as the most expensive presidential election in U.S. history has come to an end, we turn to an issue that impacts more and more people … A Rockefeller Republican in blackfaceRead more
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Posted inClimate Disaster / Extreme weather / ToMl
Leadership Needed … haha
Just days before the elections, Bloomberg announced his decision in an op-ed entitled, “A Vote for a President to Lead on Climate Change.=,” writing, quote, … Leadership Needed … hahaRead more
Posted inClimate Disaster / Global Warming / ToMl
I am really concerned for my daughters’ future
A new documentary looks at how photographer James Balog captured climate change on film by placing two dozen time-lapse cameras throughout the Arctic and other … I am really concerned for my daughters’ futureRead more
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A beginners guide to predistribution
In their influential book The Spirit Level, Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson explain how more equal countries score better on a whole host of social … A beginners guide to predistributionRead more
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VIA22
VIA22 – a new international, open and horizontal, collective initiated in Montreal, Quebec – is launching monthly processes of local and global actions of convergence … VIA22Read more
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$11 million spent on Solyndra attack ads
When the solar manufacturing company Solyndra went bankrupt last September after receiving a $527 million loan guarantee, it sparked a politically motivated congressional investigation into … $11 million spent on Solyndra attack adsRead more
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Feed your soil
In the 1990s, Gail Fuller stopped tilling his Kansas farm. He and his brother had inherited the farm and he wanted to move away from … Feed your soilRead more
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Smart Grid Saves EPB Chattanooga $1.4M in One Storm
In July, we reported on the first real test of EPB Chattanooga’s smart grid investment that occurred when a powerful windstorm roared through the city … Smart Grid Saves EPB Chattanooga $1.4M in One StormRead more
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Talking sense on wind subsidies
Among the more bizarre statements from last week’s Conservative party conference was from the new DEFRA minister Owen Paterson, in a tirade against that conservative … Talking sense on wind subsidiesRead more
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The Case Against B.F. Skinner
I A century ago, a voice of British liberalism described the “Chinaman” as “an inferior race of malleable orientals.”1 During the same years, anthropology became … The Case Against B.F. SkinnerRead more