September 2010
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McKibben: White House Afraid of Catching ‘Electoral Cooties’ from Carter-Era Solar Panel
Author, environmentalist, educator Bill McKibben is apparently drawing some of the same conclusions about why Obama Administration officials declined to accept the Carter White House solar panel they brought down from Unity College in Maine. Asked today by NPR’s Science Friday host Ira Flatow about the White House reaction to the presence of the Carter-era [...]
Campaign Urging Facebook to Unfriend Coal Gathers Steam
Supporters of the campaign to ‘unfriend coal’ has now grown to more than half a million strong and in addition to employing straight ahead techno-rational arguments, a new video from Greenpeace takes a more humorous tack.
Delaware’s Republican candidate counts political cost of climate support
Mike Castle’s belief in the science of climate change and support for cap and trade laws saw him lose the nomination to rightwing Christine O’Donnell
Amazing Video of Air Assault on Loveland Fire in Colorado
With bits of time-lapse and slow-motion, this video shows the quick response and air assault to the Reservoir Road Fire, burning west of Loveland, Colorado.
India May Allow Coal Mining in Dense Forests to Meet Rising Power Demand
To carter the rising power demand the Indian government is considering to allow coal mining in dense forests.
