Articles by JMG
Let's live on the planet as if we intend to stay.
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Whatever happened to local control is good?
From Organic Consumers:
Failing to suppress grassroots control over food safety laws and labels in the last session of Congress, industry has now called on their friends in the House Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry to slip a similar poison pill into an obscure section of the voluminous 2007-2012 Farm Bill. The provision would give the White House appointed Secretary of Agriculture the power to eliminate local or state food and farming laws, such as those in four California counties banning genetically engineered crops, and set an ominous precedent undermining states' rights.
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Public presentations on global warming — not as easy as you might think
So I had an opportunity to go see a free, open-to-the-public talk by Dr. Michael Mann, one of the lead authors for the IPCC, the person most associated with the "hockey stick" graph of temperature, and a faculty member at Penn State University.
His topic: "Global Climate Change: Past and Present."
A review:
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Who knew the stoic people of Minnesota were so advanced?
Wow, we hear about California this and California that, occasionally some Vermont or Oregon thrown in, once in awhile someone will know that Texas is a wind capitol.
But I can't remember anyone ever mentioning that, when it comes to a serious program to address global heating, Minnesota rocks!
Just for comparison, note how weak and pallid Oregon's renewable energy standard (which only applies to electricity, not energy) is compared to Minnesota's comprehensive greenhouse gas law.
From the Union of Concerned Scientists:
