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Welcome to the New Day Cafe! This is an open thread.
In celebration of springtime, I thought I’d share a little spring green.
How about a little no churn mint chocolate chip ice cream?
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by samanthab
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on Thu Mar 21, 2024 at 07:30 AM PDT
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Wednesday marks the one-year anniversary of President Joe Biden signing the Inflation Reduction Act . Biden held a press event today along with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Aug 16, 2023 at 04:50 PM PDT
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Energy is found in many, many forms, many of which we make the rhetorical mistake of naming after substances, or thinking of them as substances. We often call things like oil, coal, natural gas, etc. energy. We call the companies that extract these...
by joelado
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on Fri Aug 04, 2023 at 03:00 PM PDT
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Bottle Farm - growing system for windowsill hydroponics https://bottle-farm.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGIfdIMiJPI hat tip: core77.com Editorial Comment: A good idea which can probably be replicated with available materials like peat pellets...
by gmoke
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on Sat Jul 08, 2023 at 06:52 PM PDT
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New York State’s Draft Scoping Plan has been released. It is a blue print for reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The plan contains a reasonable estimates of the costs and benefits of the reductions. On balance the benefits are higher...
by Groundnut
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on Tue Mar 28, 2023 at 03:38 PM PDT
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DK Quilt Guild: A place for quilters to gather, share ideas, projects, and to make the world a better place, one quilt at a time. Join us and share your thoughts, projects, questions, and tips. Quilters here are at many different levels of skill....
by Pam from Calif
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on Sun Mar 12, 2023 at 04:00 PM PDT
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As we keep moving forward to 2024, survived many challenges in yester year 2023. Major challenges that everyone oblige to pay attention : Energy crisis Climate crisis These 2 topics are the most talked about in the news media. Winter season 2023, made...
by Rajwantee
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on Wed Jan 04, 2023 at 11:49 AM PST
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An Ecology Florida Feature December 2022 Monica Starr Did you enjoy this article? Please consider supporting and donating at EcologyFlorida.org Americans produce considerably more waste during the holiday season. Specifically, from Thanksgiving to New...
by jtietz
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on Wed Dec 21, 2022 at 11:25 AM PST
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Star Trek prepared me to feel a connection with the universe. Instead, I felt terrible grief for our planet. At Cop15, our leaders must negotiate to protect ...
by Angmar
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on Thu Dec 08, 2022 at 04:00 PM PST
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Climate Emergency is our fault. (We owe an almost completely unpayable debt to Native Americans and it's unfortunate that Thanksgiving isn't really looked at as the "original colonization" that it actually is. Even if supposed to be "peaceful", it's...
by Angmar
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on Sat Nov 26, 2022 at 02:47 PM PST
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JULY 31, 2022 key findings of the twenty-seventh publication of the ‘World Population Prospects’. think.com/ Growth rate continues to fall. Since 2019, the global population ...
by Angmar
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on Sun Aug 14, 2022 at 01:00 PM PDT
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Wildfires California fire crews make progress against ferocious Oak fire near Yosemite Fire burning near famous national park exploded in size over weekend but crews achieved 10% containment Monday morning . California wildfire exploded on Friday:...
by Angmar
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on Sun Jul 24, 2022 at 01:00 PM PDT
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Historians of the future will look back on 2022 as the year America gave up addressing human-caused climate change Anything, anything, to keep the Happy Motoring era alive. Any excuse — electric cars! Flying taxis! China and India are to blame! Climate...
by Angmar
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on Fri Jul 22, 2022 at 12:30 PM PDT
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**Update** White House now says it "won’t declare climate emergency this week" White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Tuesday that President Biden won’t declare a climate emergency this week google Biden plans Wednesday address on climate...
by Angmar
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on Tue Jul 19, 2022 at 01:15 PM PDT
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The Terrifying truth: Britain’s a hothouse, but one day 40C will seem cool. Bill McGuire The Prince of Wales has said the “alarming” temperatures across Britain and Europe are a warning that the climate crisis is a genuine emergency as the UK is hit by...
by Angmar
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on Mon Jul 18, 2022 at 04:29 PM PDT
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It's so hot, roads are buckling, they're putting foil on a bridge and roofs are melting around the world cnn.com/ Air Condition-ing : "There are other, well-established solutions we can turn to. If you can, retrofit your home to make it more...
by Angmar
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on Sat Jul 23, 2022 at 01:30 PM PDT
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Population statistics: worldometer The United Nation's latest global population projection predicts there will be 8 billion people on the planet by November and that the population will gradually increase to 8.5 billion by 2050 and to more than 10...
by Angmar
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on Sun Jul 17, 2022 at 12:00 PM PDT
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Welcome one and all to the 3rd Thursday of the Month Round Up here at the Gnuville Spa, Breakfast Nook & Ceramic-and-CDB dispensary called “Gone to Pot.”
Well here we go with another hearing by ...
by WineRev
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on Thu Jun 16, 2022 at 04:00 AM PDT
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Experimental: "What’s the Least Bad Way to Cool the Planet?" New York Times To cool the planet in this century, humans must either remove carbon from the air or use solar geoengineering, a temporary measure that may reduce peak temperatures, extreme...
by Angmar
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on Sun Jun 12, 2022 at 12:00 PM PDT
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"The US has eight years to cut its emissions by half. Scientists say there’s a way" US has eight years to cut its emissions by half. Scientists say there’s a way The U.S. can achieve its goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030 if...
by Angmar
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on Sun Jun 05, 2022 at 12:00 PM PDT
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