon expeditions, necessitating rescue by helicopter. But […]
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Check out the KiteShip
Shipping costs (and emissions) got you down? Try a KiteShip, winner of the prestigious California Clean Tech Open.
How cool is that?
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WTF?
Let's take a moment, shall we, and dig through the layers of conservative talking points on the Kyoto Protocol.
The main claim is that it's "unfair" because it requires emissions reductions in developed countries, but not in developing countries (especially China and India) -- a commonly cited rationale when senators refused to vote for it under Clinton.
This is, as many others have pointed out, a morally troglodytic argument. The developed countries put the CO2 up there. That's how they got developed. That's how they got rich. Of course they have an obligation to act first and do more to solve the problem. If you spend years crapping in your house, and then take a homeless person in as a roommate, you don't quibble with your new roommate over who cleans up the shit. You clean it up. It's your shit.
Oy.
But then you have another argument which, instead of insulting the intelligence and moral standing of those in the developing world, adopts an unctuous tone of concern for their wellbeing. Consider this bit from Inhofe's goofball speech:
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A heaping helping of paranoia
I went through a brief period of being obsessed with the Bush administration’s transparent attempt to elevate so-called "eco-terrorism" to the status of Biggest, Baddest Domestic Bogey Man. (Honestly, what threat will these supposed tough guys not piss their pants about?) But the Bushies are caught up in other struggles now, and the propaganda push […]
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Smells like election season
Thanks to Matt over at TPM's Election Central for pointing this one out. Check out this recent ad from the Tennessee senatorial race:
