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Wind, water and sun are the best types of renewable energy, says Stanford professor

December 22, 2008

After so many disappointments with biofuels, it comes no surprise that a new independent study has concluded that “the best ways to improve energy security, mitigate global warming and reduce the number of deaths caused by air pollution are blowing in the wind and rippling in the water, not growing on prairies or glowing inside [...]

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Obama and Climate Change

November 7, 2008

From the Newsweek teaser on the 2008 presidential race, The debates unnerved both candidates. When he was preparing for them during the Democratic primaries, Obama was recorded saying, “I don’t consider this to be a good format for me, which makes me more cautious. I often find myself trapped by the questions and thinking to [...]

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Can We Buy Ourselves Out of Our Problems?

November 3, 2008

First what are these problems? Decreasing energy supplies to go around, higher prices and costs for our energy, and environmental damage. “But, gas prices are going down!” you are all shouting. But the war for oil: Iraq, Iran and Russia, is still going on. The pollution (a cost of petrochemical fuels) is not going away [...]

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State of Alaska fights Act that protects bears

August 13, 2008

The state of Alaska has filed a lawsuit in federal district court (District of Columbia) challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to list the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act due to global warming. The Act was hailed as a breakthrough political gesture that officially acknowledged global warming [...]

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For the ‘Almost Vegetarians’

June 13, 2008

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