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How Politics Can Mess Up a Perfectly Good Environment

Here’s just one example. If you breath air, you might want to take a look.
The Bush administration and EPA have developed a reputation for interfering with resultant policy based on scientific research.
The latest-
March 11th, 2008 - The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proudly announces that it has reduced ground level ozone ( smog […]

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17May2008 | Lisa | 5 comments | Continued
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From Eco-Ugly to Eco-Chic to Eco-Iconic

I liked this article so much, I am quoting it verbatim. What do you think about it? It’s taken from trendwatching.com.
“Over the past few years, the ECO trend has moved from ECO-UGLY (ugly, over-priced, low performance alternatives to shiny ‘traditional sphere’ products and services) to ECO-CHIC (eco-friendly stuff that actually looks as […]

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26Mar2008 | Lisa | 0 comments | Continued
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How Big is the Biofuel Footprint?

The jury is still out on whether or not biofuels are a better alternative to oil. A variety of recent studies suggest a much larger carbon footprint than initially thought.
Though biofuels burn cleaner, when you take into account the clearing of natural vegetation required to grow the corn (ethanol), or palm trees (palm oil), […]

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24Mar2008 | Lisa | 0 comments | Continued
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The Ultimate Recycling Idea: Carbon Dioxide–>Gasoline

There’s a recently developed concept at Los Alamos National Labs that would extract that villainous pollutant, carbon dioxide (CO2), from the air, and transform it into gasoline.
Here’s the skinny, taken from a recent New York Times article: “The idea is simple. Air would be blown over a liquid solution of potassium […]

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8Mar2008 | Lisa | 0 comments | Continued
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Super Bowl Used 100% Green Power

I found this article a little late, but I thought it was worth posting. It is from the US Department of Energy’s Green Power Network website.

Super Bowl to Use 100% Green Power
Salt River Project (SRP) announced that it will provide green power for 100% of the electricity needs of Super Bowl XLII. […]

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6Feb2008 | Lisa | 0 comments | Continued
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The Energy Challenge

The attached interview with Jeroen van der Veer, 60, Royal Dutch Shell’s chief executive, discusses global energy challenges for the next 50 years.
In summary:

There will be a huge increased demand for energy in two dramatic ways. First, the world’s population will increase from 6 billion to 9 billion by 2050. Second, developing countries are […]

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19Jan2008 | Lisa | 0 comments | Continued