http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/greenreligion/ en-us Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:01:36 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2110363/posts A B.C. man who clubbed a bear to death in self-defence is now defending himself from a smear campaign. Jim West of 70 Mile House says angry animal-rights crusaders have been harassing him at home and impersonating him in e-mails to media outlets. "I figure this is someone from PETA [People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals] because I've had some people tracking me down and giving me the gears," said Mr. West, 45. "I really hate that. I hate confrontations of any kind. I try to be as polite as possible. I'm sorry, but it was simply a life-or-death... National Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2110363/posts#comment Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:01:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2109918/posts I was traveling extensively in Europe when Reagan described the Soviet Union as the "Evil Empire". I remembered all the sneers and derisive jokes about what a simpleton he was. First of all you had to believe there was a Devil and he had some influence over man. You had be Religious. What an idiot! What a moron! I was at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Northern California recently with my family and the topic of Evil came up in the most unexpected place. In a children's performance at the aquarium. "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle". We were hoping for a skit... vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2109918/posts#comment Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:05:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2105295/posts I mean, if you're going to radically change the way a car is powered, you might as well radically change the way it looks too. Right? I guess that's what MDI (the company who has been pioneering, or at least attempting to pioneer, the compressed-air-powered car for the last 20 years) was thinking when they created the AirPod. I'm not getting any press releases in English, and my French is horrible. But from what I can tell, this new concept is going to roll off the production line in 2009... Yahoo (Yahoo Green) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2105295/posts#comment Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:38:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100507/posts The collapse of the ethanol boom continues as a Pratt-based ethanol producer is the latest to file bankruptcy. Gateway Ethanol LLC has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, estimating it owes between $50 million and $100 million. The filing comes weeks after Minneapolis-based Dougherty Funding LLC sought to have Gateway placed in emergency receivership to preserve any money being returned to creditors. It moved to foreclose on the company’s plant in May, saying Gateway defaulted on a $54.3 million loan used to build the facility. In a motion field in the U.S. District Court of Kansas in September, Dougherty noted... The Lawrence Journal-World http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100507/posts#comment Wed, 8 Oct 2008 15:41:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091879/posts “Kill your air conditioner,” wrote Joe Klein in Time Magazine. “The unnecessary refrigeration of America has become a chronic disease.” What? I’m tempted to laugh at the lunacy. It’s as silly as banning the light bulb in an attempt to save the planet. Who could be that stupid? Well, in a few years incandescent light bulbs will be illegal. We’ll be forced to buy compact fluorescents, which require Hazmat disposal teams when broken. In today’s green environment, nothing is too insane. Frighteningly, our industry is increasingly considered politically incorrect. A decade ago, the New York Times reported that an Italian... Contracting Business Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091879/posts#comment Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:08:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089921/posts Al Gore called Wednesday for "civil disobedience" to combat the construction of coal power plants without the ability to store carbon, Reuters reported. The former vice president, whose efforts to raise awareness of global warming have made him the most prominent voice on that issue, made the comment during a session at the fourth annual Clinton Global Initiative in Manhattan. fox news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089921/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:33:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083953/posts Pamela Anderson must be floating on air right about now. As of this week, anti-meat activists have a new standard-bearer: United Nations chief climate expert and staunch vegetarian Rajendra Pachauri. On Monday, Pachauri basically put the UN seal on environmental vegetarianism when he recommended that everyone on Planet Earth begin cutting meat out of their diets to combat climate change. And vegan advocates can hardly contain their excitement. But PETA and company had better savor the flavor, because Pachauri’s rationale has already come under fire. And vegetarian groups are having a pretty tough time coming up with answers to some... Center for Consumer Freedom http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083953/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:20:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2081769/posts THE GLOBAL WARMING MONEY PIT The charade that is global warming continues to rear its ugly face. That greatest boon to pseudo-scientists such as Al Gore is getting a new lie on life with vicious Hurricanes Ike, Hanna, and Gustav lately, not for any other reason than that they happened, as they always do. After all, isn’t that why we have a “hurricane season,” simply because there is a season for all things and not because they’re some freaks of nature caused by human industry? Nevermind that 2006 and 2007 were virtually hurricane free. And nevermind that the nameless hurricane... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2081769/posts#comment Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:59:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053072/posts Is Al Gore nuts? I’m serious. Is it possible that the disappointment of losing the presidential campaign eight years ago destabilized him? If you think about it, since then, he’s been a changed man. First he got fat. He went through a dramatic physical change. He put on a significant amount of weight and grew a beard and got reclusive. Then he lost the weight and found a cause. Manmade global warming. It absolutely became his theme in life. After being largely silent on the issue during eight years as the vice president and a good run in the Senate,... boblonsberry.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053072/posts#comment Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:32:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050071/posts A whole new industry is springing up that will dwarf Al Gore's ripping off of the population through Global Warming. Companies are figuring out how to work the ridiculous "Carbon Credits" debacle to make big bucks. Rhodia, is a French Company, makes adipic acid which is a chemical used in the production of nylon. They have moved their operation to South Korea and Brazil. Why? A by-product of their manufacturing process is the creation of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas that is over 300 times more potent as an atmospheric warming agent than carbon dioxide. Rhodia destroys the nitrous oxide... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050071/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:42:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040324/posts Due to pending disasters predicted because of global warming, government scientists are urging the creation of a new Earth Systems Science Agency -- by merging the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Geological Survey... 'The United States faces unprecedented environmental and economic challenges in the decades ahead,' the group warns. 'Foremost among them will be climate change, sea-level rise, altered weather patterns, declines in freshwater availability and quality and loss of biodiversity'... Developing... The Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040324/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:12:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040291/posts Pictured: The floating cities that could one day house climate change refugees An architect has come up with an innovative answer to rising sea levels - a city that floats around the world. The self-contained 'Lilypad' city will be home to around 50,000 'climate refugees' from the worst hit areas - including London. {snip} The 'Lilypad' cities would be powered by renewable energy sources {snip} But now a visionary architect has found a solution which will see people in the affected cities making a new home for themselves on the futuristic-looking Lilypad. {snip} As land-based cities flood, the Lilypad will... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040291/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 15:53:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027261/posts Evidence of serious flaws in the multi-billion dollar global market for carbon credits has been uncovered by a BBC World Service investigation. The credits are generated by a United Nations-run scheme called the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The mechanism gives firms in developing countries financial incentives to cut greenhouse gas emissions. But in some cases, carbon credits are paid to projects that would have been realised without external funding. The findings reinforce doubts that the CDM is leading to real emission cuts, which is not good news for the effort to combat climate change. And in one case a company... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027261/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jun 2008 19:47:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026224/posts It's a staple of the glossy magazine: the eye-catching spread selling the latest Chelsea tractor or high-performance German road machine. But the luxury car advert looks likely to become much less attractive under green advertising rules being drafted by the EU. As a packet of cigarettes carries a mandatory health warning, a Mercedes C-class advert may be forced to carry a climate hazard alert within months. Manufacturers would be forced to stop supplying pollution information in barely readable small print at the bottom of ads. The European commission is believed to be considering a "traffic lights" system whereby red dots... Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026224/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 01:40:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022193/posts Take a look at this web page. Find out when you should DIE: http://www.abc.net.au/science/planetslayer/greenhouse_calc.htm Propaganda to brain wash Australian children. A questionnaire to calculate your carbon footprint and predict how long you will/should live on the planet. Web page, Planet Slayer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022193/posts#comment Wed, 28 May 2008 00:30:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022689/posts Anyone who doubts that liberalism is a death cult needs to check out the taxpayer-funded Australia Broadcasting Corporation's kiddy-oriented Greenhouse Calculator, which helps little kids calculate how soon they should die so as to stop being a burden on the planet. Moonbattery http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022689/posts#comment Wed, 28 May 2008 23:24:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2018784/posts Iadmit it: I'm no environmentalist. But I like to think I'm something of a conservationist. No doubt for millions of Americans this is a distinction without a difference, as the two words are usually used interchangeably. But they're different things, and the country would be better off if we sharpened the distinctions between both word and concept. At its core, environmentalism is a kind of nature worship. It's a holistic ideology, shot through with religious sentiment. "If you look carefully," author Michael Crichton famously observed, "you see that environmentalism is in fact a perfect 21st century remapping of traditional Judeo-Christian... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2018784/posts#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 19:28:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014645/posts "May we live long and die out" is the unofficial motto of a new movement that seeks to improve the Earth's ecosystem by ensuring that the human species does not survive. The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, or VHEMT, consists of volunteers who have made active life decisions to remain childless for the benefit of the Earth, thereby preventing the extinction of millions of species of plants and animals. While no one person takes credit for being the founder, Les U. Knight created its name and is the spokesperson for the movement. "We've already exceeded Earth's carrying capacity for humans by... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014645/posts#comment Mon, 12 May 2008 03:58:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012851/posts Decades after most countries stopped spraying DDT, frozen stores of the insecticide are now trickling out of melting Antarctic glaciers. The change means Adélie penguins have recently been exposed to the chemical, according to a new study. The trace levels found will not harm the birds, but the presence of the chemical could be an indication that other frozen pollutants will be released because of climate change, says Heidi Geisz, a marine biologist at Virginia Institute of Marine Science in Gloucester in the US. She led a team that sampled DDT levels in the penguins. She worries that glaciers could... NewScientist.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012851/posts#comment Thu, 8 May 2008 04:23:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012548/posts You knew this was coming. Global Warming is to blame for everything these days, including Global Cooling. From The Guardian: Two deaths in the waters off California and Mexico last week and a spate of shark-inflicted injuries to surfers off Florida’s Atlantic coast have left beachgoers seeking an explanation for a sudden surge in the number of strikes. In the first four months of this year, there were four fatal shark attacks worldwide, compared with one in the whole of 2007, according to the International Shark Attack File at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville. Of course, these... Constitution Club http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012548/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2008 17:27:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2007428/posts Emily Derke looked surprised when she was asked why she was attending church on Earth Day. In her mind, the question was not "why" but "why not?" "I see Earth Day as a spiritual thing," said Derke, who drove from her home in Coon Rapids to St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Minneapolis for an interfaith celebration. "God made the Earth, and now it's up to us to protect it. Everybody here [at the service] is here for the same purpose. It's all about the Earth." Indeed, the faith community has become one of the major players in environmental issues.... Star Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2007428/posts#comment Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:06:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002493/posts Farewell the age of reason, welcome the idiocracy. Only George Orwell could have invented - and named - the government's Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) that came into operation yesterday. It is the latest in a long line of measures intended to ease the conscience of the rich while keeping the poor miserable, in this case spectacularly so. The consequences of the RTFO have been much trumpeted on these pages. It says enough that one car tank of bio petrol needs as much grain as it takes to feed an African for a year, or that a reported one-third of... The Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002493/posts#comment Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:07:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000573/posts When it comes to all things "green", common sense seems to have been abandoned. Our failure to think clearly about such matters would be amusing if the potential consequences were not so serious. Consider the recent "lights out" campaign that supposedly should energise the world about the problems of climate change by urging citizens in 27 big cities to turn out their lights for an hour... -Nobody, it seemed, wanted to spoil the party by pointing that the event was immensely futile, that it highlighted a horrible metaphor, or that it caused much higher overall pollution. -Ironically, the lights-out campaign... http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000573/posts#comment Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:49:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998790/posts To fight global warming, a bill in Sacramento would enable Los Angeles County transit officials to increase taxes on motorists. It's a bad idea that may foreshadow even worse to come. Billed as a "climate change mitigation and adaptation fee," the measure would cost motorists either an additional 3 percent motor fuel tax, or up to a $90 annual flat fee, based on vehicle emissions. The new charges would be on top of taxes already paid at the pump. Either option requires a majority approval by a vote of the people. Climate has changed as long as the Earth has... The Orange County Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998790/posts#comment Wed, 9 Apr 2008 02:39:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998695/posts Talk about a civics lesson: A high-school senior has raised questions about political bias in a popular textbook on U.S. government, and legal scholars and top scientists say the teen's criticism is well-founded. They say "American Government" by conservatives James Wilson and John Dilulio presents a skewed view of topics from global warming to separation of church and state. The publisher now says it will review the book, as will the College Board, which oversees college-level Advanced Placement courses used in high schools. Student Matthew LaClair of Kearny, N.J., recently brought his concerns to the attention of the Center for... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998695/posts#comment Tue, 8 Apr 2008 23:20:46 GMT