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NYT (3): Environment
Native Americans get in on wind power; endangered "right whales" get additional protections; and children as "pint-sized eco-police."Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, October 10, 2008
NYT (3): International
Biofuel subsidies may be increasing hunger; European legislators weaken some laws re greenhouse gases; and protests in Thailand get bigger - and uglier.Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, October 8, 2008
NYT Editorials (2)
The Times weighs in on two different kinds of pollution: carbon emissions and...light.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, October 7, 2008
NYT (2): Environment/Extinction
An "extinction crisis" faces one in four mammals; and energy lessons of the '70s.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, October 7, 2008
The destructive policies of President Bush
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Tuesday, October 7, 2008A country in shambles under GOP rule
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Tuesday, October 7, 2008NYT Magazine: Capitalism to the Rescue
"Can the venture capitalists at Kleiner Perkins reduce our dependence on oil, help stop global warming, and make a lot of money at the same time?"Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, October 5, 2008
NYT Books in Review: “Hot, Flat and Crowded,” “Tell Me How This Ends,” “Lion of Jordan,” “King Hussein of Jordan”
Thomas Friedman's clarion call for a "green revolution"; a look at the real Gen. Petraeus; and two books on the life of King Hussein.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, October 5, 2008
Dire economy steering Michigan voters to Obama
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, October 5, 2008NYT: New Jersey Grants Rights to Build a Wind Farm About 20 Miles Offshore
Individual states still lead the way on alternative energy.Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, October 4, 2008
Van Jones: Green Jobs Can Fix Economic and Ecological Crises | Environment | AlterNet [VIDEO]
Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, October 1, 2008NYT (2): Environment
Restoration of the Everglades is in serious trouble; and a Times editorial on a local Connecticut law re plastic bags.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Robert F. Kennedy Jr: Palin buys into Big Oil’s deception
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Tuesday, September 30, 2008NYT Op-Eds (7)
"John McCain may be the first presidential candidate in our history to risk wrecking the country even before being voted into the Oval Office" (Rich); "John McCain has become steadily more of a neocon than President Bush in his first term, prone to solving problems with stealth bombers rather than diplomacy" (Kristof); "The presidential debate should have been a cinch for Barack Obama. But he willfully refuses to accept that debates are not a lecture hall; they’re a joust" (Dowd); "America doesn’t just need a bailout. We need a buildup. We need to get back to making stuff based on real engineering, not just financial engineering" (Friedman); "The only living presidential son to serve in combat while his father was in office has advice for the presidential candidates: don’t let your children in the military be deployed to the front lines" (Eisenhower); "With the recent collapse of large investment banks, the author of 'The Bonfire of Vanities' answers the question, 'Where does this leave the Masters of the Universe now?'" (Wolfe); "The death of Wall Street began when the firms moved away from their original reason for being: providing capital to American business" (Guest Op-Ed)Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, September 28, 2008
NYT: Rare Alert for Maine as Big Storm Approaches
The Pine Tree State may get its first hurricane in almost 20 years.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, September 28, 2008
NYT (5): International News
Violent clashes between U.S. and Pakistani forces at Afghan border; honoring Solzhenitsyn - in Moscow; West Bank settlers escalate their defiance against ouster; Europe toughens its auto emissions plan; and extraordinary pledges to the U.N. may be affected by economic reality.Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, September 26, 2008
NYT Editorial: Ten States With a Plan
How states - individually and collectively - rather than the feds, are leading the environmental movement in the U.S.Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, September 25, 2008
NYT (3): International News (Energy/Environment)
A climate program to help poor nations gets a new home - and funds; North Korea is up to its old (nuclear) tricks again; and a French nuclear power company buys a British one.Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, September 25, 2008
Tomgram: William Astore, Rebuilding America, Remaking Ourselves
Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, September 24, 2008AlterNet: Van Jones: We Can’t Drill Our Way Out of Our Energy Problems
Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, September 24, 2008NYT (5+): Environment/Energy
Solid protection for Great Lakes water; a U.S.-Canadian emissions proposal; the G.O.P. gets what it wants re offshore drilling; a wind farm in NYC; solar panels are a "hot" commodity; and a link to a special section on "The Business of Green," including many excellent articles.Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, September 24, 2008
