Archives for: August 2005
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Speaking of Toxic Waste

Posted by: anthony | 26 Aug 05 | 3 comments
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You buy some electronics. They get old. You throw them out. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. Your electronic trash gets shipped overseas and now some poor child gets to salvage it for scrap. Breathing in and absorbing a cocktail of toxic chemicals and poisons.
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Chinese crack down on forest crime

Posted by: anthony | 20 Aug 05 | 1 comment
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In the U.S. forests are reguarly destroyed for the economic benefit of a few. Oil companies, timber companies and other fat cats. Fat cats - what a great phrase. Anyway, the Chinese recently fined more than 80 people, even members of government, for forest destruction. Gob bless those communists.
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RFK Jr. likes his view a lot

Posted by: anthony | 18 Aug 05 | Leave a comment
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Robert F. Kennedy is a great environmentalist. That is why this story is soo strange. I guess he likes his multi-million dollar view more than he likes clean, renewable energy. Personally, I'd love to look out of my mansion at a wind farm off in the distance.

Kennedy Misses the Boat when it comes to Clean Energy
Strange Boatfellows Clash in Nantucket Sound

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You're touching toxics

Posted by: anthony | 17 Aug 05 | Leave a comment
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I've been using computers since 1979. Owned at least a half dozen and it is only when I worked for a large computer manufacturer that I asked what happens to all of those old computers. No need to throw them out. Find out all about your toxic computers, how to recycle them and what others are doing to make them less toxic. Read on.
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Viagra, Cheap Software and Endangered Species

Posted by: anthony | 16 Aug 05 | 1 comment
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Isn't the Internet just grand? Every day we get to wake up to ads for all sorts of crap delivered to our email accounts. If you need to sell some of your crap you can use one of many auction sites to do so. Now it seems you can also buy endangered species online. Holy crap.
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250 miles per gallon and loving it

Posted by: anthony | 14 Aug 05 | Leave a comment
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Hate global warming? Not a big fan of supporting terrorism? Wanna tell the oil companies to shove it? Well a guy out in California has tweaked his Prius to get 250 miles per gallon. Check it out.

The Center for Auto Safety also has some video about the Research Safety Vehicle (Real Player needed). A very cool car that the government crashed.

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Green death

Posted by: anthony | 13 Aug 05 | Leave a comment
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Embalming injects a corpse with a bunch of nasty and toxic chemicals. Many caskets are constructed to last, well, a lifetime. Now the there is a move for a green burial (NY Times, all sorts of registration hoops). Save some land, no toxic chemicals and you help to nuture the land. If curbside recycling is too much ask, this option only requires you to lay still.
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30 something and a bow tie.

Posted by: anthony | 12 Aug 05 | Leave a comment
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When you think Tucker Carlson what comes to mind? Conservative action figure? Fashion icon? Douche bag? While all of these may or may not be true but we were shocked to find out he is an ardent supporter of terrorism. Aren't right wing TV looneys just grand?
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Enough solar energy to shake a stick at

Posted by: anthony | 12 Aug 05 | Leave a comment
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The Arizona Republic has a great story on solar energy. "Phoenix-based Stirling Energy Systems struck a deal this week with Southern California Edison to build a 4,500-acre project that would produce at least 500 megawatts, enough electricity for a small city." Now maybe my hair dryer will stop blowing the fuses in my house.

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Tropical Storms on the rise

Posted by: anthony | 11 Aug 05 | Leave a comment
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We've got a story on a MIT study that global warming is to blame for increased tropical storms.

Now Bloomberg has story about Tropical Storm Irene getting stronger. Ugh.
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Oil Prices Get Higher

Posted by: anthony | 11 Aug 05 | Leave a comment
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With oil going to $66 a barrel, what will it take for us to switch to a cleaner energy source?
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Wind Turbine DIY

Posted by: anthony | 11 Aug 05 | Leave a comment
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Tired of paying for dirty coal power? No longer want to help fund the next Chernobyl? This site has instructions on building your very own wind turbine. We haven't tested this but it looks fun.

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Reduce your garbage, save money

Posted by: anthony | 11 Aug 05 | 1 comment
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Wired has an article on companies reducing their waste and how it helps their bottom line.

"Anything that's waste is an inefficiency in the process, and inefficiency is lost dollars," says Patricia Calkins, vice president for environment, health and safety at Xerox.

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