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Uncle Al Wants You : Gore To Recruit 10 Million Green Crusaders
Al Gore at the UN climate change conference in Bali in 2007. Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty imagesMassive volunteer force and tv campaign aimed at CongressBy Susan Goldenberg /The Guardian / April 1, 2008 Washington — Al Gore yesterday launched a drive … Continue reading
Art : New York Salutes its Garbage
SHHHH! No trash talking… How, exactly, would the Big Apple rot if nobody picked up the trash? Within a couple of weeks the city would be carpeted with trash — more than 120,000 tons of it, according to Robin Nagle, … Continue reading
The Disembodied Lightness Is Sheer Illusion
Well, this just sucks, especially since I’m an IT manager for a small manufacturing company. Welcome to the real world. Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog Google Data Center along the Columbia River in Oregon.It is no coincidence that search … Continue reading
Turn Out The Lights — Before The Party’s Over
The Sydney Opera House and Harbor Bridge appear at dusk. The Australian city was the site of the first Earth Hour in 2007, in which lights on prominent landmarks were turned off to raise awareness about global warming. Photograph by … Continue reading
Nuclear Reactors – Recalling Their Consequences
Three Mile Island at 29: Reactors and Infant HealthBy John LaForge Today marks 29 years since the partial meltdown and radiation disaster at Three Mile Island (TMI) near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. News accounts noted the reactor’s loss-of-coolant, fuel melting, multiple explosions, … Continue reading
Ice Shelf Collapse : Accelerated Global Warming
The UN’s Rajendra Pachauri UN climate chief warns of ‘accelerated melting’ of ice caps AFP / March 26, 2008 / The Rag Blog Brussels — The head of the UN intergovernment climate change body on Wednesday voiced strong concern at … Continue reading
Colbert on the Water Shortage : Laugh in the Face of Despair…
Stephen puts inventor Dean Kamen’s vapor compression distiller to the test. Thirst locally and drink globally with Stephen’s new line of bottled water. Source.Thanks to Sarito Neiman / The Rag Blog
Who Will Control the Seeds We Plant?
Seeds of Destuctionby Stephen Hume, Vancouver Sun Eating breakfast toast: a simple ritual to start the day. The bread probably came from a bakery or grocery store, but beyond that who knows where the wheat came from – never mind … Continue reading
