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Activists from 35 countries rallied in over 200 cities for the legalization of marijuana earlier this month. A laudable effort perhaps, but did you know that the cannabis plant’s industrial version is a crop that many scientists believe holds silver bullet potential for greenhouse gas reduction?
Hemp is outlawed in most countries despite lacking psycho active ingredients. Commercially grown hemp has less than 1% tetrahydrocannabinol (THD), the ingredient which causes the psychedelic effect in non commercial cannabis. Nevertheless many countries including the US don’t want it on their soil for fear that it will stimulate farmers to grow the psychoactive version.
Continue Reading Industrial Hemp’s Silver Bullet Potential For Reducing Greenhouse Gas
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“I’ll Believe the Sun is Controlling Our Climate Until the Day I Day”
Dave Dahl – TV weatherman (Chief Meteorologist KSTP-TV)
That’s fine with us Dave. (But do you really think the sun is the only thing contributing to our climate?) How about focusing on the weather forecast for tomorrow? Leave the climate science to the climate scientists.
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In yesterday’s post we discussed the pros and cons of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act – or at least tried to.
The bill is due to come to the floor in June, but many supporters in the Senate, including Environment and Public Works committee chair Barbara Boxer, are all but conceding they won’t get the required 60 votes for passage, even while staff for Boxer, Lieberman, and Warner feverishly work on an overhauled bill.
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The Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act passed the U.S Senate Environment and Public Works Committee last December by a vote of 11–8. (A quick fact sheet on the bill is available here in pdf)
Continue Reading Climate Security Act Vote Looms in Senate – Yea or Nay?
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Fooled ya! Obviously there’s no quick fix. But here’s a good 60 second “elevator speech” from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) on how we can get started on a real fix. It’ll only take a minute.
Continue Reading Solve Global Warming is 60 Seconds…
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Meeting the challenge of climate change is a three-legged stool – it requires action from individuals, business, and government.
The largest aggregate entity in the world is business, as well as the largest emitter of greenhouse gas. But business is a manifestation of consumer demand. ClimateCounts.org operates on the belief that individuals, given the right motivation and access to information, have the power to influence business through the choices they make every day.
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There is plenty of sobering news regarding climate change. I see it every day.
The most discouraging aspect of it is the political divisiveness and polarization surrounding the issue. No problem is ever solved nor challenge met through such a stance.
Continue Reading Bridging the Gap and Solving the Climate Crisis – An Optimistic Moment
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The original Earth Day, founded by Senator Gaylord Nelson, is to this day considered one of the most phenomenal moments in American democracy.
Said the American Heritage magazine in October of 1993:
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Following is a copy of an email I just recieved from Senator Dianne Feinstein –
Dear Mr. Schueneman:
Thank you for writing to me to share your support for the “Climate Security Act of 2007.” I appreciate hearing from you and welcome this opportunity to respond.
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