Teens Take on Climate Change | The Jakarta Globe

“I learned 20 percent about climate change in my school and 80 percent from Al Gore,” Nadia said.

Waxman, Rush Call For Hearing on Climate Change and Energy Production | Government | ReWire | KCET

In response to a troubling Washington Post article on how climate change might impede our ability to generate electrical power, Los Angeles Representative Henry Waxman and Representative Bobby Rush of Illinois are calling for Congressional hearings on the nations' power plants and their vulnerability to shocks from a warming world.

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Can you imagine what 9/11 would have been like with Twitter?

Pentagon buying Chevy Volts to ‘green up’ military | Washington Free Beacon

The Pentagon is buying Chevrolet Volts to help “green up” the military—while propping up sales of the bailed-out automaker’s most politicized car.

The Department of Defense began purchasing the struggling luxury electric car, which retails at $40,000, this summer as part of its goal to purchase 1,500 such green vehicles.
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The Pentagon’s massive car-buying scheme is the latest example of government trying to help GM raise its sales volumes. The General Services Administration of Las Vegas fame purchased 100 Volts in 2011 for various agencies.

ABQJournal Online » Fla. Officer Killed in Obama Motorcade

Jupiter Police Officer Bruce St. Laurent, 55, was killed Sunday in West Palm Beach after his motorcycle was struck by a pickup truck while he prepared to shut down a stretch of Interstate 95 ahead of the motorcade.

Flashback: The insane length of Obama's motorcade - video