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Leaving Las Vegas : Can We Say Goodbye to Catalysmic Consumption and Hedonism?
Lake Mead: Beautiful but shrinking. Photo by Ron Niebrugge / Niebrugge Images.‘Will we finally accept the public policy and lifestyle changes that the real world now requires? Or will “Viva Las Vegas” always be America’s motto?’By David Sirota / December … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Consumer Culture, Ecology, Energy Crisis, Environment, Las Vegas
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A Vision for the Brazilian Rain Forest Reawakens
A devastated area of forest used for cattle in March in Brazil. A government plan introduced targets for reducing deforestation and carbon dioxide emissions. Photo: Lalo de Almeida for the New York Times.Forest Plan in Brazil Bears the Traces of … Continue reading
Bush’s EPA : Another Green Light to Carbon Emissions
New power plants will not be required to install technology to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, the Environmental Protection Agency has ruled. Photo by Charlie Riedel / AP. The case at issue yesterday began in 2007 when the EPA issued a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Legacy, Carbon Emissions, Environment, Environmental Regulation, EPA, Global Warming
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Fidel Discusses the Tar Sands, Bank Bailouts
Reflections by Comrade Fidel: The Unjustifiable Destruction of the EnvironmentBy Fidel Castro Ruz / December 15, 2008 Can the capitalist society avoid it? News about this issue are far from encouraging. The project to be submitted for approval on December … Continue reading
Obama Picks Duncan and Salazar : A Hit and a Miss?
Arne Duncan, Barack Obama’s nominee for Education Secretary, comes with some impressive references. Here’s a “thumbs up” and a “thumbs down” from a progressive perspective on two of President-elect Barack Obama’s most recent Cabinet nominees. Arne Duncan appears to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Education, Educational Reform, Environment, Interior Department, Obama Administration, Obama Cabinet, Obama Transition
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Avoiding Ecological Collapse in the Gulf Dead Zone
Satellite image of the Gulf of Mexico dead zone, October 2005.Scientists: act now on Gulf of Mexico’s dead zoneBy Cain Burdeau / December 12, 2008 NEW ORLEANS — Scientists have issued a report urging immediate government action to reduce urban … Continue reading
Cuba: Ahead of the Curve on Food Sustainability
A banana plantation is seen in San Antonio de los Banos in Havana in this July 18, 2008 file photo. Photo: Reuters/Enrique De La Osa/Files.In ‘Eat Local’ Movement, Cuba Is Years AheadBy Esteban Israel / December 16, 2008 HAVANA – … Continue reading
Global Warming : Past the Tipping Point
The Most Important Number on EarthNow that we know how far we are past the carbon tipping point, it’s time to freak out—and get to work.By Bill McKibben Sooner or later, you have to draw a line. We’ve spent the … Continue reading
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Tagged Carbon Emissions, Energy Crisis, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Autos, Plagues and Passover
Pharaoh 2 by Veronica Winters.Knowing a Pharaoh when you see one…Creating a Freedom Seder for the EarthBy Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / December 15, 2008 What do the Iraq War, the drowning of New Orleans, the collapse … Continue reading
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Tagged Automobile Bailout, Ecumenism, Environment, Judaism, Ritual
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Bush Throws Polar Bears Under the Bus
Polar bear reacts to today’s news. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announces revisions to Endangered Species Act. ‘To finally admit that the science compels the listing of the polar bear as threatened due to global warming, but then deny it the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Legacy, Endangered Species, Environment, EPA, Global Warming, Interior Department, Polar Bears
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Curbing Emissions Through Construction Retrofits
Sustainable refit of the Department of Conservation office building in Wellington, New Zealand. Photo: Tom Walter.Construction Industry Could Trim Climate Emissions CheaplyDecember 8, 2008 POZNAN, Poland – Energy use in buildings accounts for one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions, but … Continue reading
