August 2011
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Mark Bittman of the NYTimes: Profits Before... →
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Bittman nails the Obama administration today in this surprising (to me) piece on the current trend of profits over environment. He connects a lot of dots, but brings it together in the end. (I’d counter by saying that Obama was in a fix - he has had to choose jobs and stimulus over the environment).
I think this section is worth quoting in full:
Sacrificing the...
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Watchtheatlanticvideo:
‘Compressed 02’ Explores Cinematic Properties of Ferrofluid and Soap
Kim Pimmel is a designer, filmmaker, and inventor whose Compressed series taps the science of magnetism, capillary action, and fluid dynamics to create gorgeous cinematic time-lapse videos that look out of this world. This video transforms ordinary soap and water into an ominous, alien bubblescape.
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Watchcenterforinvestigativereporting:
Watch a 15-minute clip of DIRTY BUSINESS, an investigative documentary from the Center for Investigative Reporting that reveals the true social and environmental costs of coal power and explores the murky realities of “clean coal” technology.
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The Attacks on Climate Science Education Are... →
High-school teachers around the country are being subjected to harassment and threats urging them to avoid teaching factual climate science.
“’Evolution is still the big one, but climate change is catching up,” says Roberta Johnson, executive director of the National Earth Science Teachers Association (NESTA) in Boulder, Colorado. An informal survey this spring of 800 NESTA members found that...
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