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Pauline Oliveros and her Beautiful Canopies of Sound
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Los Angeles Steps Up Transition Toward 100% Renewable Energy
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12 Reasons to Try Elliott Abrams in the International Criminal Court
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Ecological Amnesia: Life Without Wild Things
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Coup Redux in Venezuela: ‘The Revolution Will Not Be Televised’
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Biofuels from Seaweed: A More Sustainable Energy Source?
Posted on July 1, 2013 | No CommentsMany millions are being invested in seaweed research from Vietnam to Israel to Chile because producing biofuels in the sea overcomes many of the serious problems with conventional biofuels.
Obama Proposes Measured Action on Climate Change
Posted on June 25, 2013 | 4 CommentsPresident Obama unveiled his Climate Action Plan that proposes to cut carbon pollution from coal burning power plants, coupled with supporting energy efficiency and clean, renewable sources of energy, but cannot seem to kick the addiction to some fossil fuels, especially fracked natural gas. He also promises to ramp up climate change adaptation and to lead international efforts to address global warming.
Jan Freed: Mother Nature’s Climate Wrath Will Be Costly
Posted on December 28, 2012 | No CommentsThe US has been through hell with unprecedented drought, fires and floods, the most costly in history. Chance variation? The pattern of disasters and extreme weather evens beat the odds of your neighbor winning the lottery twice in a row.
Keystone XL Dirty Oil Sands Pipeline: Obama’s Drop Dead Decision? By Jack Eidt
Posted on January 16, 2012 | 1 CommentThe Obama Administration will continue to face the decision whether a leak-prone dirty tar sands oil pipeline, associated with destruction of ecosystems and indigenous communities as well as global climate destabilization, is in the US national interest.
Tar Sands – Keystone XL Pipeline Activist Resources
Posted on December 21, 2011 | No CommentsAs the Tar Sands Oil Mining and the associated Keystone XL and Northern Gateway Pipelines push forward, education and collaboration are necessary to stop these destructive projects and demand a sustainable and clean energy policy today.
End Nuclear Power: Renewables and Conservation Now
Posted on March 30, 2011 | 1 CommentWhat about energy conservation, as well as cogeneration, wind power and cheaper, more–efficient forms of renewable energy? Physicist Amory Lovins from the Rocky Mountain Institute argues that shifting investment of tens of billions of dollars from nuclear into renewable energy would reduce far more carbon per dollar.
Government to Take Over Fukushima?
Posted on March 29, 2011 | No CommentsIf we add 20% additional solar and wind to our nation's grid, immediately, the only energy reaissance we will need will be the safe-and-sane renewable kind.
Big Oil Burns Money to Stop Climate Legislation, and Lost
Posted on September 8, 2010 | 1 CommentCalifornia's Proposition 23 pits two Texas oil companies, Valero and Tesoro, billionaire-brothers Koch Industries, and a host of fossil fuel industry supporters, aiming to "suspend the implementation" of the state's landmark global warming legislation, AB 32. It failed.
