Tag: environment
member name: Chris W.
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July 08, 2007 10:48 AM EDT --
In the wake of the Live Earth concert series yesterday, it occurs to me that we need to have a conversation about global warming. Oh please, not again, you reply. Yes my friends, for this has been a slow . . .
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October 12, 2007 06:50 AM EDT --
Al Gore and the two thousand scientists in the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will share this year's Nobel Peace prize for their work in publicizing the threat posed to humanity's . . .
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August 26, 2007 09:07 PM EDT --
Sorry, but this is going to be a rant. If you do not wish to read a rant, please skip this.
I am quite annoyed by the television commercial that Kia is running to promote one of their new cars. The "Save . . .
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November 10, 2006 10:02 PM EST --
The logjam has broken. The past six years in America have been characterized by intransigent politics, negation of science, and short term satisfactions over long term survival. A brief two . . .
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November 30, 2006 07:50 PM EST --
Okay, so it's two outs in the bottom of the Ninth and you are ten runs behind. Do you replace your clean up hitter with.. the Umpire?
The analogy relates to the current case befor ethe U.S. Supreme . . .
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January 23, 2007 10:37 PM EST --
Dear Mr. President-
I was struck once again by the differences between our assumptions and thought processes as you discussed your hopes and plans this evening. Ostensibly, your speech signaled your recruitment . . .
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March 29, 2008 08:24 PM EDT --
"Environmentalism is a broad philosophy and social movement centered on a concern for the conservation and improvement of the natural environment , both for its own sake as well as its importance . . .
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June 17, 2007 06:32 PM EDT --
I propose a new formulation of the much ballyhood Axis of Evil. We had Iraq, Iran, and North Korea as the Axis of Evil. Iraq is such a success story, (not) and Iran and North Korea continue to play . . .
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September 02, 2007 09:57 AM EDT --
Pope Benedict spoke to an estimated 300,000 young Catholics yesterday in Loreto, Italy, at a weekend festival designed to reinvigorate Italian Catholic youth. The event had a decidedly eco-friendly . . .
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January 14, 2007 12:09 AM EST --
Friday, January 12-
Senators McCain, Lieberman, and Obama have teamed up to present a bill to the Senate. The bill calls for mandatory caps on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, industry, and . . .
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November 23, 2006 03:00 PM EST --
I apologize in advance to those among you who are not futurists or policy wonks, but this topic has been on my mind this week. I am wondering where we are going to end up in ten or twenty years in terms . . .
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September 01, 2008 12:10 PM EDT --
Dominionism. In Wikipedia, it is defined as "a tendency among some conservative politically-active Christians , especially in the United States of America , to seek influence or control over . . .
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October 26, 2006 10:50 PM EDT --
This is going to sound silly, but here goes:
It bothers me when I see people throw aluminum cans into bins that will end up in landfill. I recycle a small abount of aluminum cans each year, maybe . . .
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September 13, 2006 02:42 PM EDT --
Over the past few years I have read every book I can find on the above topic, and found myself pretty well convinced after evaluating both sides of the argument that global warm is real, not imaginary- . . .
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October 23, 2008 09:24 PM EDT --
Rachel Maddow, new rock star of MSNBC, spinoff of Keith Olberman. Sometimes snide, often sarcastic, never tolerant of McCain, Palin, or of course Bush. A few odd tidbits about Rachel. She is in her mid . . .
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November 05, 2006 09:32 PM EST --
I am suffering from a bit of politics fatigue today. Part of me wants the election to be over now. I am not sure if I want to look forward or if I should dread the possible results. I find that I no longer . . .
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October 30, 2006 09:54 PM EST --
It is interesting to note today's news out of the United Kingdom. Apparently a voluminous report was issued predicting the negative results of global warming on the planetary economy in future years. If . . .
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January 09, 2007 09:54 PM EST --
An article in Business Week online today explored the hybrid car as an economic entity. It asked the question- do the fuel efficiency savings of hybrid vehicles outweigh the depreciation, maintenance, . . .
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