Monday, June 03, 2013

Links

Rand Paul preaches sustainability - James Hohmann - POLITICO.com
The senator praised Barbara Kingsolver’s book “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle,” which he read last year, about growing and harvesting one’s own food and buying locally.
Colby College won't divest fossil-fuel holdings | The Morning Sentinel, Waterville, ME
Right now, just five schools in the entire country, including Unity College, have decided to transfer all of their investments away from companies connected to the fossil fuel industry...
Colby President William D. Adams said the link between divestment and global warming has yet to be fully made.
Russell Simmons: Cows Kill You Twice, Once When You Eat Them And Once When They Fart! | Global Grind
Yes you read that correctly... the gas passed by cows causes more c02 emissions than all of the trains, planes, automobiles combines around the world.
Global warming good for rainforests - Smithsonian
Rainforests flourished under conditions of global warming in the past and should do so in the future, say scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
Potatoes no longer cheap as chips as cold weather take toll | This is Gloucestershire
POTATO growers in Gloucestershire fear the price of the humble spud could go through the roof due to freak foods, persistent rain and cold temperatures.

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