By J. Drake Hamilton, science policy director, Fresh Energy Is America losing its competitive edge in science, medicine, engineering, and energy? According to a June 2008 poll conducted on behalf of Scientists and Engineers for America, 85 percent of Americans want Presidential candidates to debate science issues. Voters want public policy decisions to be based… Read more »
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Is it Practical to Plug into the Prairie?
When Ron Bowen planted his first prairie for a landowner over three decades ago, the client’s motivation was pretty clear. “The main question was, ‘Is it pretty?’ It was an ornamental prairie,” recalls Bowen, the founder and owner of Minnesota-based Prairie Restorations, Inc. But Bowen knew the benefits of prairie ecosystems were more than skin… Read more »
Maria Energia Goes to Texas
Blogger Maria Surma Manka (Maria Energia to her readers) was invited by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) to cover their WINDPOWER 2008 conference in Houston during the first week of June. Recommend on Facebook Share on google plus Tweet about it
Minnesota to Bill Gates: No new coal!
Legislators protest Gates family’s stake in Big Stone II Check out this posting on Grist by Ted Nace from May 4, 2008. Recommend on Facebook Share on google plus Tweet about it
CURE posts new video to YouTube
Check out this video created by MEP member group Clean up the River Environment (CURE): http://www.youtube.com/RIVERVOICE The video highlights CURE’s work in opposition to the construction of the coal burning Big Stone II Power Generation Plant at Big Stone City, South Dakota and its proposed transmission system. Recommend on Facebook Share on google plus Tweet… Read more »
Racking up the Food Miles
By Cael Warren The concept of “food miles” has spurred heated debate across the developed world, causing people to question the origins of the food that ends up on their tables. Despite how common the phrase is, many people never know more about food miles than what the phrase implies: miles traveled by food. What… Read more »
How sustainable are you?
American Public Media, a kissing-cousin of Minnesota Public Radio, has a new web feature out to measure your impact on the planet, called Consumer Consequences. You enter some data about your lifestyle and it’ll tell you how many planet earths would be needed if everyone lived like you. Sadly, I am sitting at a need for… Read more »
CURE Big Stone II video
Clean Up the River Environment has a new clip up on mercury and the proposed Big Stone II coal plant just across the border. [youtube c-8GS2lVrjc nolink] You can learn more at http://www.beyondbigstone2.com/ Recommend on Facebook Share on google plus Tweet about it
Fresh Energy on TV
Kind of anyway. Timothy Rose, Fresh Energy media relations director, was the feature of yesterday’s AmericanGreen.TV summer tour post, which also made a stop at Big Stone. AmericanGreen.TV calls itself a “micro-network” that promises quality info on green products and lifestyles via broadband. Recommend on Facebook Share on google plus Tweet about it
St. Ben’s going climate neutral
The College of Saint Benedicts has announced that they’ve committed to becoming climate neutral. They are apparently joining 250 other colleges and universities in the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment. From the release: