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Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act
I missed this last week -- and one can argue about how significant this stream of never-to-be-brought-to-the-floor bills really is anyway -- but nonetheless, check out Sen. Jeffords' Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act. Here are the highlights:
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The Prius Bubble
Via Pat, check out Slate's Daniel Gross on "The Prius Bubble" -- the coming boom (and bust?) of alternative energy stocks.
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NPS director resigns
In case you hadn't heard: National Park Service Director Fran Mainella has resigned. Why? More time with her family, of course!
High-priced lobbying job in five ... four ... three ... two ...
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Your evening sunshine
This has me smiling: a California family that grows three tons of organic food a year -- on 1/10 of an acre.
I'm sharing this because a) what can I say, I think it's nifty, and b) it points out the problem with apocalyptic thinking.
Humans currently use various resources in horribly inefficient and destructive ways. But that's because of the specific way we prioritize inputs such as labor, capital, energy, etc. Change the priorities, you change the inputs.
In this case, the priority is expressed by the owner of the suburban farm:
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More on Whole Foods
Though much of it sounds oddly familiar, it's nonetheless worth checking out Carol Ness' long piece on Whole Foods' new initiatives.
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Oh, stop! (no, don’t)
... on Grist (Just typing the name makes my heart flutter. Oh Grist, I love you.) ...
That, friends, is the kind of sucking up that gets you a link!
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‘Eco-terrorism’: Even the liberal Stranger …
Here in Seattle we have an alternative weekly called The Stranger, with a clever feature called I, Anonymous, wherein some unnamed someone lambastes some unnamed someone else over ... something. Viciously. It's short and amusing.
Anyway, the paper's online forums have an I, Anonymous message board. This was posted there today (tucked away beneath the fold, for those offended by foul language, of which there is much):
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Canadian Dimension on peak oil
The latest issue of a progressive magazine called Canadian Dimension is devoted to peak oil, and there's some good stuff in it (only some of which is available online). In particular, check out the article by Richard Heinburg: "Responding to the Challenge of Peak Oil."
