Sunday, September 20, 2009

Jay Leno’s Green Car Challenge - Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com
In an interview with Starpulse.com, Mr. Leno said he wanted to do the “Green Car Challenge” as often as two or three times a week.
Thousands rally at Milwaukee tea party - JSOnline
Hundreds of those who showed up in Milwaukee brought along handmade signs with slogans that showed opposition to Obama's policies across a range of issues, from taxes to health care to global warming.


March '09: YouTube - EU President-"Global Warming" Being Used As A Vehicle To Suppress Human Freedom
Klaus blames "alarmists" for misusing climate change information to try to expand the role of government.
Kenya's rainmakers called to combat climate change - Mail & Guardian Online: The smart news source
Long vilified as sorcerers, Kenya's Nganyi rainmakers -- with meteorological equipment consisting of trees, pots and herbs -- are being enlisted to mitigate the effects of climate change.
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Funded by Britain and Canada, the programme brings the Kenya Meteorology Department (KMD) and traditional rainmakers together to produce more accurate forecasts and disseminate them to a wider number.
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When the elders stand and speak in their local dialect of the magic of their art, which involves the sacrifice of animals and libations in secret forest shrines, a few smirks and giggles are repressed.

But Ouma, a PhD meteorologist, doesn't dismiss the Nganyi's art altogether and argues that what may seem to some like primitive hocus-pocus contains a wealth of untapped scientific information.

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