[Worldwide weather to improve soon!] | Nike Won't Use Leather From Amazon-Bred Cattle

In a statement, Nike said its Brazilian leather suppliers have until next July 1 to "create an ongoing, traceable and transparent system to provide credible assurances that leather used for Nike products is from cattle raised outside of the Amazon Biome."

"We understand how important rainforests are to the health of the planet and the implications deforestation has on climate change and global warming" the statement added.

Jan. '09: New Jungles Prompt a Debate on Rain Forests - NYTimes.com

By one estimate, for every acre of rain forest cut down each year, more than 50 acres of new forest are growing in the tropics on land that was once farmed, logged or ravaged by natural disaster.

“There is far more forest here than there was 30 years ago,” said Ms. Ortega de Wing, 64, who remembers fields of mango trees and banana plants.

Can we really make the drive-thru a source of power? | Grist

The technology, the company says, is the cousin of that used in hybrid cars, but it’s installed on the street, soaking up the heat generated by an idling automobile and transforming it into electricity—possibly enough to power 250,0000 homes daily, if they could trap the heat generated by all 250 million cars on the road. And what better place to grab that heat than the drive-thru?

Skeptic's Corner: "Notable Quotes"

"If Climate Change is so serious that we would apply a $600 billion cap and trade 'tax' on energy in the US, and we all know this will be largely unsuccessful even if 'global warming' is real, why isn't the Navy getting extra funding to provide disaster recovery along the shorelines of the US in preparation for the awaiting climate caused calamities?"