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I’ve Done The Math – Now I’m Doing Something About It

Creative Greenius

Bill McKibben’s “Do The Math” article in 2012′s Rolling Stone magazine taught us that we cannot burn any more than 565 gigatons of carbon if we want to stay at 2° or lower. But our friends in the oil, coal and gas industry have 5,795 gigatons of carbon on the books.

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Traveling Through Time, Exploring the String Theory and Hugging the Giant Sequoias

Creative Greenius

We also found magazines ( Utne Reader anyone?) I pulled an old issue of Sierra (the magazine of the Sierra Club) from July/August 1997. It was there because the cover story was “Among the Ancients, Giant Sequoias of the Sierra&# Another article headline that made the cover, “Is Al Gore Our Great Green Hope?

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Climate Of Courage – Smart Women Are Making Me Think, Question My Beliefs & Change My Mind

Creative Greenius

But lately, I’ve adopted a “We’re All Doomed As Doomed Can Be” attitude and it’s only been encouraged and amplified by reveling in the misery that is Wallace’s “The Uninhabitable Earth’ and Nathaniel Rich’s “Losing Earth” edition of The New York Times magazine.

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Slate's EV Acid Test: Are electric cars greener?

Plugs and Cars

Slate, the online magazine, has an enviro Q&A column, The Green Lantern , that asks the question today. percent of our nation's electricity is generated by the burning of coal. The long tailpipe, and all that.

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Traveling Through Time, Exploring the String Theory and Hugging the Giant Sequoias

Creative Greenius

We also found magazines ( Utne Reader anyone?) I pulled an old issue of Sierra (the magazine of the Sierra Club) from July/August 1997. It was there because the cover story was “Among the Ancients, Giant Sequoias of the Sierra” Another article headline that made the cover, “Is Al Gore Our Great Green Hope?

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

E-mail This Print Share Close Linkedin Digg Facebook Mixx My Space Permalink Alternative Energy , Automobiles , Consumers , Energy Business , Energy Economics , Government Policy , Transportation , australia , batteries , Better Place , california , denmark , electric cars , FERC , hawaii , Israel , Turkey Related Posts From Green Inc.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

nk Related Posts From Green Inc. Even if you charge your EV with electricity made from coal fired generators you reduce your car’s pollution by half. Got a hot tip on breaking green news, or a suggestion for areas of coverage? electric car race with i MiEV in Oregon? If you charge with solar, is way less. — Jared 9.

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