Spare some change? This past Thursday, the New York Times ran a special section on giving, the big front page story of which was all about giving small. You know, […]
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today flies to the divided island of Cyprus ahead of a key summit officially held up as the best prospect for Cypriot unification. Both the […]
Senator Charles Schumer has criticized plans to government fund a Texas wind farm project because it will create jobs overseas.
Research on tech to harvest unlimited sources of energy.
Today was the last of three days of hearings this week on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (CEJAPA), introduced by John Kerry (D-Mass) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif) […]
The world’s most powerful particle accelerator was shut down after a bird dropped some bread in it.
President Obama tells tribal leaders that he knows what it is to be ignored and forgotten.
“Hold tight,” said UNFCCC secretary Yvo de Boer yesterday at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen. “Mind the doors. The cable car is moving again.” De Boer – who has […]
A crucial round of climate change talks are underway in Spain, with a singular message shared widely among United Nations delegates: get ready to deliver big in Copenhagen.
It looks like the Iranians have balked on their promise to ship lowly enriched uranium to Russia. One wonders if the whole thing was a ruse to tamp down the […]
The idea is a simple one. Design a “fleet” of platforms that harness the energy of the sea winds, solar and the waves. We at Club Class Concierge are always looking for new ideas to invest in.
The idea of tithing, giving 10% to your church of choice, is nothing new. Yet over the years it’s energy has been tainted with the energy of “have to”. This is an idea to update tithing for the digital age and the new age.
As if we needed it: More evidence that Asia’s leaving the US in the dust when it comes to the renewable energies and green tech we’ll need to survive tomorrow’s […]
What if you could clean a load of dirty clothes and linens with just a spoonful of laundry detergent and a single cup of water? As soon as late 2010, […]
Food purists, proponents of family farming and sustainable grub, Big Ag haters, pregnant ladies, and anyone else who gives a damn what they put in their mouth, sound the alarms. […]
There are tradeoffs inherent in any energy source, but we hear more than usual about those associated with biofuels—whether the energy at the end of the process is more than […]
Extracts from Sarah Palin’s ghost writer’s diary detailing her dealings with the former governor have been published in Salon.
the need to have a good evaluation of what’s left and to invest seriously in nanotech for energy , recycling , creation of synthetic ressources.
Hillary Clinton, her elbow healed up, finally made it to Moscow, only to be rebuffed by her Russian counterpart in her push for stricter sanctions against Iran. Getting from nyet […]
As part of the lead up to the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December, President Obama told the United Nations on Tuesday that the if world does not move […]
So wrote F. Scott Fitzgerald. To which Ernest Hemingway replied, “yes. They have more money.” Could they one day end up having more fingers? Toes? Brains? The economist Robert Frank […]
As the year draws to a close, I want to finish by passing along my personal list of the most interesting essays on political issues from 2009. My selections are […]
Expectations for the Copenhagen summit next month are dropping like a cartoon anvil. Where once there was talk of a comprehensive international accord on cutting greenhouse-gas emissions, now the great […]
When facing large-scale issues like the energy crisis and climate change, Mitchell Joachim argues that our solutions need to be as “big” as our problems.
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People do many things without knowing why: buy stuff they didn’t think they wanted, vote differently when they’re in one setting than they would in another, order a different lunch […]
Gravity may not be a force of attraction, but a ‘force’ similar to momentum with energy transferred on a subatomic level.
What happens when an influential hip-hop star proclaims that a certain brand of boots is suddenly out of style? Is it bad for business? That very thing occurred when Jay-Z […]
Looking back at immigration in the past, we keep wondering what would´ve happened if our ancestors wouldn´t have been welcomed in their new lands.