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Category Archives: Environment
We Need a New System
Our current capitalist system, especially the unregulated variety in the US, is built around ideas that are fundamentally not life affirming. The system is built on the idea of growth, which ultimately is unsustainable. The idea of growth drives critical … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Environment
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It’s Time to Repower America
I find it mind-boggling that some people think that now that our economy is going down the drain, we cannot possibly worry about things like global warming. Huh? Ever heard of the WPA? Maybe it’s easier to remember the WPA … Continue reading
Doubt Makers
During my exchange with Pat Frank in the comments to my post on the climate crisis, he raised a question about CO2‘s pollutant status. When I researched the question, I found a write up by Weather Underground that recounted the … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, On research, Politics, Science, Skeptical musings
Tagged climate crisis
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Climate Crisis
Ken over at Open Parachute wrote a very good post about the climate changes we are facing. His summary does an excellent job of countering the arguments of climate change deniers. Of course I had to add my 3 cents … Continue reading
Consumerism as an Addiction
About a month ago, I was wondering out loud if there is something underneath many of the symptoms that we are witnessing. Something that ties them all together. A very interesting article by Charles Shaw on Alternet suggests that our … Continue reading
Green Choices
Totally off topic, much more mundane is a discovery I just made in the real world: a website by Consumer Reports on Green Choices. Just like their main site, it contains ratings of green products, something that is especially helpful … Continue reading