Posts Tagged ‘Environment’

Kimberly Clark Spoof Commercial

Did you know that Kimberly Clark is cutting down old growth forest in Canada to make things like Kleenex and toilet paper?  So those one-use little pieces of paper are wasting thousands of timber that’s been around for hundreds of years every time you toss it into the trash.
Please use recycled paper toilet paper and [...]

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Happy Earth Day!!

I almost missed it, so intrigued was I by the torture argument!  Here’s a video from Greenpeace, some pictures of President Obama, Michelle Obama, and Bill Clinton planting trees with SCA (Student Conservation Association) volunteers.  I was an SCA volunteer, so I’m excited for them (though I wish it was me meeting with such interesting [...]

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Republicans Distort MIT Study on Cap and Trade

From TPM Muckraker:
Republicans won’t be changing their story on the cost of climate change legislation anytime soon. I just spoke with Michael Steel, spokesman for John Boehner, about the letter the House Minority Leader received from M.I.T. scientist John Reilly. By way of background, Reilly wrote to Boehner yesterday and gently informed him that he [...]

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Global Warming Denier Can’t Back Claims

What else is new?  From TPM Muckraker:

Paging Obama’s new environmental team: Fred Barnes has some crucial new information about global warming — it’s not man-made, apparently!
Problem is, Barnes won’t tell us how he knows that — but maybe he’ll tell you.
Check out this passage from Barnes’ latest column for the Weekly Standard:
Democrats couldn’t hide their [...]

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Hitting the Ground Running

This truly is a new era.  I’m once again eager to hear news of what the President is doing.  I no longer dread sentences that begin with “The President presented a new piece of legislation…”  This economic recession still worries the pants off of me, but there’s a kernel of hope in all that worry [...]

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Dear Mr. Obama

Dear President Obama,
You cannot imagine how happy it makes me to type those words.  Your historic inauguration is surely the start of something amazing and I am grateful and amazed that I am present for it.  Furthermore, after eight long years of a president who has shown no concern for the people of this great [...]

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An Argument for Vegetarianism: Ecology

Why does meat production hurt the earth?  Let us count the ways.  You might just be surprised.
1) Concerned about global warming?  One of the best things you can do to decrease your carbon footprint is to stop eating meat.  
According to one study that was done on the energy use required to support each type [...]

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Why Go Green?

Well, for one thing, it’ll help our economy.  That’s right, part of our economic crisis (namely the high unemployment rate) can be solved by investment in green jobs and green energy!  Hooray!  The UN even agrees!
So, why is Congress letting the ban on offshore drilling expire?  It’s happening this week and apparently they’re just going [...]

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Top Ten Reasons Offshore Drilling is a Bad Idea

Oh Greenpeace, how do I love thee?  They’ve come out with a list of the top ten reasons to oppose offshore drilling and I just have to share it with you.  Here’s the link and here’s the list:
10. Offshore oil drilling won’t impact gas prices today, and it won’t have a significant impact on gas [...]

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The Other North American Bear

That’s right, the Black Bear and the Grizzly aren’t the only ones!  There’s actually a third: the Polar Bear! For the longest time, I would think of the polar bear as living in remote and uninhabitable places like the Antarctic, but no, there are actually polar bears in Alaska (not that Alaska’s not remote…).
What does [...]

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