EPA moving toward regulation of greenhouse gases

by The Green A-Team

Full L.A. Times article here.

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When it comes to what plagues our environment, one of the major topics of discussion has always been greenhouse gases. The idea of dangerous gases that emit radiation into our atmosphere is not a foreign one to anyone who has a vague knowledge of our current climate concerns.

But despite its reputation as a environmental household name, it has never been officially addressed by the government as a real concern. Until now. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced its plans in regulating this damaging gas in hopes of curbing the effects of global warming as well as to determine its effects on people’s health. The EPA’s plans actualizes of the dangers greenhouse gases present and will hopefully the awareness many have still ignored up until now.

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GM battles rage down on the farm

by The Green A-Team

Full BBC News article here.

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Genetically modified or GM crops have been one of the most promising solutions to the rapid decline in food production. All they require is a simple spritz of chemicals; the grower never even needs to take a step in soil. But that is exactly why farmers have unwittingly waged a war against the miracle crops.

The few farmers who still grow their crops the traditional way have been under investigation by large GM corporations such as Monsanto for ’seed piracy’. GM pollen can easily travel across acres to local farms and potentially be saved by the farmers to use. It seems to be a classic case of ‘evil corporation’ bullying on the part of Monsanto. But maybe it is the action that needs to be taken in order to protect a technology as vital and important in this day and age.

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More than a hint of mint in the stimulus plan

by The Green A-Team

A breakdown of the numbers from the NRDC:

The bill provides:

$6 billion for clean and safe water, creating more than 200,000 jobs

  • This insures critical funding for the nation’s pipes and treatment plants.  We don’t often worry too much about where our clean water comes from and this line seeks to keep it that way.

$4.5 billion for greening federal buildings

  • The Federal building codes and standards apply to buildings constructed or used by any Federal agency that is not legally subject to state or local building codes.  This means that any building, not just the White House, Pentagon, Capital Building, etc., ANY building paying their energy bills with Federal money will be subject to completely revised energy efficiency performance standards which have been set by the DOE.

State energy grants, issued through the Treasury Department, that will fund renewable energy projects that are eligible for the available tax credits.

  • As of October of last year, the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 prolonged tax credits in solar, fuel cells, and microturbines; increased the credit amount for fuel cells; established new credits for small wind-energy systems, geothermal heat pumps, and combined heat and power (CHP) systems; extended eligibility for the credits to utilities; and allowed taxpayers to take the credit against the alternative minimum tax (AMT) subject to certain limitations.  If you’ve got these systems already in place are are planning to build new ones, you should apply here.

Funding for the state energy program, which includes important utility reforms and building code conditions.

$2.5 billion for energy efficiency and renewable energy Research and Development.

  • In many cases, the technology just isn’t there yet and it takes resources to get there, hence, this line item.

$5 billion for the Weatherization Assistance Program, creating approximately 90,000 jobs

  • The expansion of this service will help the program reach a critical mass and deliver what it was designed to do - help low income families make energy efficiency improvements on their homes and spend less on utilities.  See if you qualify here.

A multi-year extension of the renewable production tax credit.

  • Even greater insurance to individuals and corporations interested in these upgrades that their renewable energy improvements will be rewarded for many years to come.  This is the kind of thing that boosts investor confidence in green stocks.

A more effective tax credit for home efficiency upgrades.

$6 billion in loan guarantees for renewables, transmission and leading edge biofuels

  • This is a great boon for companies investing in these industries.  Now there will be real money to back up the loans guaranteed by the government.  This comes as particular significance to the USDA.

$2 billion for advanced batteries

  • More than just rechargeable batteries for your TV remote, this category of tech development may be the most important.  Certainly the automotive industry has a lot to gain with hybrid-electric vehicles seeking to replace the current fleet.  Here’s an interesting piece from the US Advanced Battery Consortium (USCAR).  The storage of electricity produced on a massive scale for residential and commercial use is also an integral component to making the new renewable grid happen.

$9.3 billion for intercity rail, including high-speed rail

  • With these new high-speed rail systems, the U.S. may actually be up to speed with the rest of the world.  Here’s a little more on that idea.

$27.5  billion for highways (this large pot of money is not exclusively for highways, and states and cities must use this flexibility to invest in fuel-efficient public transportation)

  • While this may seem a bit imbalanced up against the public transportation budgets, the ethos behind it suggests the auto fleet will be markedly cleaner by the time the highways are improved.  Like it or not, the U.S. is a car culture which means the industries and infrastructure must change to accommodate it.

$8.4 billion for transit

$1.5 billion in competitive grants for transportation investments (which could be used for public transportation)

  • These last two lines combined with the high-speed rail budget is a pretty formidable sum to help the country’s beleaguered public trans condition.  However, it may also prove to be a mere drop in the bucket if the other energy system improvements are not met.

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Seeds of hope: Freezing vaults guard Earth’s flora

by The Green A-Team

Full USA Today article here.

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One of the most fantastical gardens can be found in Kew, England where many different flowers and plants make up a varied man-made Eden. But there lies something else in Kew; something that more resembles the lair of an evil genius rather than the nature’s playground that Kew has been famous for.

The Millennium Seed Bank is a series of giant vaults that holds something more precious than any ordinary bank could hopeful in this year of economic bailouts. It holds billions of seeds that have been frozen for future uses that will be crucial to the world’s food supply and medical crises. With the world’s natural resources quickly disappearing, the Millennium Seed Bank is not just a side project for the Green movement but an insurance policy for all of Earth.

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Seawater holds key to future food

by The Green A-Team

Full BBC article here.

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One by one, the Earth’s natural resources are disappearing. And by no means is fresh water safe from elimination. And in a world where most living things only thrive on fresh water, the search for an alternative is rising to the top of the science community’s list of priorities.

98% of the water on Earth is from the ocean. So it only makes sense that scientist have been looking to the ocean as the next frontier for survival. Plants such as kale and samphire can be cultivated in salt water, as they have been for several thousand years by our ancestors. Spinach and beetroot are also options for the salt water revolution. At this rate, soylent green is no longer something we have to look forward to.

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Back at junk value, recyclables are piling up

by The Green A-Team

Full NYT article here.

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Is Pixar so prescient?  Will our planet one day be deserted with no one left but WALL-E robots cubing massive heaps of trash our civilization simply couldn’t handle?  If you haven’t seen the movie, this article is another clear representation of the sad irony found in our increasingly futile effort to reuse and manage waste.

The grim fact being that recycled materials are too costly for countries like China to buy back from top exporters like the US is what’s creating the log jam.  This overpriced approach to renewables even goes beyond materials and scares consumers away from such energy utility programs offering wind, hydroelectric, and solar power at a costly premium.  Seems the true innovation here requires absolute altruism on the part of it’s inventors to excavate us from these rising mountains of expensive trash.

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How McDonald’s finally got green

by The Green A-Team

Full Guardian article here.

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There are many ideas and connotations associated with McDonald’s. With an ever-foreboding presence in America as well as the rest of the world, the fast food giant was always the one to present trends to avoid, not to follow. But after a recent campaign for sustainability in the company, it may be wise for other companies to look to McDonald’s with inspiration rather than desperation.

With the fallen economy looking increasingly difficult to salvage by the day, environmental issues have taken a backseat due to its costs. But McDonald’s have proven that sustainability not only keeps in touch with the Green issue, but also creates new jobs and opportunities much needed in our current state. Who knew a beacon of hope could start with Corporate America?

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25,000 gardens now nature havens

by The Green A-Team

Full BBC article here.

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A land of rich culture and history, England is known for many things. English gardens being one of the most aesthetically pleasing of them all. But for many horticulture hobbyists, these famous gardens are more than just idyllic backdrops.

The Royal Society for Protection of Birds (RSPB) has noted a trend in gardeners offering their gardens as Mother Nature’s safe haven for birds as well as insects. More than 25,000 gardens in England have initiated this plan by planting special plants and building homes for declining populations of birds such as sparrows and song thrushes. With these acts of ‘Green vigilante’, Ol’ Blighty will have soon have to change its nickname.

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More earthly advice for Obama

by The Green A-Team

Welcome to the first addition of “Renewed World Order,” a vertical news thread of opinions and observations concerning President-elect Obama’s emerging environmental agenda.  Keep up with what gets passed and what gets passed on right here.

Full NYT article here.

The plumage of clean coal puffs its way back into the political face at a special panel discussion at Stamford University with an emphasis on “dis.”  Al Gore took aim at misconceptions of “clean coal” and “Big Coal” in his speech giving advice and awaking eco-demons summoned during this past election.

This article points out is how most swing states are coal states and how playing the sweet song of the clean coal peace pipe could soothe voters whose livelihoods depend on mining.  As a tactic, it was used on both sides and we’ll see if Obama chooses to make good on his promises to develop clean coal technologies as did President Bush… and we can see how much got done there.

If you’ve got a suggestion for President-elect Obama, submit it directly to him on the official website of his administration, Change.gov.


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Climate Campaigners Were on Terrorist List

by The Green A-Team

Full New York Times article here.

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In this brave new world of deceptions and lies, few truths can still hold up. One of them being the government will never be a fan of activists. Despite the growing media coverage of all things Green and the increasingly alarming rate of climate change, climate activists are definitely not on the government’s Nice list this year. In fact, they have become new victims of a seemingly nonstop plot to rid as many people of their natural rights as possible. In other words, they have become terrorists (in the eyes of the government at least).

This is where it gets confusing for many. If the people whose only goal is to make the world a better place to live in are branded with the big T, who are the ones doing the branding? Certainly they must have something better to offer us. You know, something better than Earth. Surely…

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Wind and Solar Tax Credits Still Worth It

by The Green A-Team

Hallelujah!

Likely feeling the pressure from the pundits, lobbyists, populace, and the benevolent voices deep inside their collective souls whispering to them the sustainable secrets of the universe, Congress unanimously agreed that tax credits awarded for renewable energy production should be upheld.

A gracious word from Gregory Whetstone, Senior Director of Governmental and Public Affairs at the American Wind Energy Association:

“We salute Members of Congress in both parties who fought under difficult conditions to keep the renewable energy production tax credit and small turbine investment tax credit on the agenda until the very end, and then pushed them across the finish line. These tax credits are essential to the continued growth of wind energy, to the economic and energy security of the United States, and to a successful beginning in the fight against global warming. We look forward to working next year with a new Congress and Administration to fashion a serious long-term clean energy policy that increases domestic energy, increases our reliance on clean renewable energy, and creates jobs for Americans.”

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Senate Prepares to Vote on Wind Energy Tax Credit Extention

by The Green A-Team

Live C-Span coverage of the Senate’s renewable energy vote here.

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This just in!

Moments ago, by an overwhelming 93 to 2 vote, the full Senate approved the Baucus-Grassley tax extender bill, which includes a one-year extension of the production tax credit.  It still has to make it through the House.

They giveth and they taketh away.  Tax credits for renewable energy given to businesses and homeowners of solar and wind power systems (but not geothermal, hydroelectric, or kinetic generators for some reason) are slated to expire at the end of 2008.  If these tax breaks go away, the already jittery utility companies and investors of these technologies may go away and those of us who like our air, water, and power clean can start burning those short lived credits to keep warm.

Today, on the brink of this next round of Senatorial voting, Gregory Wetstone of the American Wind Energy Association delivered these inspiring words:

“On behalf of America’s wind energy industry and the millions of Americans who favor clean, domestic wind power, I applaud this critically important effort to move forward on renewable energy tax incentives before Congress leaves town at the end of the month.  We are grateful to Senate leaders from both parties who put aside their differences to come together around this bipartisan package.  Clean energy tax incentives are a vital part of the solution to our nation’s economic, energy security, and environmental challenges.  With more than 100,000 jobs and billions of dollars in clean energy investment at risk, we urge all members of the Senate to vote yes on the Baucus-Grassley Amendment to H.R. 6049 and on final passage of this important legislation.  We hope the Senate’s approval of this measure today will add to the momentum for swift action in the House of Representatives.”

The vote could happen any minute so cross your fingers and check that C-Span link.

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McCain’s Red Flag to Green Critics

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Full Canberra Times article here.

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Without trying too hard to contribute to the brutal media pile-on-Governor-Palin, we’ve gone outside the American media slug fest for a piece from our friends down under to get an outside perspective on this Presidential race.  It’s clear from Roslyn Beeby’s article that the 9,463 miles between our two countries hasn’t deadened the shock of McCain’s precarious VP selection.

As Governor of Alaska, home to one of the world’s most delicate ecosystems, you’d think as the elected official she would be all over environmental issues like spilled oil on an albatross.  Sadly, however, Governor Sarah Palin’s environmental record is as sullied as the wildlife she allowed to be abused.  With some flip flopping and fancy foot work, the VP candidate is doing her darndest to clean up the long trail of ineffectual environmental policy making to seem more marketable as McCain’s sidekick.

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Beyond Carbon - Scientists Worry About Nitrogen’s Effects on Planet

by The Green A-Team

Full NY Time article here.

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If you have followed the environmental new trend from the very beginning, it is quite obvious what the public enemy number one is: Carbon. But there is something else stinking up our atmosphere; Nitrogen.

Nitrogen has long been ignored in the environmental protection agenda; so much so that it was not even mentioned in the famous Kyoto Protocol. But while it lagged behind Carbon in publicity, it has been festering in the Earth inside fertilizers that are often overused by the agriculture industry. As a result, an even more toxic nitrogen trifluoride has escaped into our atmosphere without warrant. It is not to say that Carbon has become on  non-issue. Instead, more attention should be raised towards the silent beast that is Nitrogen before it reigns supreme with Carbon in an ever smoggy world.

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Solar power plane that can fly day or night

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Full LA Times article here.

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Around the world in 80 days or even less than 80 days is no longer the spectacular notion it once was. With technology unwilling to flail at any time soon, priorities have shifted from reaching the destination to how one makes the destination.

Solar panel planes have been in development for quite a while by now but the problem had always been the very fact that they are solar powered and therefore can only fly by day. But unlike Icarus, two Swiss innovators are no longer afraid to fly too close to the sun with the help of special solar powered batteries that can be used to fly at night. As long as the batteries are powerful enough to beat the night, that is.

Photo by Neil Donoghue.


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Japan to launch carbon footprint labelling scheme

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Full Guardian article here.

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With eco-awareness having such omnipresence in our daily lives, many Green terms have entered our vocabulary. It was only a matter of time that they made the transition from eco-catchphrases to household names.

Japanese companies have decided to pursue a marketing platform, already tested in the United Kingdom, by labeling food and household products with their carbon footprints. Labeling adds an extra incentive for companies to be greener in their production processes for they act as another form of competitive edge in marketing campaigns. But will the carbon footprint labels an impact on customers? Will they eventually overtake the biggest purchasing factor: the price?

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Federal judge overturns ban on road-building in national forests

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Full LA Times article here.

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Conservation of national forests has always been a big agenda, especially in the world of environmental policy makers. However, a Wyoming federal judge’s injunction against the road ban in national forests seems just the exact opposite of a logical attempt at conservation.

But despite what provocative headlines the judge’s rule may incite, it has allowed for a much needed closer examination at what the “road-less rule” policy really entails. A policy created when the Clinton era was nearing its end, its intentions may have been more about strengthening a presidential legacy in a rising national concern than the concern itself.

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Green Project in B.C. Burns Sawdust, Treats Sewage in Backyard

by The Green A-Team

Full Bloomberg article here.

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Like the bright but annoying kid in class that raises his hand whenever the teacher asks a question, Canada is running laps around the rest of North American sustainable design projects with this 15-acre master-planned sustainable community located along the harbourfront of downtown Victoria.

This keystone project from Windmill West is putting a price behind it’s platinum LEED promises, offering up $1 million to the city of Victoria if Canada’s Green Building Council doesn’t legitimize their claims.  With vocabulary like “natural capitialism” and “New Urbanism” entering the lexicon of developers and architects, sustainable communities may be a thing of the nearer future than expected… and not a moment too soon!  If you just can’t wait, there’s one in Sweden (pictured) where the residents look quite happy.

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Scientists ask to plant GM trees

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Full BBC article here.

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No, they are not a product placement for General Motors. GM stands for Genetically Modified and is one of the latest trends in biofuel development. In a world where the preferred eye color of a child can be picked out before birth, it is only natural that the same idea can be applied to other living things.

In the case of these GM trees, the preferred trait that is developed is not a case of vanity, but the tree’s ability to spread pollen and seed. Researchers from the University of Southampton have applied to plant a group of these GM trees but controversy still plagues the project. How will the ecosystem react to forestry meant to surpass and challenge Mother Nature’s status quo? Will it do more harm than good? The GM project is definitely something worth following.

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Rain, Rain: Beijing Pollution Washes Away

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Full AP article here.

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With wacky weather the world over, it seems the Games might have finally caught it’s breath from some recent downpours.  The heavy rains have cleansed the smog and brightened up the skies over Beijing but is this reason to rejoice?

Global precipitation patterns have been changing as a result of rising atmospheric temperatures and many areas have received increased amounts of rain and snow over the course of this past year while some have received less.

Global warming
increases the intensity of precipitation in two key ways:

1.) By increasing the temperature of the land and the oceans, global warming causes water to evaporate faster.

2.) By increasing air temperature, global warming enables the atmosphere to hold more water vapor.

These factors combine to make clouds richer with moisture, making heavy downpours or snowstorms more likely.  With periods of heavy rains, it’s believed that these will punctuate longer periods of relative dryness, increasing the risk of drought.

It appears while the Games might have gotten their lucky weather break, the larger climate problem lingers all the more ominously overhead.

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In Germany, a City’s Famed Industry Now Keeps It Afloat

by The Green A-Team

Full New York Times article here.

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A high priority for these recent years has been to look for an alternate form of travel on the road. Maybe we’ve been looking in the wrong place. In Friedrichshafen, Germany, a forgotten innovation has made its way back to saving its citizens from the plight of high fuel prices.

The zeppelin provided the first form of airline service in the early 1900s. And now it appears that it can make a comeback as a public transportation in the sky. Not only does it run on low fuel costs, it does not appear to have a negative impact on air quality. We may be a long way from the Jetsons’ flying cars, but the zeppelin has certainly opened the skies for newer possibilities.

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The climate change clock is ticking

by The Green A-Team

Full Guardian article here.

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Outside of science fiction, one rarely encounters a Doomsday clock of any sort.

But it appears that OneHundredMonths.org is exactly just that. It is a website that follows Andrew Simms’s (New Economics Foundation) theory that the Earth has only 100 months or 8 years until the issue of global warming is no longer an annoying harbinger of truth but a world crisis that is beyond reparations.

The science behind this prediction is not as precise and therefore does not hold enough gravity to make such a wild claim. In fact, no one really knows where the line is drawn for a full-on climactic breakdown. And even when the clock strikes midnight on January 2017 and steam doesn’t rise from the ground and cooks through our heels; OneHundredMonths.org brings some much needed immediacy to a world grown complacent of global warming.

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Democratic senators call for investigation of US environmental agency

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Full Guardian article here.

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When California’s request to control greenhouse gas emissions was turned down by the Environmental Protection Agency, two reactions formed. Not only did it upset the hope for another step towards a Greener future for America, it confounded many. To find the EPA waiving an act that it was created for in the first place garners an Otto Preminger-style investigation of the EPA’s inner workings.

Four Democrat senators have done just that. An investigation of the EPA chief for perjury and obstruction of Congress has been proposed. With evidence of much White House involvement in the deciding what regulations the EPA can or cannot pass, one has to wonder whether the EPA is really doing its job or is it just another cog in the partisan politics machine.

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Army Base Tracks Its Carbon “Bootprint”

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Full LA Times article here.

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A recent information blitzkrieg has stormed the Green arena on companies like Enviance and GreenCore Technology Inc. working to help the army reduce its munitions emissions as they’ve been pegged as one of the world’s largest climate offenders in their role as democracy defenders.

Where is this coming from?  Could it be our President is as concerned about the damage he’s doing to the earth as he is about obliterating its inhabitants?

The whole idea is like a mushroom cloud of contradictions fraught with government contracts for Green defense technology that screams of misguided agendas.  With the amount of time and resources our country spends on soaking up the top graduating physicists from MIT to work on defense initiatives or purchasing solar air conditions to meet the requirements of the Naval Research Laboratory’s 365 days/year of air conditioning, it’s astounding to think how this flow of intellectual energy and finances could be diverted to prevent any of these problems from happening in the first place - climatological or ideological.

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World Bank Criticized on Environmental Efforts

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Full New York Times article here.

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One rising trend in the business world in recent years has been to develop amiable relationships with charitable organizations. In the past, these collaborations were seen as publicity stunts to help corporations come off less overarching and less evil. Now they are also seen as viable business ventures.

In the past 2 decades, the World Bank has invested up to $400 billion in 7,000 different environmental projects. But according to the latest internal reviews, many of these projects have not been followed through. Big business should keep in mind that there exists an original purpose for these environmental projects that is not just free publicity and a boost for the economy.

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