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April 25, 2008 03:18 PM EDT -- Whether you like him or not, Bush as 269 days left as our commander in chief. We're in the middle of a war that the majority of the country, Iraqis and the rest of the world doesn't want . . . more
December 31, 2007 08:25 PM EST -- We are living in a time of escalating extremes. Climate change devastation may be arriving faster than expected, but wondrous new technologies may allow us to stop the worst. Global climate skeptics . . . more
March 24, 2008 03:30 PM EDT -- The word is now out: many biofuels, such as corn ethanol, actually cause global warming according to two studies published in Science in February.  Why?  Their production leads to clearing of . . . more
May 05, 2008 02:35 PM EDT -- Global warming is in the middle of a ten-year pause according to an article  in Nature .   Because this is a peer reviewed scientific article published in a major journal it must be taken . . . more
June 02, 2008 11:26 AM EDT -- The U.S. Senate is debating a major environmental bill: The Climate Security Act.  Unfortunately this bill is fatally flawed because it uses the convoluted, easily manipulated cap-and-trade process . . . more
September 15, 2008 05:44 PM EDT -- Energy independence and green energy are often referred to as though they are the same thing.  However this is far from the truth.  True, if we have 100 percent green energy we have energy independence, . . . more
December 03, 2007 07:40 PM EST -- The Kyoto Treaty, intended to decrease global warming, is set to expire in 2012.  Leaders from around the world are meeting in Bali , Indonesia to discuss what will replace it. The Kyoto Treaty . . . more
June 17, 2008 09:07 AM EDT -- Renewable energy is expanding voraciously and will do so even faster, according to experts at a Worldwatch Institute panel ( Tipping Point ).  Wind power is already in the midst of an explosion, . . . more
November 09, 2007 02:31 PM EST -- By Katie Mounts, Policy Associate, Center for Arms Control and Non Proliferation Posted at http://nukesofhazard.blogspot.com The war of words between President Bush and Iranian President Ahmadinejad . . . more
September 05, 2008 11:05 PM EDT -- Electric and Hybrid Cars: A History By Curtis D. Anderson, Judy Anderson 199 pages - published by McFarland & Company (November 1, 2004) This book describes and illustrates . . . more
House Passes Energy Bill
by Ethan G.
views: 70 | rating: 7.8 | comments: 21
September 17, 2008 12:02 PM EDT -- The house passed an energy bill last night: http://wamu.org/programs/dr/08/09/17.php#21306.  I don't know all the details, but I know that it allows offshore drilling, extends renewable energy . . . more
January 26, 2008 01:40 AM EST -- Today's "featured conversation" on the Gather homepage, Are we ready for President Obama? by Martin Solomon is a very good article. Everyone on Gather should read it. And it made me think . . . more
No Place Like (Solar) Home
by Ethan G.
views: 158 | rating: 10 | comments: 29
October 22, 2007 10:18 PM EDT -- An array of exotic homes recently sprang up on the Washington Mall, with numerous panels and appendages and lush vegetation.  This was the 2007 Solar Decathlon , which challenged twenty teams of . . . more
November 10, 2008 04:40 PM EST -- Upon swearing the oath of office on January 20, Obama will immediately face three major crises: The economy; the multiple wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and on terrorism; and the environment.  Of the . . . more
The Abyss of the Future
by Ethan G.
views: 120 | rating: 10 | comments: 23
August 07, 2008 03:35 PM EDT -- I’ve just finished reading James Speth’s The Bridge at the Edge of the World, which includes a powerful analysis of our environmental dangers along with a visionary approach to solving them.  Unlike . . . more
December 03, 2007 10:13 AM EST -- Students and Faculty Should Question the UC Role in Development of a New Hydrogen Bomb By Gen. Robert Gard, Leonor Tomero and Achraf  Farraj, Center for Arms Control and Non Proliferation Also . . . more
May 18, 2008 10:08 PM EDT -- With oil prices hitting another record, this time $128 a barrel, a voracious energy appetite worldwide, and a faltering economy, the demand is likely to grow to take any steps necessary to get extra energy, . . . more
August 18, 2008 01:43 PM EDT -- Unlike most environmentalists, I would support drilling for oil along America’s coastlines, as I’ve written before.  However such drilling needs to be part of a comprehensive package including renewable . . . more
December 21, 2007 09:30 AM EST -- The article below discusses the Council for a Livable World's work to ensure that the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW), was not developed. The RRW would have chipped away at non proliferation efforts . . . more
February 09, 2008 02:42 PM EST -- Two great environmental champions have, for me, long smacked of hypocrisy.  One is Robert F. Kennedy Junior, a great advocate of clean energy—until it comes to wind farms off the coast of his . . . more
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