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Waste: The Dark Side of the New Coffee Craze | Feature | Oakland, Berkeley & Bay Area News & Arts Coverage
Waste: The Dark Side of the New Coffee Craze | Feature | Oakland, Berkeley & Bay Area News & Arts Coverage. Please stop the craze of single-serve coffees. It is the pinnacle of convenience waste and environmental destruction, one cup … Continue reading
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It’s not just the pipelines we have to worry about » Pharyngula
It’s not just the pipelines we have to worry about » Pharyngula. PZ Myers points out that sometimes fracked oilfields don’t contain all the pressure from the fracking, and bitumen ends up seeping out of the ground for months. This … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, fracking
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Hey Iowans! Fracking will impact you, too!
In case you thought fracking was just an issue in far-off North Dakota, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania, guess again; your beautiful bluffs along the Mississippi are about to be blasted to get at the fine-grained silica sand needed by the frackmonster … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, fracking, iowa, Science, scum
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Never buy from Exxon
Exxon not only pollutes (badly), they also take a parched-earth approach to their used oil fields, especially ones they don’t want anyone else to profit from. They are scum in every sense of the word.
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Yarrr!
It’s International Talk Like A Pirate Day!
Posted in Church, Environment, Far Right Religion, Intelligent Design, Science
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Well, at least it’s not hitting NOLA….
Hurricane Ike is heading for Texas instead. If you live on the Gulf, feel free to move to Iowa. Although, things do get rather cold around here, we don’t have hurricanes.
Posted in Environment, HOLY SHIITAKE BATMAN
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No Climate Change, Eh?
I’d hate to be anywhere *near* the Gulf Coast right now. I wonder if we learned our lessons from Katrina? I think the Mother Earth hates America, or something.
Posted in Environment, General News, HOLY SHIITAKE BATMAN
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Anyone Have Some Spare Gopherwood?
Lots of places in Iowa are under water or are about to be under water. They’re evacuating my hometown. Check out the Des Moines Register’s coverage.
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Sustainable Energy Solutions from the Solar Economy
From Jeff Hall’s email: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 7pm, Farwell T. Brown Auditorium Learn about solar energy and sustainability at a special presentation by local experts. Jim Cooper, Prairie Rivers RC&D Laura Karlen, environmental educator from Algona Sponsored by Ames … Continue reading
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The Anti-Creation Museum Carnival
P.Z. Myers at Pharyngula is hosting the anti-Creation Museum carnival. Ken Ham’s Creation Musuem (I won’t give them link love) opens tomorrow. I’ve been too depressed about the whole thing to really comment on it, but at least you know … Continue reading
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