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Let’s Get Right into the Debate: Part 2
by Whit Ayres
April 30th, 2008

Well, last week’s post about Newt Gingrich and green conservatism generated quite a debate among our readers and quickly became, I believe, the most-read post in the history of Terra Rossa. So I thought I’d try to keep that discussion going by talking a little bit more about some of the issues raised by that [...]

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Energy Debate Watch
by Terra Rossa
April 29th, 2008

Please enjoy today’s energy debate watch, a collection of news stories and perspectives about energy, environment and climate related issues. These articles are provided to keep Terra Rossa readers informed about the current public energy debate but are not intended to express the views of the blog. Let us know your thoughts on these articles [...]

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“It’s Not Easy Being Green”
by Tucker Eskew
April 28th, 2008

So warbled Kermit the Frog many years ago. Wikipedia says the song “is associated with problems with identity,” and I’m sure a few noteworthy conservative conservationists can relate.
Newt Gingrich is one. As my fellow Terra Rossa contributor Whit Ayres pointed out last week, Newt has been feeling the heat for his position on climate [...]

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Energy Debate Watch
by Terra Rossa
April 24th, 2008

Please enjoy today’s energy debate watch, a collection of news stories and perspectives about energy, environment and climate related issues. These articles are provided to keep Terra Rossa readers informed about the current public energy debate but are not intended to express the views of the blog. Let us know your thoughts on these articles [...]

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Energy Debate Watch
by Terra Rossa
April 23rd, 2008

Please enjoy today’s energy debate watch, a collection of news stories and perspectives about energy, environment and climate related issues. These articles are provided to keep Terra Rossa readers informed about the current public energy debate but are not intended to express the views of the blog. Let us know your thoughts on these articles [...]

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Let’s Get Right into the Debate
by Whit Ayres
April 22nd, 2008

A few weeks ago, I talked about Al Gore’s new “We Campaign” and its multi-million dollar ad campaign featuring such strange pairings as Al Sharpton and Pat Robertson, and Newt Gingrich and Nancy Pelosi.
Well the ads are up and running – you’ve probably seen some of them. And, I have to say, they’re pretty [...]

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Energy Debate Watch
by Terra Rossa
April 21st, 2008

Please enjoy today’s energy debate watch, a collection of news stories and perspectives about energy, environment and climate related issues. These articles are provided to keep Terra Rossa readers informed about the current public energy debate but are not intended to express the views of the blog. Let us know your thoughts on these articles [...]

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Attention Wal-Mart Shoppers: Please pick up the courtesy phone in aisle 4 and call your United States Senator.
by Jim Coleman
April 18th, 2008

The other night I watched a Wal-Mart commercial that was selling organic coffee. The tag line was “if all 220,000,000 Wal-Mart shoppers purchased a pound of these (magic) beans we could help the environment.” The next commercial I watched had a woman telling me that Silk Soy milk donates a portion of the [...]

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Energy Debate Watch
by Terra Rossa
April 17th, 2008

Please enjoy today’s energy debate watch, a collection of news stories and perspectives about energy, environment and climate related issues. These articles are provided to keep Terra Rossa readers informed about the current public energy debate but are not intended to express the views of the blog. Let us know your thoughts on these articles [...]

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The National Pastime Goes Green
by Whit Ayres
April 16th, 2008

I’ve already paid several visits to Nationals Park, the brand-new baseball stadium in downtown Washington, DC. It’s a state-of-the-art facility, has all the amenities a fan could want in a stadium, and is a great place to watch a game.
What I didn’t know, however, was that it’s also perhaps the most environmentally-friendly stadium in [...]

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Tax Day
by Tucker Eskew
April 15th, 2008

Yes, today is Tax Day – or, more accurately, the deadline Uncle Sam has given us to finish handing-over his take of our hard-earned paychecks.
Today in particular it baffles me how some folks support imposing a new carbon tax on greenhouse gas emissions when there’s a proven, market-based alternative available in cap & trade. [...]

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Energy Debate Watch
by Terra Rossa
April 14th, 2008

Please enjoy today’s energy debate watch, a collection of news stories and perspectives about energy, environment and climate related issues. These articles are provided to keep Terra Rossa readers informed about the current public energy debate but are not intended to express the views of the blog. Let us know your thoughts on these articles [...]

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Energy Debate Watch
by Terra Rossa
April 10th, 2008

Please enjoy today’s energy debate watch, a collection of news stories and perspectives about energy, environment and climate related issues. These articles are provided to keep Terra Rossa readers informed about the current public energy debate but are not intended to express the views of the blog. Let us know your thoughts on these articles [...]

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Solar: Movin’ On Up
by Whit Ayres
April 9th, 2008

Here’s the latest development in creative solar technology, courtesy of Reuters: giant solar balloons.
Israeli scientists are working on a way to put flexible solar panels on large, helium-filled balloons, that would float hundreds of yards in the air, collecting the sun’s rays, and transmitting the energy to homes and businesses below. The balloons could [...]

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Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too
by Tucker Eskew
April 8th, 2008

Recently I’ve seen a bunch of news stories like this quoting folks who feel cap & trade is too risky because the technology isn’t yet available to help America meet greenhouse gas emission caps.
Well, that’s not exactly the case. A study published in Science magazine by Princeton University researchers R. Socolow and S. [...]

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Energy Debate Watch
by Terra Rossa
April 7th, 2008

Please enjoy today’s energy debate watch, a collection of news stories and perspectives about energy, environment and climate related issues. These articles are provided to keep Terra Rossa readers informed about the current public energy debate but are not intended to express the views of the blog. Let us know your thoughts on these articles [...]

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Guess Who’s Back…
by Whit Ayres
April 5th, 2008

Al Gore. Actually, don’t call it a comeback – he’s been here all along. But the former Vice President is making headlines as he prepares to roll out a massive $300 million dollar ad campaign urging the nation to act on the climate change issue.
Gore discussed the campaign with CBS News’ Lesley Stahl [...]

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Energy Debate Watch
by Terra Rossa
April 4th, 2008

Please enjoy today’s energy debate watch, a collection of news stories and perspectives about energy, environment and climate related issues. These articles are provided to keep Terra Rossa readers informed about the current public energy debate but are not intended to express the views of the blog. Let us know your thoughts on these articles [...]

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Thank You For Smoking- “Art Imitates Life”
by Jim Coleman
April 3rd, 2008

“Art imitates life” is a commonly used phrase when some piece of art, literature or cinema that has been represented as fiction finds its way into our non-fiction world. Sitting in my home tonight I was presented with a doozy.
I was reading the editorial page in my local paper and my state chamber of commerce [...]

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Energy Debate Watch
by Terra Rossa
April 2nd, 2008

Please enjoy today’s energy debate watch, a collection of news stories and perspectives about energy, environment and climate related issues. These articles are provided to keep Terra Rossa readers informed about the current public energy debate but are not intended to express the views of the blog. Let us know your thoughts on these articles [...]

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