http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/greens/ en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:50:26 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050958/posts Universal access to contraception is needed to help fight climate change, it has been claimed. A spiralling global population, with an annual increase of 79 million people, is driving up greenhouse gas emissions, John Guillebaud of University College, London, and GP Pip Hayes of St Leonard's Practice, Exeter, said. And in an editorial in the British Medical Journal they raised the question of whether people in the UK should be told that stopping at two children is "the simplest and biggest contribution" that can be made to saving the planet. The doctors said every person born adds to greenhouse gas... Ananova http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050958/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:50:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050774/posts Out here in West Texas we love our guns, we support our troops, and we treasure our freedom. We are an independent bunch and -- pardon me, Senator Obama -- fiercely but not bitterly so. We are proud to have our own things to do with as we choose to, as free people of the freest nation in the history of the world. We also walk around on top of oil: yes it’s far beneath us, but it’s there. And all these aspects of West Texas come together to our astonishment and anger over the fact that our independence is... humanevents.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050774/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:13:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049797/posts LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles shoppers soon won't hear the question, "Paper or plastic?" at the checkout line. The City Council voted Tuesday to ban plastic shopping bags from stores, beginning July 1, 2010. Shoppers can either bring their own bags or pay 25 cents for a paper bag. The council's unanimous vote also puts pressure on the state, which is considering an Assembly bill that would ban plastic bags in 2012 and charge at least 15 cents per paper bag. "We've gotten to a point where we need to act as a city, where we can have real... breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049797/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:23:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050111/posts Usually, celebrity magazines gush over celebrities, from what they're wearing to the stupid political causes they pimp. But I must hand it to Us Magazine. While the glossy celebrity tabloid is guilty of featuring a several-page spread in its July 28th issue, with quotes and essays from myriad celebs telling us what they do to be green, Us does devote almost a a full page at the end to slam them for their hypocrisy. I believe it's TMZ, which has no prob slamming and dissing celebrity hypocrisy, for pushing Us and other magazines to tone the drooling down a notch.... debbieschlussel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050111/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:55:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049983/posts Scientists at Columbia University are developing a carbon dioxide (CO2) scrubber device that removes one ton of CO2 from the air every day, says the Heartland Institute. While some see the scrubber as an efficient and economical way to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide, many environmentalists oppose the technology because it allows people to use fossil fuels and emit carbon in the first place. According to Columbia University physicist Klaus Lackner, who is leading the research team: Producing a large number of CO2 scrubbers can keep to a minimum any rise in atmospheric CO2 without the economically painful elimination of inexpensive... ncpa.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049983/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:58:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049768/posts WASHINGTON – A Democratic senator on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee inadvertently explained why her colleagues have no intention of ending the moratorium on offshore oil drilling or increasing the areas open for exploration and production – no matter how popular the idea might be with gas prices soaring. In an interview with Bloomberg TV's "Money and Politics" last night, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., explained Democrats don't want to increase supplies of oil and gasoline because they want to wean Americans off of petroleum products. Asked point-blank if Democrats in the Senate would consider how increasing the supply of... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049768/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:48:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2049295/posts Gasoline is at over $4 a gallon in late summer of an election year. Once upon a time, incumbent congressmen and senators would have reacted to this about as well as Dracula to sunlight and crucifixes. And they would have rushed to get prices lower by the first Tuesday in November, so as to best protect their precious re-elections. But not this year. Democrats have stopped all attempts to increase domestic drilling with the ruthless efficiency of The Terminator. On its face, this would seem to be an insane and suicidal move. Even with a biased mainstream media giving them... North Star Writers Group http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2049295/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:25:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049127/posts The blog redstate.com posted an item today questioning the experience level of Andrea Robinson, director of greening for the Democratic National Convention Committee. Posted by Eric Erickson - read the post here - it notes a profile done by Jerd Smith of the Rocky that calls Robinson "thirtysomething." According to Smith, neither Robinson nor the DNCC wanted to give her age out. But if you read Robinson's profile on the DNCC Website it says she has "more than 25 years in the environmental field." That means she started when she was 13. [snip] What was not included on her resume... Rocky Mountain News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049127/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:07:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049146/posts DENVER - Planners of the Democratic National Convention are limiting the party's carbon footprint through a unique partnership with an Indian-focused environmental business. The Democratic National Convention Committee began working with NativeEnergy Inc. this spring to purchase carbon offsets for the dozens of convention staff who are flying, driving and otherwise polluting Denver as they carry out the big event. Party organizers are now asking that delegates, members of the media and other political officials who will be attending the late August gathering do the same. Delegates to the convention with the highest percentage of members offsetting their carbon emissions... Indian Country http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049146/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:41:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048577/posts WHEN it comes to global warming, extreme scare stories abound. Al Gore, for example, famously claimed that a whopping six metres (20 feet) of sea-level rise would flood major cities around the world. Gore’s scientific advisor, Jim Hansen from NASA, has even topped his protégé. Hansen suggests that there will eventually be sea-level rises of 24 metres (80 feet), with a six-metre rise happening just this century. Little wonder that fellow environmentalist Bill McKibben states that “we are engaging in a reckless drive — by drowning of much of the rest of the planet and much of the rest of... The Economic Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048577/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:15:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047948/posts Former Vice President Al Gore urged Congress not to overturn a federal ban on offshore drilling and complained that lawmakers are "being stampeded by lobbyists for special interests" eager to lift the moratorium. In a speech and interview, Mr. Gore called for moving the U.S. toward "zero-carbon" electricity over a decade, and reiterated his support for a carbon tax accompanied by a "sharp reduction" in payroll taxes. "We have to switch from carbon-intensive fuels to renewable energy," Mr. Gore said. Although some recent opinion polls have found evidence of a shift in public opinion toward favoring more domestic drilling as... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047948/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:53:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047652/posts The event Democrats tout as "the greenest convention ever" may be fading into brown. Last week's decision to move Barack Obama's acceptance speech from Denver's Pepsi Center to Invesco Field is expected to magnify the modest carbon footprint the party has boasted about for months. Don't get me wrong. I'm all for including up to 56,000 more people in Obama's Aug. 28 audience, especially if most of them are Coloradans. After all, some things, such as political participation, are more important than greenhouse emissions from one event on one evening in Denver. But it should be noted that the switch... Denver Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047652/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:52:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047592/posts One day Americans are moaning about the harmful impact of cheap oil and the next they're grousing about the harmful impact of expensive oil. Which one is it? As a disreputable sort, I freely confess to having a fondness for oil. Actually, I have a mild crush on all carbon-emitting fuels that feed our prosperity. But I'm especially fond of cheap oil. For many years, those who spread apocalyptic global-warming scenarios have warned me that a collective national sacrifice was needed to save the world. One option, we were told, was to make gas artificially expensive, forcing our ignorant, energy-gobbling... Denver Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047592/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:49:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046329/posts Bill Phillips spent nearly 50 years in the US oil and gas industry; most of his career was with the Phillips Petroleum Company. Bill is a descendant of Frank Phillips. Frank Phillips, along with his brother Lee Eldas (L.E.) Phillips, Sr., founded the original Phillips Petroleum Company in 1917 in Bartlesville, OK. Do you remember Phillips 66 gas stations? Phillips Petroleum Company merged with Conoco, Inc. in 2002 to form the current ConocoPhillips oil company. As you prepare to cast your crucial ballots this Fall, please think long and hard about the far-reaching, cumulative effects of the US political philosophies,... Four Winds http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046329/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:21:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2046282/posts ...Senator Reid and House Speaker Pelosi have both stated that they will not allow drilling legislation to proceed, although they are both aware that the legislation now has enough support to pass both houses. Senator Reid yesterday acknowledged that only 80% of the Senatorial Democratic Caucus opposed lifting the moratorium. If that were the case, then that would mean that the legislation would have close to the 60 votes needed to prevent a filibuster. The argument of Reid, Pelosi, Obama and several other congressional leaders has shifted in the past few weeks from an attitude that we cannot drill to... PDOP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2046282/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:33:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046201/posts The Democrat Assault on American Energy May 2008 In light of rising crude oil prices, the resulting spike in gas prices, and the continued reliance on energy supplies from unfriendly or unstable regions of the world, the RSC has prepared the following policy brief summarizing the Democrat pattern of blocking attempts to increase the supply of American energy and actively promoting policies that would make American energy less available, more expensive, and thus less affordable for poor and middle class Americans. Basic Economics.  It’s basic economics.  When demand exceeds supply, the price goes up.  One way to bring the... SCHotline Press Releases http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046201/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:38:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046197/posts A new, abundant and environmentally friendly source of protein is creating some buzz The world is getting hungrier. After years of falling food prices, eating is suddenly getting expensive. With price-tags now rising some 75%, the World Bank estimates that the soaring cost of food will push 100m people into poverty. What with rising fertiliser prices, increasing concerns about deforestation and unreliable rains brought on by climate change, how will we find new sources of nourishment? Scientists at the National Autonomous University of Mexico have an answer: entomophagy, or dining on insects. They claim the practice is common in some... The Economist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046197/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:28:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045953/posts California state Sen. Jack Scott says he didn't intend to "be a party pooper." It's just that helium-filled foil balloons -- like those found at hospital gift shops and office parties -- are dangerous. They float into electric lines and cause power outages, more than 800 in California last year, utilities say. He drafted a bill to ban foil balloons; it sailed through the state Senate and now awaits a vote in the Assembly. ***** The pro-balloon people are hoping that even if the bill does pass, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will veto it. At a recent news conference, the governor... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045953/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:50:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045952/posts Democratic Senator Richard Durbinof Illinois declared, “We can’tdrill our way to lower prices.”When it comes to domestic oil production, the Democrats and their Green/Left supporters are all singing from the same deranged hymnal. In May, one of the choir leaders, Democratic Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois declared, “We can’t drill our way to lower prices.” Never mind that 85 percent of America’s Outer Continental Shelf is off-limits to oil and gas exploration. Forget that the offshore areas that John McCain and George W. Bush want to open to exploitation might contain 86 billion barrels of oil and 420 trillion... Energy Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045952/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:50:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045770/posts WASHINGTON – Fearing environmental damage to the state's coastline, California's top leaders made it clear Monday that they want nothing to do with President Bush's plan to lift the moratorium on offshore drilling. Bush said his approach would reduce pressure on record gasoline prices, and he urged Congress to follow his lead. "Failure to act is unacceptable," Bush said. But as soon as the president made the announcement in a Rose Garden ceremony, California's Democratic leaders accused Bush of cozying up to oil interests. They said his plan would do nothing to lower gasoline prices. "Once again, the oilman in... Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045770/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:48:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045320/posts In the Rockies today, a lawsuit is filed to stop energy leasing on Colorado's Roan Plateau, the public gets more time to weigh in on a change in national parks' gun policy, and the BLM rounds up hundreds of horses in Nevada. Ten environmental groups have sued the Bureau of Land Management to keep energy leases on Colorado's Roan Plateau from being auctioned off on Aug. 14. The leases are opposed by hunters and anglers who said wells present a danger to the plateau's wildlife habitat.Groups sue to stop energy leases on Colorado plateauA proposal to change gun policy in... Headwaters News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045320/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:58:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045727/posts Imagine a society where simply speaking out of turn or saying the "wrong thing" was openly discussed as a crime against humanity, and where sceptics or deniers of the truth were publicly labelled "criminals", hauled before the press and accused of endangering humanity with their grotesque untruths. Imagine a society where even some liberals demanded severe restrictions on freedom of movement; where people campaigned for travelling overseas to be made prohibitively expensive in order to force people to stay at home; and where immigration was frowned upon as "toxic" and "destructive". guardian.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045727/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:23:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045123/posts If you think the vilest evil possible comes with a pitch fork, and horns, breathing fire, sneering and hurling curses, and wearing red, you are wrong. The most despicable evil in the world comes with a smile, a declaration of its concern for the future of mankind, and a promise to save the world—wearing green. The Green Lie We human beings are fallible creatures and in spite of our best efforts to learn the truth we can be mistaken. Medical science was mistaken for a long time about the nature of peptic ulcers, and even resisted the truth about their... Independent Individualist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045123/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:34:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043558/posts U.S. energy policy -- to stretch the meaning of the term - is appalling. It has been thrown together piece by piece over the decades to create a system that is dysfunctional, over complex, and internally contradictory. It is a system that victimizes American citizens, cripples the U.S. economy, makes the government a laughingstock, and empowers our enemies worldwide. While it's conceivable that somebody could actually design a policy that would do worse, they'd really have to work at it. The only group in American that sees energy policy achieving some of their goals are the ones who oversaw its... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043558/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:46:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042930/posts Rest assured: Chicken tenders and doughnuts will make appearances at the Democratic National Convention. In the midst of media mockery and embarrassment among national Democrats that Denver had declared fried foods a party foul and had ordered multihued entrees, the Denver host committee has softened an original document that called for caterers to be "lean and green." Local officials are now calling the 12 stipulations laid out in a May Request for Proposal to caterers "guidelines." (snip) A memo, titled "Fiction Fuels Frivolous Food Fight," will be issued later this week in an attempt to bring everyone — caterers, national... The Denver Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042930/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 15:15:45 GMT