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Friday, June 27th, 2008CNN: Stunned silence followed nuke plant implosion
YONGBYON, North Korea (CNN) — North Korea blew up part of its Yongbyon nuclear plant Friday, in full view of CNN and a handful of international broadcasters invited to witness this dramatic and symbolic event.
U.S. State Department official Sung Kim also attended, and called the move “a very […]
Old cars into hybrids!
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007CNN: Gas guzzlers get new lives — as tire-smoking hybrids
WITCHITA, Kansas (CNN) — On a beautiful, crisp late fall afternoon, rock icon Neil Young took his 1959 Lincoln Continental for one last spin before a team of mechanics ripped out its gas-guzzling engine to make way for an electric motor.
Car buffs may think […]
Drink tap water to stop global warming
Saturday, August 4th, 2007
CNN:Pour the bottled-water trend down the drain — Turn on the tap and quench your thirst with pure water, not wasted oil
I’m inNYC right now on a trip and nobody it seems drinks tapwater, which I think is nuts because NYC tap water tastes pretty good and I’m sorry but I’m not going to pay […]
The Zones… they are a changin’
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
NY Times: Feeling Warmth, Subtropical Plants Move North
. . . Already, some states are facing the possibility that the cherished local flora that has helped define their identities — the Ohio buckeye, the Kansas sunflower or the Mississippi magnolia — may begin to disappear within their borders and move north.
By the end of the century, […]
Responding to the Gore critics
Friday, March 2nd, 2007
Breitbart.com/AP: Group says Gore a Hypocrite Over Power Bill (thanks to Reagan for Rushmore for this link)
NewsOK.com: Roof of clay —Gore’s home not so green? (Editorial)
There are two things I want to address regarding Gore’s alleged hypocrisy.
1. The truth of a message does not depend on the truth of the messenger
The Declaration of Indepence contains […]
Gore’s speech at OU
Friday, March 2nd, 2007
Yesterday I went with my friend Rena to see Al Gore speak at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman. I was truly impressed, first by the incredibly warm reception he received from the crowd (press reports estimate that 7,000-9,000 attended, and OU President Boren said that the crowd was a record for hearing a speaker […]
Going to see Al Gore this afternoon
Thursday, March 1st, 2007
NormanTranscript.com: Al Gore coming to OU
OU.edu: Gore event moved to Lloyd Noble center (PDF download)
I’m really excited to get to hear him. They won’t let you bring cameras in, but I will take notes and hopefully report on what he says.
Bicycling and spirituality
Thursday, December 14th, 2006
GeezMagazine.org: De-motorize your soul
Here are some of the experiments that this website suggests for those who want to de-motorize their soul. . .
These spiritual exercises are designed to give your soul a break from motor mania and awaken the nascent spirit of the post-oil era.
* Take your soul off […]
Hope springs up in NOLA
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006
Reuters:Gardeners cultivate hope in battered New Orleans
More news on global warming
Saturday, September 16th, 2006
Reuters: Polar bears drown, islands appear in Arctic thaw
OSLO (Reuters) - Polar bears are drowning and receding Arctic glaciers have uncovered previously unknown islands in a drastic 2006 summer thaw widely blamed on global warming.
Signs of wrenching changes are apparent around the Arctic region due to unusual warmth — the summer minimum for ice is […]