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5 Ways the U.S. Military is Going Green

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photos: Various, see links below. A Memorial Day Special It’s Memorial Day weekend in the US, a holiday that commemorates the men and women who died while in the military. We thought that for the occasion we could have a look at recent ways in which various branches of the US military have been reducing their environmental footprint. There’s still a lot of work to do on that front, but some progress has been made…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Lord ‘Climate Activists Are Hitler Youth’ Monckton’s Skeptic Claims Point-by-Point Debunked

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

This is too awesome and frankly admirably obsessive: John Abraham , a professor of mechanical engineering specializing in in heat transfer and fluid mechanics at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, has taken the time to do a point-by-point analysis of a presentation that prominent climate change skeptic Lord Christopher Monckton –who likened youth climate activists at COP15 to Hitler Youth–made back in Octob… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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President Bush Evidently Way Cooler, Greener When Not President

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via KHL If you met a guy who lived in house that has 25,000 gallons of rainwater storage , ran on geothermal power, and who made use of his high public profile to endorse wind power, you’d probably think he was pretty green. Of course, knowing that the guy also happens to be 43rd US President George W. Bush, your impression may get a tad more complicated. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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BP Gulf Oil Spill Officially the Worst in US History

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo via the LA Times By BP and the US Coast Guard’s own conservative estimates, the spill in the Gulf of Mexico is now officially the worst in US history. Those estimates place the leak as having let 19 million gallons of oil into the Gulf, 8 million more than the Exxon Valdez spill of 1989. But another federal agency, the US Geological Survey, just conducted an independent study, and found that it’s much, much wors… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Fox News: "We Can’t Trust BP" (Video)

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Obama has just wrapped up a press conference affirming his administration’s leadership role in the BP Gulf spill response. Calls have been mounting from all over for the federal government to step up its authority, as BP has been called out as untrustworthy by environmentalists, concerned locals, and even Fox News. Yes, you might think that the conservative network would back Tea Party star Rand Paul, who said that Obama was being too harsh on BP — but as this video attests, the anchors at Fox are incensed:… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Western US Grid Can Handle More Renewable Energy Than Previously Predicted

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo: Flickr , CC Solar and Wind Could Play a Much Bigger Role A new study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Colorado has found that the Western section of the U.S. power grid could handle up to about 35% renewables if properly integrated . That doesn’t mean it would be simple, but it’s a counter-arguments to those who think the grid can’t handle much intermittent sources, and the NREL is definitely a credible source…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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