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Category Archives: Green Revolution
EPA Smog Rules Freakout is Ridiculous
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Share the post “EPA Smog Rules Freakout is Ridiculous”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail First of all, let’s stop with the stupid sports metaphors. Really. If you need an analogy, smog regulations are a low card in a high stakes game, and Lisa Jackson is … Continue reading
Why Green Is A Winning Issue
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Share the post “Why Green Is A Winning Issue”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailDid I mention that my video wound up on TV? As I keep saying: the progressive generation will advocate for a green energy future…and do it very well. The president needs to … Continue reading
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Yes To Tesla
Share the post “Yes To Tesla”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThis is one badass car; and as little as I actually need a car, it can actually run off a solar roof even in Alabama. That’s all my travel made green for monthly payments as … Continue reading
Afghanistan, Green Energy, And War
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Share the post “Afghanistan, Green Energy, And War”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail There’s a Plan B after all. Afghanistan turns out to have enormous metal deposits: So far, the biggest mineral deposits discovered are of iron and copper, and the quantities are large enough … Continue reading
Capitalism and Climate
Share the post “Capitalism and Climate”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Despite all the noise about climategate, it turns out that one very important and influential set of people is betting long on climate change: capitalists. From MoJo: Companies, of course, exist to make money. … Continue reading
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Blow The Green Bubble
Share the post “Blow The Green Bubble”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail He’s more than a gaffe-prone distraction from the president; he’s also a change-agent. Vice President Joe Biden told a room full of Wall-Street Democrats some things they might not like to hear: And … Continue reading
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Don Blankenship Must Diet
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Share the post “Don Blankenship Must Diet”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailVia ThinkProgress: Shares of Massey have been shrinking. If ever there was a CEO worth hating, it is Don Blankenship. His mines are the Ford Pinto of the industry and he hasn’t the decency … Continue reading
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Electrical Resistance
Share the post “Electrical Resistance”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailScientific American asks whether politics will slow the development of wind power. Apparently, wind farming in the plains states is so lucrative that Influential natural gas producers and generators in Texas are worried. They are demanding … Continue reading
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Green Becomes Strategic
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Share the post “Green Becomes Strategic”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailChina is betting long on green, but also disturbing strategic planners in the way Germans and French played brinksman with coal and iron once upon a time, and Russia does with gas and oil. The … Continue reading
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Green Stimulus
Share the post “Green Stimulus”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThis is how you convert to a green economy in a red state: TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas launched a new energy efficiency program Tuesday to make low-interest loans available to several thousand home owners and small … Continue reading
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Iran Admits to Torture of Protesters
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Share the post “Iran Admits to Torture of Protesters”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailFrom the British Guardian: Iran’s police chief admitted yesterday that protesters who were arrested after June’s disputed presidential election had been tortured while in custody in a prison in south-west Tehran. But … Continue reading
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