If you live in Washington, DC, New York or Southern California and see a driver in a Chevy Equinox pointing and laughing as you pull into your local gas station to fill-up, try not to take offense. That driver may be one of the lucky few who are test driving one of General Motors’ [...]
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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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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 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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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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“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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Sitting around in the dark might be good for reflection, unless you’re a ray of light.
You might’ve missed it, but Earth Hour occurred Saturday, March 29. People in cities across the globe were to turn out the lights for one hour to help fight climate change.
Now I favor reasonable conservation on the personal and [...]
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I keep hearing legislators say that we cannot address climate change without CHINA. I wholeheartedly agree that China has to be part of the solution — but since when does the United States wait for China to lead? There are a few lessons from the world of sports that may help explain how we [...]
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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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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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Yahoo has announced their top search terms for 2007.
I’ll resist commenting on some of the starlets who were the top searches for the year. But one thing did jump out at me – climate change is way up there. And broken down by straight news searches, so were issues of energy security.
So what, [...]
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As millions of Americans sat down Sunday with a plate of hot wings and a cold beer to follow the day’s NFL action, NBC treated us to some corporate responsibility overkill. Portions of NBC’s halftime show were done in the dark! One of the more caustic commentaries laments Bob Costas’s apology for the use [...]
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In an interesting turn on November Sweeps, NBC has decided to use this week to promote an eco-friendly message. The “Green is Universal” campaign features green-themed shows including The Office, 30 Rock and Days of Our Lives. You’ll have to stay tuned to see how the ratings play out.
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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.
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We can (and should) have a debate about the criteria for selecting recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize. But that’s for another day. Today Mr. Gore has received tremendous recognition for his efforts. He gets a (brief…very brief, please) moment in the spotlight…Congratulations, sir.
But let me illustrate the challenge this award represents [...]
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There was an amusing article in the Times of London over the weekend: “Walking to the Shops Damages Planet More Than Going By Car.“ Here’s a selection:
“Walking does more than driving to cause global warming, a leading environmentalist has calculated.
Food production is now so energy-intensive that more carbon is emitted providing a person with [...]
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During the Live Earth Concert Ben Affleck offered his solution to Global Climate Change and demonstrated just how out of touch Hollywood continues to be on important issues. The artsy, filmed in an Herb Ritz edgy black and white, PSA had Ben rocking out on his iPod. His voiceover suggested that the next time [...]
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What does Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) have in common with Paris Hilton and Lindsey Lohan?
Not much, folks, but as one Silicon Valley new energy blogger said in Saturday’s New York Times, “green-focused Web sites are getting about as trendy as celebutante D.U.I.’s.”
And Gov. Pawlenty deserves to be here on this red-state (conservative) but green-green (entrepreneurial [...]
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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 [...]
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This issue needs less “Earth” and more urge.
As promised, I didn’t watch it live, and/but I have streamed some video of a favorite or two. I could use this post to enumerate various (or vacuous) hypocrisies, but other news accounts did that just fine.
As I see it, the concerts were ostensibly for music, but [...]
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