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Michael Grunwald has a guest essay in The NY Times Opinion pages that raises real questions about the role of biofuels in decarbonizing with renewable energy. The Climate Solution That’s Horrible for the Climate As America rushes to generate more...
by xaxnar
on Tue Jun 06, 2023 at 09:27 AM PDT
with 18 Recommends
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February 17, 2018
Dear President Miller, Speaker Busch, Chairman Barve, Members of the House Environment and Transportation Committee, Distinguished Legislators:
I write to you today to ask your support for improvements to Maryland’s 1991 Forest...
by billofrights
on Sat Feb 17, 2018 at 11:53 AM PST
with 1 Recommend
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Here we go again. Bret Stephens, apparently riding high on a wave of hate-clicks, has another column that yet again deceives readers with a bait and switch.
In his second column, Stephens takes on ethanol, a worthy topic for inquiry: the benefits...
by ClimateDenierRoundup
on Fri May 05, 2017 at 07:31 AM PDT
with 8 Recommends
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On a Sunday in October 1981 (either the one before or the one after the first World Food Day, www.worldfooddayusa.org/...), I spoke in a Southern Baptist pulpit for the first and last time. The topic of my talk was the immorality of using U.S. grain to...
by Galtisalie
on Sun Jan 22, 2017 at 03:00 PM PST
with 21 Recommends
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I have been writing on Huffington Post Denver for as long as it has existed, and since it is not the 'front page' but a features page, articles there usually don't get much 'traffic'.
However, that '
by wade norris
on Mon Nov 02, 2015 at 10:45 AM PST
with 307 Recommends
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The Washington Post reports that Bernie Sanders has stated that he will remove Marijuana from the Federal List of most dangerous drugs, and there is something profoundly revolutionary about this:
As ...
by wade norris
on Thu Oct 29, 2015 at 12:07 PM PDT
with 33 Recommends
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The Washington Post reports that Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders proposes to remove Marijuana from the Schedule 1 Federal list of dangerous drugs:
(Courtesy WAPO and Erratic Synapse )
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by wade norris
on Wed Oct 28, 2015 at 05:50 PM PDT
with 28 Recommends
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Anyone who has been in close proximity to a diary farm knows the powerful au natural fragrance that emanates from the multiple rear ends catered to in the facility. Well it turns out that is not ...
by John Crapper
on Tue Aug 25, 2015 at 08:09 AM PDT
with 25 Recommends
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(from my Gearhead Grrrl blog )
If you've been following the press of late, you've noted the considerable angst generated by the unit oil trains that seem to be taking over the land. The "Chicken ...
by GearheadGrrrl
on Sun Mar 15, 2015 at 06:55 PM PDT
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Thanks to Dr. Evil and his flying monkeys at Monsanto, there are no shortage of examples of GMO done wrong. But in states and countries around the world where tobacco is still an important crop (...
by DocDawg
on Fri Aug 08, 2014 at 09:07 AM PDT
with 14 Recommends
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The AP Reports ( courtesy of yahoo ): The failure so far of cellulosic fuel is central to the debate over corn-based ethanol, a centerpiece of America's green-energy strategy. Ethanol from corn has ...
by BruceMcF
on Sun Nov 17, 2013 at 06:00 PM PST
with 59 Recommends
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I have written many, many times about Wall Street and its rotten practices, and how their reckless decisions are hurting families. For years now, we've known that Wall Street had too much influence ...
by Michael Lux
on Fri Sep 13, 2013 at 01:07 PM PDT
with 1 Recommend
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Some very smart "rocket scientists" seem to think so.
As cited on NASA's Global Climate Change page:
Press Release : Could planting trees in the desert mitigate climate change?
European ...
by jamess
on Sun Aug 04, 2013 at 07:51 PM PDT
with 48 Recommends
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Turns out, James Inhofe, on record as 3rd dumbest member of Congress , has a checkered past in supporting development of alternative fuels. He's for them, and he's against them. This is based on a ...
by ChuckInReno
on Tue Aug 07, 2012 at 12:57 PM PDT
with 7 Recommends
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Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth
“Rip down all hate,” I screamed
Lies that life is black and white
Spoke from my skull. I dreamed
Romantic facts of musketeers
Foundationed deep, somehow
Ah, ...
by NNadir
on Fri Jul 06, 2012 at 10:08 PM PDT
with 11 Recommends
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The Daily Bucket is a place where we post and exchange our observations about what is happening in the natural world in our neighborhood. Each note about the bugs, buds, and birds around us is a ...
by Melanie in IA
on Thu Jul 05, 2012 at 08:30 AM PDT
with 46 Recommends
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The week of May 21, the U.S. Navy will launch MMOWGI, a ...
by gmoke
on Sat May 19, 2012 at 02:21 PM PDT
with 18 Recommends
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This is my latest piece on DeSmogBlog :
Republicans on the U.S. House Armed Services Committee have decided that the military’s push for clean, renewable energy has gone far enough, and have ...
by farronbalanced
on Fri May 18, 2012 at 07:54 PM PDT
with 21 Recommends
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I am going to do a bit of research between storm preparations, but I was listening to NPR today, and there was a story on Here and Now about the increase in use of Corn for Ethanol, and that there ...
by GreenMother
on Fri Apr 13, 2012 at 11:40 AM PDT
with 4 Recommends
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A Brief History of Agricultural Time
Our farming for over 10,000 years has been responsible for 2/3rds of our excess greenhouse gases. This soil carbon, converted to carbon dioxide, methane and ...
by Erichj
on Sat Mar 31, 2012 at 09:51 AM PDT
with 17 Recommends
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