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Grist.org Hey, EPA, even if Grist's David Roberts doesn't agree with everything these EPA lawyers are saying, we still think trying to censor them is uncool.
Source: www.grist.org
Laurie Williams and Allan Zabel are EPA attorneys who have taken up advocating against cap-and-trade on behalf of rebated carbon taxes, most recently in a Washington Post op-ed. They also posted a video to YouTube making many of the same arguments at somewhat greater length. ...
Grist.org How to talk to everyday Americans about climate change ... learn with cartoons!
Source: www.grist.org
Getting Americans to wake up to the reality of climate change is no easy task. But experts at Columbia University believe a mix of psychology, anthropology, and behavioral economics can help, and they've written a guide with cartoons showing how.
Grist.org Watch actor & funnyman Aziz Ansari (NBC's Parks & Recreation) talk about the ideal carbon footprint size and other, ahem, important green issues.
Source: www.youtube.com
Aziz Ansari is funny. An actor and comedian, you may have seen Aziz on NBC's Parks and Recreation or MTV's Human Giant. If you haven't seen him, see him here when he talks with Grist about his involvement with the Kyoto Protocol and what he's doing to lessen his carbon foot and handprints.
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Do you know where your senators stand on climate? Help us
find out: http://bit.ly/Sb9lv More at our Climate
Citizens Project: http://bit.ly/Q56u3
Source: bit.ly
Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) introduced a climate bill on Sept. 30: the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act. Do your senators support the bill, and do they support action against climate change in general? Help us find out!
Grist.org Endocrine disruption, meet political corruption. Are you worried about BPA in consumer and food products?
Source: www.grist.org
Bisphenol A, commonly abbreviated as BPA, is vile stuff--not the kind of thing a smart species knowingly introduces into its ecosystem. Tom Philpott marvels that we're doing just that---and storing food in it, no less.
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Longtime Grist reporter Amanda Little has written a book, and we're throwing a party to celebrate! OK, we're really crashing a perfectly respectable reading and then co-hosting a reception afterwards.
Please join us to hear Amanda read about her adventures through America's energy landscape, then stay to chat with her a...nd other Grist staff members.
WHAT: A reading from Amanda’s new book, Power Trip: From Oil Wells to Solar Cells -- Our Ride to the Renewable Future, followed by a casual reception with free nibbles (and a cash bar)Read more
Please join us to hear Amanda read about her adventures through America's energy landscape, then stay to chat with her a...nd other Grist staff members.
WHAT: A reading from Amanda’s new book, Power Trip: From Oil Wells to Solar Cells -- Our Ride to the Renewable Future, followed by a casual reception with free nibbles (and a cash bar)Read more
We'll talk books, booze, and enviro news
Time:Thursday, 12 November 2009 19:00
Location:Elliott Bay Book Company
Grist.org Famed PolyFace farmer Joel Salatin confesses that he drinks raw milk sold illegally on the underground market and questions why we collectively consider Twinkies "safer" foods. Any raw milk aficionados out there?
Source: www.grist.org
Isn't it curious that at this juncture in our culture's evolution, we collectively believe Twinkies, Lucky Charms, and Coca-Cola are safe foods, but compost-grown tomatoes and raw milk are not. With legislation moving through Congress demanding that all agricultural practices be
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How and Why?
The White House has nominated Mr. Siddiqui for the position of chief agricultural negotiator in the office of the United States trade representative. He is presently a vice president at CropLife America, a coalition of the major industrial players in the pesticide industry, including Syngenta, Monsanto, Dow... Chemical and DuPont. That job doesn’t seem to square with the Obama administration’s professed interest in more sustainable, less chemically dependent approaches to agricultureRead more
The White House has nominated Mr. Siddiqui for the position of chief agricultural negotiator in the office of the United States trade representative. He is presently a vice president at CropLife America, a coalition of the major industrial players in the pesticide industry, including Syngenta, Monsanto, Dow... Chemical and DuPont. That job doesn’t seem to square with the Obama administration’s professed interest in more sustainable, less chemically dependent approaches to agricultureRead more
Source: www.nytimes.com
President Obama’s nominee for the nation’s chief agricultural negotiator should represent a broad view of American agriculture.
Chris Huff Good Story!
Product Ecomotive has introduced Mach3 SEFS-HD said that the company can improve fuel economy in diesel vehicle by 16 percent...
Grist.org 350 is taking all of your International Climate Action Day passion to the pre-Copenhagen climate talks in Barcelona this week. Check out the pics that negotiators are seeing and see if you can find yourself.
Source: www.youtube.com
Jamie from 350 shows us what they are doing with all your amazing 350 action shots here at the Barcelona round of the UN climate talks.
Grist.org The Goreacle writeth again:
Source: www.grist.org
Al Gore's new book is not just informative about the key strategies for preserving a livable climate -- it's also truly beautiful.
Laura Henry-Stone
Why is Grist running campaign ads for Bob McDonnell on its website? He's the anti-environment candidate: http://hamptonroads.com/2009/09/deeds-mc
Source: hamptonroads.com
Grist.org This pessimistic article underscores the importance of this week's hearings on the Senate climate bill.
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
The climate-change bill that has been moving slowly through the Senate will face a stark political reality when it emerges for committee debate on Tuesday: With Democrats deeply divided on the issue, unless some Republican lawmakers risk the backlash for signing on to the legislation, there is...
Jennifer Schellpeper
What does GRIST have to say about this guy!!!???
http://www.climatephysics.com/index.html
Source: www.climatephysics.com
Grist.org Another debunking of the Freaks...
The Freakonomics duo tackles climate change -- and discovers the limits of cleverness - The Boston G
Source: www.boston.com
Four years ago, “Freakonomics” took the reading world by storm. Co-written by the acclaimed economist Steven Levitt and the journalist Stephen Dubner, the book pulled off the unlikely coup of recasting economics, the theretofore dismal science, as a tool for cerebral swashbucklers. ...
