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The Corn Ultimatum
I am not a fan of our corn ethanol policy as I made clear made clear during the last food crisis (see “The Fuel on the Hill” and “Can words describe how bad corn ethanol is?” and “Let them eat biofuels!“). In a world of blatantly increasing food insecurity — driven by population, dietary trends, […]
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Montanans rally against mega-loads to the tar sands
Activists in Montana and Idaho are fighting back against these monstrosities.Iconic authors and outdoorsmen David James Duncan and Rick Bass have an important new book that they wrote in response to the notorious “haul” this month of gargantuan machines (“mega-loads”) to Alberta, Canada, constructed in South Korea for use in the tar sands. Besides the […]
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Half of world’s population could face climate-driven food crisis in second half of the century
[I’m on travel, so I’m updating this timely 2009 post on food insecurity.] The quote above is the powerful final sentence from a 2009 study in Science, “Historical Warnings of Future Food Insecurity with Unprecedented Seasonal Heat.” The University of Washington news release release explained: Rapidly warming climate is likely to seriously alter crop yields […]
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Half of world’s population could face climate-driven food crisis in second half of the century
[I’m on travel, so I’m updating this timely 2009 post on food insecurity.] The quote above is the powerful final sentence from a 2009 study in Science, “Historical Warnings of Future Food Insecurity with Unprecedented Seasonal Heat.” The University of Washington news release release explained: Rapidly warming climate is likely to seriously alter crop yields […]
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FHA PowerSaver Loans – a PACE Replacement?
Late last year, the Federal Housing Administration announced a new PowerSaver loan program to provide financing for home energy efficiency improvements. The program comes on the heels of the downfall of residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing, which allowed homeowners to pay back energy efficiency improvements via long-term property tax payments, as well as […]
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Coal is China's Largest industrial water consumer
China’s coal mining, processing, and electrical generating industries consumed over 112 billion cubic meters (30 trillion gallons) of water annually, which is nearly 20 percent of all national water consumption, according to the China Ministry of Water Resources.
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Coal is China’s Largest industrial water consumer
China’s coal mining, processing, and electrical generating industries consumed over 112 billion cubic meters (30 trillion gallons) of water annually, which is nearly 20 percent of all national water consumption, according to the China Ministry of Water Resources.
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Key Members of Congress Ring Alarm Bells
In the midst of the House of Representatives efforts to completely gut US international investments in addressing carbon pollution, two leading Members of Congress highlighted how the US would lose out from these draconian cuts. US Representative Howard Berman (D-CA) and Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) both raised the alarm bells – and they are ringing […]
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Accuweather’s Joe Bastardi, denier of basic climate science, resigns after 32 years
(TheWeatherSpace.com) – After more than 30 years, Long Range and Expert Meteorologist Joe Bastardi has resigned from Accuweather.com Jesse Ferrell of Accuweather.com officially announced the rumor as true, leaking it to a known weather forum. A call into Accuweather to confirm this was met with a hostile person on the other end that declined to […]
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Accuweather’s Joe Bastardi, denier of basic climate science, resigns after 32 years
(TheWeatherSpace.com) – After more than 30 years, Long Range and Expert Meteorologist Joe Bastardi has resigned from Accuweather.com Jesse Ferrell of Accuweather.com officially announced the rumor as true, leaking it to a known weather forum. A call into Accuweather to confirm this was met with a hostile person on the other end that declined to […]
