IPCC Chief Raps G-8, Calls for Global Greenhouse Gas...
Rated • 0 reviews • politics, global warming • nytimes.com
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Coal Country
Rated • 1 review • environment, movies, coal energy • coalcountrythemovie.com
Movie: Coal Country
From the page: "Coal Country is a dramatic look at modern coal mining. We get to know working minersalong with activists who are battling coal companies in Appalachia.
We hear from miners and coal company officials, who are concerned about jobs and the economhy and believe they are acting responsibly in bringing power to the American people. Both sides in this conlict claim that history is on their side. Families have lived in the region for generations, and most have ancestors who worked in the mines. Everyone share a deep love for the land, but MTR is tearing them apart.
ning begind promises of "cheap energy" and "clean coal." Are they achievable? At what cost? Are there alternatives to our energy future?"
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Let's Defend The Climate Change Bill | unEARTHED |...
Rated • 1 review • activism, politics, coal energy, global warming • earthjustice.org
Let's Defend The Climate Change Bill
Teaser: Massive coal lobby threatens nation's chance for a clean energy future
by Trip Van Noppen
16 July 2009, 3:35 PM
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Exxon to Invest Millions to Make Fuel From Algae -...
Rated • 1 review • alternative energy, energy industry, algae, biofuels • nytimes.com
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Next flash point in Iran face-off: Friday prayers |...
Rated • 1 review • activism, iran • csmonitor.com
Next flash point in Iran face-off: Friday prayers
By Iason Athanasiadis
July 13, 2009
From the page: "Though street demonstrations in Tehran have largely died out under the government's strict security measures, Iran's protest movement is gearing up for a big showing at Friday prayers this week -- an action that would mark the hijacking of a conservative bastion by the media-savvy opposition.
Meanwhile, passive resistance includes trying to crash the electricity grid by turning on home appliances at appointed times and creating power surges, or stuffing newspapers into Islamic charity boxes reputed to contribute to the upkeep of ideological militias involved in suppressing the protests."
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Sunset at Zuma on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Rated • 1 review • photography • flickr.com
Sunset at Zuma
by Laura Travels on flickr.com
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Rain Tube Wins Green Honors | Earth & Industry
Rated • 1 review • environment, water • earthandindustry.com
Rain Tube Wins Green Honors
February 26, 2009
From the page: "RainTube is an effective, low-cost gutter protection and rainwater control system made in the USA from 100% post-consumer recycled materials. RainTube is third-party green certified by Cradle to Cradle, helps remove long-life plastics from the landfill, protects buildings from water damage caused by clogged gutters, reduces fire risk from gutter debris in compliance with new fire prevention building codes, reduces maintenance and promotes cleaner, more efficient rain water harvesting system's. RainTube also contributes LEEDS points for builders and owners seeking "green" certification for their projects."
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IRAN: Are Chinas Muslims worthy of Islamic Republics...
Rated • 1 review • china, iran, uighurs • latimes.com
Differing Iranian views on China's crackdown on Uighurs. Interesting.
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Climate plan's backers have tougher audience in...
Rated • 1 review • politics, global warming • mcclatchydc.com
Climate plan's backers have tougher audience in Senate
By Renee Schoof and David Lightman
July 10, 2009
From the page: "A recent study by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found a 50 percent chance of an increase of 9.4 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100, compared with a past projection of 4.3 degrees. That study also found a 17 percent chance of an increase of nearly 11 degrees.
"Eleven degrees may not sound like much, but, during the last ice age, when Canada and much of the United States were covered all year in a glacier, the world was only about 11 degrees colder," said Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a Nobel-prize-winning physicist, in a hearing Tuesday. "A world 11 degrees warmer will be very different as well."
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Boxer faces challenge of a lifetime on climate change...
Rated • 1 review • politics, global warming • miamiherald.com
Boxer faces challenge of a lifetime' on climate change bill
By ROB HOTAKAINEN
July 12, 2009
From the page: "Boxer is engaged in her biggest sales job ever. The stakes couldn't be higher as she faces one of the toughest high-profile acts of her lengthy career: getting Congress to sign off on historic legislation to lower greenhouse-gas emissions.
"For Barbara Boxer, it's both the opportunity and a challenge of a lifetime," said Frank O'Donnell, the president of Clean Air Watch.
As the Senate's top-ranked environmentalist, Boxer heads the influential committee that began hearings on the issue last week. She's aiming to get her panel to pass a bill by the end of September. For months now, she's been meeting with senators one on one and hosting a group of about 30 senators for "Tuesday at 12" meetings to develop a strategy to win 60 votes, enough to overcome a Republican filibuster.
With a House of Representatives bill already approved, all eyes are on Boxer, who must overcome plenty of skepticism on Capitol Hill among her fellow Democrats.
"It's going to be a tough slog, but I'm excited about it. ... I know that my Republican colleagues are going to try to do everything to stop it and distort it," Boxer said Friday in an interview."
