Thursday, May 03, 2012

€175 Billion Bombshell: Germany’s Green Energy Policy To Hit Households Hard | JunkScience.com

The switch to renewable energy could require more financial sacrifices than previously thought.

The Methane Hydrates Revolution: Successful Natural Gas Extraction Test Is A “Game-Changer” | JunkScience.com

The Department of Energy announced plans to ramp up methane hydrate extraction research after a preliminary test was declared a success Wednesday. Surveys estimate that successful extraction of natural gas from methane hydrates could power America for the next 1,000 years.

The Environmental Defense Fund & the CIA « NoFrakkingConsensus

The EDF likes to paint itself as an underdog, fighting the good fight against corporate giants. But any group that’s wining and dining the Secretary of Defense – who just happens to be the former director of the CIA – is no grassroots operation.

The EDF is part of the establishment. Period. Full stop.

Lawmakers declaw RGGI | Concord Monitor

New Hampshire wouldn't withdraw from a multi-state cap-and-trade compact under a reform bill passed yesterday by the Senate, but advocates say the move weakens a program that is succeeding in promoting clean energy.

How Chemicals Change Us - NYTimes.com

Yes, there are uncertainties. But the scientists who know endocrine disruptors best overwhelmingly are already taking steps to protect their families. John Peterson Myers, chief scientist at Environmental Health Sciences and a co-author of the new analysis, said that his family had stopped buying canned food.

“We don’t microwave in plastic,” he added. “We don’t use pesticides in our house. I refuse receipts whenever I can. My default request at the A.T.M., known to my bank, is ‘no receipt.’ I never ask for a receipt from a gas station.”

I’m taking my cue from the experts, and I wish the Obama administration would as well.

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