What Makes the Democratic Convention Sustainable?
In an effort to reduce the waste it send to landfills to a meager 15 percent, the DNCC is planning to implement a comprehensive composting and recycling program
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Kate Kelly: White Versus Green Convention
As the Democrats of 2008 prepare for the "greenest" convention ever, people might like to know that in 1908 the goal of the convention organizers, with access to Rocky Mountain snow in July, was to make it the "whitest" ever.
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McCain Campaign Strategy Working: Media Reporting "No Difference" on Global Warming
There are fundamental differences between McCain's and Obama's positions and fundamental differences about the prospects for the future between President McSame and President Obama.
Danish Wind Turbine Company to Outsource 1350 Jobs -- to Colorado
Denmark's Vestas announced it was investing $120 million in a new factory in Colorado -- on top of $200 million it's already sinking into another factory -- which will bring 1350 new jobs to the state.
McCain's Bumper Sticker Strategy
The simple-minded bumper stickers are back, and boy do they look good on the rear window of a 4x4: "Drill Here Drill Now." The policy they propose, though, doesn't look so good.
T. Boone Pickens: From Swift Boater To Pluralist
In just a few years Pickens has moved from being a totally partisan political animal to a man who is looking for the partial truth in the disparate views of a variety of people.
Reversing Churchill's Blunder
It's getting hard to follow the proposals for a clean energy future without a scorecard, so here's my summary of the big ideas I've heard brought to the table.
What the Heck Is Biodiversity? And Why Should We Care?
We should care about biodiversity because it is increasingly threatened as we keep encroaching on natural habitats and polluting our air, water and soil.
Overpopulation: Overhyped
More pertinent than how we procreate is how we farm. If we don't change it, we will still reach our approaching limits -- of energy, land, and carbon emissions -- at current or even lower population levels.
MoveOn v. "Big Oil" McCain: Spend Our $39 Billion on Clean Energy
Yesterday, MoveOn and the Center for American Progress teamed up to call out McCain and Republicans for pretending that handing out huge sacks of cash to Big Oil constitutes an energy policy.
Why Not Try Meat-free Meals With Kids?
Vegetarian diets are greener. Just reducing your weekly consumption of meat and animal products can make a big difference in your family's environmental impact.
Is Going Local Going Too Far?
Why go to all this trouble when there are plenty of real farmers happy to grow your food -- and farm markets and CSAs for purchasing it?
Con Games: T. Boone's Doggle
In the history of television advertising, has any private citizen ever ponyed up $50 million-plus for the greater good of the American people, with no strings attached?
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