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Climate-Change Bill: Is It Really Bad for Texas?

Posted in Energy, Global Warming, tagged Rick Perry, waxman-markey on October 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Public Citizen hopes for climate change legislation that will direct us in becoming more energy efficient, less dependent on foreign oil, and better stewards of out state’s environment. As we await the outcome of the Waxman/Markey and Kerry/Boxer legislation in Congress, Governor Perry irresponsibly dismisses the issue with outrageous arguments to scare up more votes [...]

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BYU Chemist uses sugar and weedkiller to make cheap fuel cell?

Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Renewables, tagged biodiesel, biofuels, BYU, cars, ethanol, fuel cells, renewable fuels, sugar, weedkiller on October 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »

For the second time in a month, it’s very popular among my friends and co-workers that they know a BYU Cougar (the first, of course, after the football game against Oklahoma, exciting my Longhorn-lovin friends and officemates, but I digress…) From the Edmunds Green Car blog: Brigham Young University Scientist: Sugar + Weed Killer = [...]

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Green-up your life! Oct 1- Eat less meat.

Posted in Consumers, Global Warming, tagged climate change, consumer, food, Global Warming on October 1, 2009 | 5 Comments »

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is going to be one of our ongoing series on climate change and how we can all make a personal impact. Since today is World Vegetarian Day, I think this is an appropriate way to kick things off. With various climate change proposals circulating on Capitol Hill, and the Climate Change Conference [...]

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