Category Archives: Environment

Get down: Tim Walz on energy and the economy

April 24, 2008 – 1:37 pm

Get down: Tim Walz on energy and the economy
Yesterday, Reprsentative Walz gave a blistering speech about energy and the economy on the floor of the House.  There’s a link to video on Walz’s congressional page and we found a transcript from the Congressional Record, via Nexis-Lexis: Mr. WALZ of Minnesota. Thank you for this opportunity […]

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X Prize Rolls Out $10M Prize for 100MPG Car

March 21, 2008 – 1:38 pm

X Prize Rolls Out $10M Prize for 100MPG Car
Yesterday, prize experts at the X Prize Foundation joined with title sponsor Progressive Insurance to announce the long anticipated $10M Automotive X Prize. Competition, saving the planet, sleek lines, 100 mpg and a cross country race — what more do you need in the  latest Foundation prize? […]

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Climate Change is Making Tibet Sweat

December 18, 2007 – 6:41 pm

Climate Change is Making Tibet Sweat
There is a reason that people in Tibet consider their glaciers sacred. These vast (but contracting) fields of ice help moderate the climate on planet earth, just as they even out the river flows in one of the hottest, thirstiest regions in the world. As we have reported before, however, […]

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