Mon 4 Jun 2007
Push for Tougher Rules on Wind Industry
WASHINGTON (AP) - Birds and bats have a powerful advocate in the new Congress, and he is making the wind energy industry nervous.
Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV], chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, is pushing legislation that would more strictly regulate wind energy to protect birds, bats and [...]
Fri 23 Mar 2007
Neatorama : 10 Most Magnificent Trees in the World.
Trees are cooling the earth so let’s keep them around a while longer.
via Treehugger
Thu 22 Mar 2007
RE: A convenient omission of the truth
Posted at The Hairy Reasoner under Politics , Science , Education , Environment , Class Wars
RE: A convenient omission of the facts.
Regurgitating conservative dogma on global warming in her condescending and sanctimonious style in Wednesday’s Oracle, Ms. V. Bekiempis commits the very errors she accuses others of committing from her comfortable seat on the bandwagon. I intended to just post a comment, but comments on the Oracle aren’t working at [...]
Sat 17 Mar 2007
Pump ‘Em Up! - A fuel conservation call to children across the US. Kids will spread the word to drivers that the power to conserve fuel nationwide is in their own tires!
Pump ‘Em Up! is a fuel conservation call to all over the world to spread the word to drivers that the power to conserve [...]
Fri 7 Jul 2006
Anarchist to Head Public Safety Office
Posted at The Hairy Reasoner under Politics , Consumerism , Environment , Class Wars
Back in Backward World, again:
Think Progress » Bush Nominates Anti-Regulatory Zealot To Head ‘Super-Powerful’ Public Safety Office
President Bush is expected to nominate Susan Dudley as the next head of an obscure but “super-powerful office that oversees many business regulations.” The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs holds sway over federal regulatory agencies like the EPA [...]
Thu 8 Jun 2006
Treehugger: Pallet-House: Modular Refugee Housing
The Pallet House Prototype for Sri Lanka uses approximately 300 pallets to make a 1200 square foot, 2 story structure with 5 rooms including 2nd floor bedroom/veranda, indoor/outdoor kitchen and central courtyard.
I hate to make fun of a good idea; just not enough to actually resist doing so.
Wed 31 May 2006
…kill a weed.
Treehugger: Using Lemons As a Weed Killer
Sun 21 May 2006
Older Americans Most Pessimistic About Future for Children
Posted at The Hairy Reasoner under Politics , Consumerism , Education , Environment , Social Studies
Older Americans Most Pessimistic About Future for Children
The idea that each generation of children will grow up to be better off than the one that preceded it has always been a part of the American dream. But barely a third of adults expect things to work out that way for today’s children, according to a [...]
Fri 5 May 2006
Lightships A-170 Video Blimp - Gizmodo
Aack!!!!
The full frontal assault on our senses and our wallets continues.
“When nations grow old, the arts grow cold and commerce settles on every tree.” - William Blake
…and blimp and billboard and building and webpage and t-shirt and airwave and…
Miller Lite is even running a commercial for their new commercials!
(via [...]