IN TODAY’S REPORT: Democrats undermine Obama’s climate legislation; the EPA steps up and gets stepped on? PLUS: Worldwide Blackout & more volcanic “fallout” for Bobby Jindal…All that and more in today’s Green News Report!
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Info/links on stuff we talked about on today’s episode, plus MORE green news, all follows below…
- Democrats to shelve fast-track process on climate bill, for now
- Nice package: Will combining climate and energy into one big bill help or hurt the climate cause?
- Pep squad: Obama hypes the green aspects of his budget plan
- Endangerment ahead: EPA tells White House that greenhouse gases are threat to public welfare
- Return to sender: White House refuses to open email about regulating greenhouse gases
- EPA review of mining permits signals policy shift
- EPA to Scrutinize Permits for Mountaintop-Removal Mining
- Controversial mine granted federal permit: Corps of Engineers’ approval comes after EPA voices concerns
- Chevron Tanks on Cook Inlet Endangered by Volcano. Drain, Baby, Drain! (Updated)
More green news not covered in today’s episode:
- House passes bill protecting 2 million acres of wilderness
- Automakers Likely To Get More Aid: Levin
- Top 10 Myths about Sustainability: Even advocates for more responsible, environmentally benign ways of life harbor misunderstandings of what “sustainability” is all about
- No, I said ‘dessert.’ I want more dessert: Does Sen. Feinstein get global warming, desertification, and California’s looming demise?
- U.S. birds threatened by habitat loss, invasives, report says
- Tampa Bay runs out of surface water: Water supplies for Florida region ruled “critically low”
- Chief scientist warns of “perfect storm” for resource shortages by 2030: Food, energy and water supplies all under threat from combination of climate change and growing population
- Action on climate to harm Gulf economies: Saudi official
- Drink Up: Taking the Salt Out of Seawater – Removing the salt from briny water is becoming more affordable
Bring back the clothes line …
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Hey BH, check out what I found at Counter Punch’s Web site of the day:
http://www.g-20meltdown.org/
I bet Americans won’t hear a peep about this, except for maybe on Democracy Now!
That would only work here if you like your clothes freeze-dried….
(didn’t listen to the show, just my first thought upon reading your comment)
Little-known fact: Drying most fabrics in the sun wears them out radically more quickly than using a dryer… which leads me to wonder if there ultimately is any energy savings, much less money savings, in the practice, if you have to buy five times as many clothes and linens to keep yourself covered.
Ancient ~ A party for the winners of the big monopoly game …
99 ~ UV probably has a damaging effect … In warmer climates their done in under an hour … conditioner’s likely minimize some uv effect (not that I use any) I have racks for indoor drying … Yes It’s not practical for everyone or every thing.
Stress relieving time:
http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/comedy/watch/v961801xW5b2Fdc
Ancient (#2 post), Thanks for the link, I’ll look for UTube video on April 1/2. I think you’re right that we won’t be seeing or hearing this through the MSM.
(Recording)EPA v. ACOE; It’s gotta’ be the holdovers and vested interests. Obama is being publicly dissed repeatedly by an insubordinate military and DEA. He needs to kick butt and clean house.
Agent 99 (#4 posting) “Drying most fabrics in the sun wears them out” Maybe it’s natures way of telling people in warmer climates that they should walk the Naturist path? 😉 Yes, sun-drying is hard on cloths, there were cloths my mom wouldn’t dry on a clothesline because they would be damaged. But that basket of folded cloths just brought in from a day in the sun is one of the great smell-memories from childhood.
BH – Tried the link but still scared of downloadin new forms for viewing… 🙁
Lotsa – Your velcum, :-). Raw has a story up on it, but the video isn’t working. I have 2 cats, 2 dogs, a daughter, a bf, and a crazy tufted titmouse (bird) that keeps trying to get in my house everyday. 🙂 Lovin em all with patience and forgiveness, an estatic when I see it rubbin off! Cuz I sure need it too!!!!!
99 – Thanks for all you do! 🙂
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090324/ap_on_re_us/car_dealers__deaths
Just like when the rollin rock races ended and the kid wanted to sell off land, then when old lady mellon died and the town was pissed about more sales!?!? Huh, dickey?
That would be richard mellon scafe to the rest of yuz. The heir apparent in the actually small food chain.
Did yall know picksburg is supposed to be an illuminati center…I don’t really research that stuff but have heard it several times.
Just so yinz guys don’t think I’m a total egotistical pighead due to my #8 comment, that was after a week of discussions with my daughter on springbreak of Antigone. Mindset, mistake, realization, good ole Greek tragedy still relevant today!
An oh yeah, I now have 5 cats. Farm kitty I adopted just had 3 kittens. I’m pissed at my township for dealing with dogs but not cats. Crap, they breed twice as fast as dogs and can spread rabies which is on the rise in rural areas! Anybody want a kitten?
[ed note: Damn, the spam filter is eating people again. Sorry. –99]