The Beginning of the End?
It seems as though we are starting to finally see a light at the end of the tunnel in the Gulf Oil Spill. But as Rahm Emanuel aptly once said, “Never let a serious crisis go to waste”
As sad as the phrase is, it rings true. The oil spill is a horrible tragedy that I [...]
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Heal the Bay’s Mark Gold on the BP oil spill
I recently had the privilege to speak with the President of Heal the Bay, Mark Gold. It was a frank discussion about the Gulf oil spill and the state of water conservation initiatives.
Mark has been working on water pollution for over 20 years. I wanted to find out how someone with such deep knowledge felt [...]
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Beloved Petroleum: America’s Addiction
Oil does not just fuel our cars or heat our homes. Petroleum based products are responsible for most plastic, rubber, and synthetic fibers around the world. Sneakers, candle wax, detergents, plant fertilizers, dyes, and even food additives all contain petroleum. Laptops, Energy Star TVs, iPods, and digital cameras are all made with petrochemicals. Most, if [...]
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Change I can’t believe in…
President Obama recently announced a significant expansion of offshore drilling along the eastern seaboard. This cannot be deemed as another politician rescinding on another campaign promise. In 2008 as a candidate, President Obama did admit to a possible compromise in offshore drilling if it was part of a larger energy plan. However even the Bush [...]
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What is more dangerous, climate change or terrorism?
We are all too familiar with the consequences of terrorism and few deny the earth’s climate is changing. In today’s social discourse both ideas are loaded and politicized. Neither phenomenon is universally defined and the approach to each is emotional and controversial.
Consider the causalities of each to determine which is more dangerous. As expected there [...]
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Climate Change: a matter of national security.
The Pew Charitable Trusts, a nonpartisan research institute, has dedicated an initiative to discovering the links between our security, our energy, and our environment. The Pew Project on National Security, Energy, and Climate just released the below video. It contains interviews from military experts that include an Admiral, Captain, and a former US Senator all [...]
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Hacking the Environment
In mid-November 2009 hackers accessed a significant amount of data from a world-renowned climate research institute, the University of East Anglia in England. When stolen emails were leaked it sent the climate change-denying community into a frenzy. The emails that contained open dialogue between climatologists using lab slang quickly became fodder for pundits to spin. [...]
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