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5.19.2011

Sustainable Food: How gas drilling contaminates your food

Japan to Consider Using Energy-Saving, Smart Grid Technologies, Edano Says

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-18/japan-to-consider-using-energy-saving-smart-grid-technologies-edano-says.html
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Japan will consider the use of smart grid technologies as it forms a new energy policy following the nuclear crisis in Fukushima prefecture, the government's top spokesman said.

VPR News: "Smart Meter" Brings New Technology To Vermont Homes

http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/90898/
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Over the next two years, utility companies in the state will be rolling out 'smart grid' technology, which will include bringing smart meters to every home and business in the state.

5.18.2011

WSJ Jewish Donors Warning Obama Staff

ISRAELI THUGS WILL HAPPILY BRING ABOUT A WORLD WAR IN HE QUEST OF STEALING ALL THE PALESTINIAN LAND http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703509104576331661918527154.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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Jewish donors and fund-raisers are warning the Obama reelection campaign that the president is at risk of losing financial support because of concerns about his handling of Israel.

How much CO2 does one solar panel create?

http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/research-innovations/blogs/how-much-co2-does-one-solar-panel-create

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Yes, it's true that making solar panels creates carbon dioxide, but over the life of a solar installation it produces on average of 30x less CO2 than coal power.

5.17.2011

Global Warming

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/17/opinion/l17warming.html
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A reader responds to a recent Week in Review article about the flooding of the Mississippi River.

Meat is murder? More like suicide, argues Planeat film

Climate Skeptic's Debunked Report Exposes How the Denial Industry Works

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/05/climate-skeptic-debunked-report-exposes-denial-indsutry.php
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This post is an installment in a series about the state of American climate skepticism. I'll be expanding upon the ideas put forward in my recent Slate piece, Do Climate Skeptics Change Their Minds?, so read that first. Photo:

Israeli Troops Shoot U.S. Student in Head with High-Velocity Tear Gas Canister

http://www.democracynow.org/seo/2011/5/17/israeli_troops_shoot_us_student_in
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‎"I was shot at close range with a high-velocity metal tear gas canister... When it hit me, it tore off a part of my scalp," says Christopher Whitman, a 25-year-old American student and activist who was seriously injured when he was shot by Israeli forces while attending a West Bank protest on Friday

J'lem: 130 UN members will support Palestinian state

Violent Arctic storm a climate-change ‘harbinger'

Day 29 Legs Swelling - Hunger Strike to Kill US Energy Policy

First (somewhat) Large-Scale Concentrated Photovoltaic Plant in U.S to be Constructed

http://cleantechnica.com/2011/05/17/first-somewhat-large-scale-concentrated-photovoltaic-plant-in-u-s-to-be-constructed/
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The U.S Department of Energy is backing the construction of one of the largest planned concentrated photovoltaic solar power plants. Concentrated solar power plants have only been constructed on small scales thus far. Even this one, which is 30 MW (i.e. 30,000 kW or 30 million watts) is not very

Day 23 YOU'VE NO RIGHT TO SHIRK DEFEATING CLIMATE GENOCIDE

Coverted Climate Skeptics Speak Out (Video + Audio)

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/05/coverted-climate-skeptics-speak-out.php
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This post is an installment in a series about the current state of American climate skepticism. I'll be expanding upon the ideas put forward in my recent Slate piece, Do Climate Skeptics Change Their Minds?, so read that first.

Biofuels can be dirtier than fossil fuels

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/146621/20110517/biofuels-may-pollute-heavily-if-made-the-wrong-way.htm
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Biofuels may pollute the environment much more heavily if the process used to make them isn't done in the right way, researchers say. Conventional fossil fuels may sometimes be much "greener" than their biofuel counterparts, according to a new study.

Siemens U.S. Chief Concerned By Inattention to Climate Change

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-16/siemens-u-s-chief-concerned-by-inattention-to-climate-change.html
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The head of Munich-based Siemens AG's U.S. unit said he is unhappy that federal energy policymakers in Washington are no longer focusing on climate change.

Civil disobedience in the offing to protect BC's environment | The Boundary Sentinel

http://boundarysentinel.com/news/politics/civil-disobedience-offing-protect-bcs-environment-11352
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The Boundary Sentinel is a fully interactive online newspaper for Kettle River Valley region, of southern British Columbia, Canada, featuring all the latest news, editorial, and includes blogs, comments, video, events listings and classified ads. Sign in a join the conversation!!

Pro & Con: Should U.S. lift ban on reprocessing nuclear fuel? | ajc.com

http://www.ajc.com/opinion/pro-con-should-u-948063.html?cxtype=rss_news_128746
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YES: Nuclear recycling will reduce risk of stockpiled fuel. By Nolan E. Hertel By now there should be no doubt that something ought to be done to remove the ever-increasing amount of spent fuel at nuclear power plants across the United States.

Japan to ‘start from scratch’ on energy policy - Boston.com

http://articles.boston.com/2011-05-11/news/29532964_1_nuclear-reactors-nuclear-plant-nuclear-energy
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TOKYO — Prime Minister Naoto Kan said yesterday that Japan would abandon plans to build more nuclear reactors, saying his country needed to "start from scratch'' in creating a new energy

Tidal turbines: New sparks of hope for green energy from beneath the waves

5.16.2011

March on Blair Mountain » Register and join the march!

http://marchonblairmountain.org/
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We are so glad you are joining us for the Appalachia Rising: March on Blair Mountain! Here you will find all the information you need to participate in the event!PLEASE NOTE: We are organizing logistics for hundreds of participants in the March and hundreds more of the Rally and Day of Action in a

NPR Top U.S. Scientists To Nation: Global Warming. Really. We Are Not Kidding.

Bill Drayton sees a world where 'everyone is a changemaker'

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/Change-Agent/2011/0516/Bill-Drayton-sees-a-world-where-everyone-is-a-changemaker
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Bill Drayton founded Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, which now has put about 3,000 social entrepreneurs into the field all over the world, three decades ago. A college professor once described him as having "the determination of Job and the brains of a Nobel laureate." Says Drayton: &qu

WP John McCain to Bush apologists: Stop lying about Bin Laden and torture

How Obama kept the biggest secret of his presidency - SundayIndependent

WP Climate change denial becomes harder to justify

5.15.2011

AUDIO BOOK PLAN B 3.O

http://youtu.be/jbhiYcKaYGk

» What Green Technology Could Save the World?

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/05/green-tech-save-the-world/
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A cheap way to extract salt from seawater so we can drink it? Several countries are already dealing with the impact of rising populations and shrinking lakes and wells. For example, in Amman, Jordan, the pipes go dry on some days due to a lack of water. Droughts in China, Australia and Ukraine hav

Historic UK climate change deal with legal powers agreed by Cabinet | Environment | The Observer

"IF you are a Change Agent, YOU, not anyone else, are paying your share of the price for what you want." SL

"IF you are a Change Agent, YOU, not anyone else,
are paying your share of the price for what you want." SL

Defusing the population bomb

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinionla/la-ed-population-20110515,0,4170294.story
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It's getting crowded out there. According to an updated report from the United Nations , the planet's population is not following the expected curve: topping out at about 9 billion mid-century and then leveling off. Instead, the demographic trends point to continued growth, bringing the worldwide p

Clean power's share drops

Climate change to create a dustier Southwest | The Salt Lake Tribune

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/51656888-90/climate-crusts-dust-livestock.html.csp
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A warmer Southwest might very well mean a dustier Southwest. That's the conclusion of a new study by researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey and

A golden opportunity for Britain to lead the world in energy production

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Robin McKie: The government's bold commitment to new sources of power is welcome. But we must not botch it this