Monday, February 11, 2013

Windpower Propaganda: At A School Near You? — MasterResource
Any parent involved with their children’s homework or school knows that “green” is in. But too often more than that, “green” notions are presented as self-evident truths where there should be critical thinking and discussion. Also too often, federal and state funds are being dispensed to create the ‘greenest’ possible hearts and minds for tomorrow.

Such is the case with an industry that is economically useless and environmentally destructive: industrial wind power.
The Reference Frame: Czech taxpayers will pay a trillion [koruna] for the solar mistake
During a debate on TV Prima yesterday, the current center-right environment minister Mr Tomáš Chalupa said that the "green ideology and the religion of renewable energy sources have played a role in the expansion of this inefficient system. A bad bill was the culprit," the minister said while he boasted that none of the center-right ODS lawmakers (his party) voted in support of the bill back in 2005. He thinks that "a good idea was brutally abused."
Revisiting Superstorm Sandy Part 2: Warnings Given, And Ignored
Sandy might have been far worse, had it repeated the 1938 “Express.”
Mistrust points to dangers ahead for NGO and corporate collaborations | Guardian Sustainable Business | Guardian Professional
many executives feel NGOs are staffed by hippies with not an ounce of business sense between them

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