published July 11, 2010 and has No Comments
Georges' Restaurant, Waterville ME. Image credit: WatervilleMainStreet.org Creative leaps like this one from the State of Maine are what we need more of. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative which Maine participates in has already generated more than $20 million. Where are the opportunities for more returns? As reported in the Bangor Daily News , MaineHousing, the state's affordable housing ...
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published July 10, 2010 and has No Comments
Double-crested cormorants typical of the sort that frequent eastern Lake Ontario. Image credit: Wikipedia Locals are weighing in early against plans to install hundreds of wind turbines in the shallows of Eastern Lake Ontario. The NY Power Authority-proposed project is purported to be ' not in the economic interest of the community ' as reported in the Tonanwanda News ...
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published July 5, 2010 and has No Comments
Steve McCallion, executive creative director at design and innovation consultancy Ziba Design, writes in Fast Company Design: America has mortgaged its future to maintain the symbols of personal freedom (the house, the car, the big screen TV) at the expense of real freedom. We owe China almost one trillion dollars; our public education system is approaching collapse; and, we ...
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published June 29, 2010 and has No Comments
"Belize" lipstick, Primitive Makeup. Image courtesy of Primitive Makeup . Is petroleum lurking in your cosmetic case? As Meg points out in her post , if you're packing lipstick or lip plumper--and/or many other common beauty products--it's highly likely. Fortunately,
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For Luscious Lips, Try Primitive's Petroleum-Free Lipstick
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published June 28, 2010 and has No Comments
Blue Rocks Glacial Deposit, Berks Co. PA. Image credit: Bridge & Tunnel Club This headline from Patriot News (PennLive.com) tells the tale succinctly: "Republican state lawmaker calls for party to 'lead on environmental issues'" A headline like that has the feel of a political gusher tipped open by the BP debacle . It's reminiscent of when Republican President Richard ...
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published June 25, 2010 and has No Comments
Old Buick drivers lobby 'till the wheels are off. Image credit: Jennifer Zimmerman, Pbase The codger lobby is frantically arguing that smart metering will bring added expense to the low income retiree. It's paranoid, unsubstantiated thinking and it's working. The Maryland Public Service Commission has sunk a flagship smart grid initiative of the Obama Administration, As reported in the ...
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published June 22, 2010 and has No Comments
Image credit:mi2g.com If one faction of the deepwater drilling debate continues to deny any serious risk of more exploratory drilling - an example of this denial would be the court injunction, just now successfully obtained by oil industry attorneys, overturning the Federal exploratory drilling moratorium in the deepwater Gulf - it is fair and appropriate to state the ultimate ...
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published June 22, 2010 and has No Comments
Image credit: mobileslaughter.com When I was kid in Wisconsin every self-respecting city had it's own brewery, and a "soda pop" bottler, and an actual butcher. At the largest scale, slaughtery achieved regional prominence - Green Bay Packers got their name from meat packing for example - and farm markets were how you got truly fresh produce. So began the ...
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published June 17, 2010 and has No Comments
Image credit: FloodDamage.Data.org I probably could have listed other things that will increase commensurate with climate change: like doomsday cults, prohibitionist movements and radical political groups, for example. But I wanted to focus on investment and budget control opportunities people are overlooking. Let's start by analyzing the latter. In their 2002 paper, The Political Economy of FEMA Disaster Payments, ...
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published June 17, 2010 and has No Comments
Image credit: FloodDamage.Data.org I probably could have listed other things that will increase commensurate with climate change: like doomsday cults, prohibitionist movements and radical political groups, for example. But I wanted to focus on investment and budget control opportunities people are overlooking. Let's start by analyzing the latter. In their 2002 paper, The Political Economy of FEMA Disaster Payments, ...
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