The Vogue of Things Green . . .

One new buzzword that has become popular with the economic downturn is making things “green” or such as having a “green economy” ... -saving ‘green homes’ and the clean-up of the country’s four main rivers. Such an effort ... on, are among such plans. New projects, such as the construction of bicycle roads [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 11:41:37

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Duroboat - Special Introductory Offer

The grind of the work week, coupled with our increasing number of personal responsibilities can leave a person wrung-out by week’s end ... utilizing modern clean burning outboards. While other boats have trended towards bigger, bad-er, bolder, Duroboat has maintained a classic style and unique construction (no weld, no rivets) since [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 02:00:08

Major Cover-Ups in Vancouver

Vancouver is heavily blanketed --thoroughly in the dark ... public work of covering up as well as cleaning up! On a smaller scale, there is the Blanket Bus ... -glo and directive aesthetic. In their projects, industrial and street construction colours [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 05:32:12

Giant Paisley Pink Rug

Giant Paisley Pink Rug This adorable rug is petite loop cotton pile construction ... . The rug is first hand looped and crafted through a canvas and then reinforced with another durable canvas backing. Professional cleaning only. Price:$136.00 Buy now [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 20:59:56

What's in the stimulus bill

Here's the rundown on spending, courtesy of the House Appropriations Committee. My first take is that if you have spend $550 billion ( ... billion for highway construction; ·        $31 billion to modernize federal and other public infrastructure with investments that lead to long term energy cost savings; ·        $19 billion for clean [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:31:22

Eating Out - Café Blå Porten

Blå Porten (Blue Gate) is a café - restaurant at Djurgården I've been *very* hesitant in visiting, ... mainly less haughty staff, better cleaning, considerate child/pram possessors would make this place ... in summers does look enchanting. Blå Porten (with a website that seems to be under construction [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:57:00

Packs a Bassy Punch, Sonoro Cubo Elements Review

Sonoro Audio Cubo Elements clock radio won a Red Dot award for best product design so we just had to review one to see what all the accolades were ... by the lint free microfiber cleaning cloth and a pair of white gloves included with each unit. The only ... up, stereo sound and bass reflex are excellent thanks to its internal wood construction [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 16:45:54

Minnesota nonsense

By Sean Casten News from the Super-Shoddy Climate Change Reporting desk: The Bemidji Pioneer broke this story on Tuesday: ... clean energy source for consumers, farms and businesses in the Upper Midwest," is lamenting the fact ... a stop to coal-fired power plant construction. Setting any moral judgments aside [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 07:05:15

How To Build A Dog Kennel

Building a dog kennel is actually a fairly easy venture if you have a basic knowledge of construction and some important tips about how to do it ... openings are facing the road or a neighbors house, then you can expect far more barking and howling ... and concrete are easy to clean and maintain. Proper ventilation is your next concern in building a [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:00:16

Events coming up during the next two weeks

Send me an e-mail (desmoinesdem AT yahoo.com) or post a comment if you know of another event that should be added to this calendar ... the construction of nineteen coal-fired power plants being fast-tracked by the state's governor, Rick Perry ... instrumental in challenging the construction of the two plants in Iowa will lead a discussion [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 01:33:57

Countries line up for N-business with India

The race among countries for getting nuclear business in India is hotting up with delegations rushing to New Delhi to discuss opportunities in this field. While France has already walked away with a contract in the multi-billion dollar industry, high-level delegations from Britain and Canada will be here this week to interact with Indian side to [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 12:24:14

DIY Monday - PVC Light Tent w/ Glass Riser

Besides being a photographer, I am also a website developer and consultant here in Colorado ... suitable for your needs. Construction was pretty simple. 1. Measure 14 sections of 30″ each (or whatever length you want to use) on the PVC pipe. After cutting, I used a file to clean up the edges [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 13:00:09

Sunday news briefing 01.18.09

Foreclosure aid likely to help California, three other states the most – The nation's foreclosure crisis is centered in four states. But taxpayers across the country will feel the pain of bailing them out. California, Florida, Nevada and Arizona generated about half of all foreclosure filings nationwide last year, according to RealtyTrac, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 15:49:57

Review: Epson Stylus Photo TX700W

The good Incredibly fast print speeds Excellent looking photo prints Very stylish CD and DVD ... cumbersome size is the one disadvantage to all the clean lines - the TX700 seems to spread out rather ... ) are positioned at the front of the device, though they feel rather flimsy because of their thin construc [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 05:59:01

Fuel Fight: Ethanol Woes Presage a Scrum for Subsidies

All alternative-energy sectors are struggling with falling oil prices and the dismal economy. Few sectors are struggling quite as much as ethanol. [ ... afloat. The ethanol industry’s plight should set the stage for a handout dogfight among clean energy sectors. While plenty of clean tech companies see President-elect Barack Obama through starry [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 11:43:00

Florida Man Recalls Alien Abduction

They came under darkness to take him out of his Carlos Circle home on Fort Myers Beach. "The boss wants to see ya," rang telepathically inside Jim Sparks' head as he opened his eyes to the bug-eyed, gray-skinned space aliens in his bedroom. Sparks had been abducted before from other locations, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 22:54:00

Stimulus Bill: $825 Billion

Wanna bet the final legislation tops $1 trillion, after more tax cuts are added to placate enough Republicans so that Obama can get 80 senators to support it, as he wants? Working closely with President-elect Barack Obama, House Democrats on Thursday called for $825 billion in federal spending and tax cuts to revive the moribund economy, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:20:51

11 Eleventh-Hour Bush Environmental Rule Changes

Pamela Ferdinand, National Geographic News 16 Jan 09;In its final months the Bush Administration has issued a slew of last minute environmental rule changes, many of which have already gone into effect and could be hard to reverse.National Geographic News asked representatives from four leading environmental organizations to judge 11 of these " [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 08:45:00

Green Inaugural Ball: Quotes for a New Green Economy

“We believe that if Dr. King were with us today, he would be working to build a green economy — strong enough to lift people out of poverty and restore hope to America.” - Van Jones, before the U.S. House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, January 15, 2009. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 01:35:28

Green Bush

I'm not one to stick the boot in when someone is down, but when it's the odious Bush, I am happy to make an exception. From The Guardian: The document released by the White House to commemorate George Bush's exit from the most powerful job on the planet describes a president who spent much of the last eight years as a careful steward of the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 06:14:00

A Selection of Excerpts from GREAT POWERS: America and the World After Bush By Thomas P. M. Barnett Why our grand strategy needs to be realigned with the world "When 9/11 struck, America, feeling proprietary about the international liberal trade order we created and nurtured into global dominance, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 17:56:11

First Hybrid Solar and Gas Power Plant Under Construction

The sunshine state is in the spotlight for a groundbreaking solar plant that will add solar thermal collectors to an existing gas ... the plant run on clean, emissions-free, solar power," said FPL Group CEO, Lew Hay. Fossil fuel use is suspended when the heat from the sun is available to power the steam turbines. Approximately [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 13:39:17

A Political Climate Change

RADICALGRAPHICS.ORG Future generations will probably regard the Bush administration as the most environmentally destructive presidency in history. But it will not just be for the reasons fresh on our minds today — namely the rollback of many major environmental laws of the last four decades [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:36:35

Economy: Matt's Stimulus Bill

By Matt Gauntt The newly minted Congress will soon be taking up the efforts to revive the economy.  No doubt, the stimulus bill will include a team of white horses and a chariot for each Congressman so they can ride back into their districts with the pomp and circumstance that they deserve for saving us mere mortals as only [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:22:41

The Triangle of Life

In the aftermath of 1994 Northridge earthquake, new building codes were developed with the express purpose of making  futue construction of ... water, steam lines, natural gas lines, and duct work.) 69 hospitals were unable to handle casualties because the piping failed and raw sewage was covering the floors and no clean water was available [more...]

Date: 2008-07-31 01:32:40

Solar Firms Are Slashing Jobs

We’ve all read the ugly news: some 500,000 jobs lost in December, and layoffs happening all over the tech industry ... construction is on hold until at least the second half of 2009, while the company looks for more funding ... to meet the state mandated goal of clean power as early as 2010. OptiSolar spokesperson Alan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 08:00:45

First Solar to Brighten Up Masdar City

Here’s a way to draw in cleantech financing in a global credit crunch: find a country, or an emirate, that’s spending lots of oil money on clean power projects. Thin-film solar darling First Solar ... as the Silicon Valley of the Middle East — with a strong focus on renewable energy. Construction [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:00:51

Toy Box: Hot Toys Dark Knight Joker/Batman Busts

Right now, I’m running my annual Poppies and People’s Picks awards over at Michael’s Review of the Week. What are those? Well, the Poppies are an industry award event for pop culture collectibles, where about 150 judges made up of people from companies large and small, retailers, media, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 10:06:44

Full Text of the State of the State

Thanks to Shane Goldmacher at SacBee for getting this out. Check it out over the flip. Lt. Governor Garamendi, Chief Justice George, President pro Tem Steinberg, Speaker Bass, Senate Republican Leader Cogdill, Assembly Republican Leader Villines, Members of the legislature, ladies and gentlemen, we meet in times of great hope for our nation [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:31:10

Expected values and Normal Accidents

By Peter B. Meyer Those coal ash spills should have been expected. Normal Accidents is a 25-year-old book by Charles Perrow, subtitled "Living with High-Risk Technologies." Perrow, reflecting on the Three Mile Island nuclear incident and other accidents, argued that modern advanced technologies are so complex, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 08:28:08

DrumBeat: January 16, 2009

Venezuela Says $70 Oil Needed to Maintain Investments (Bloomberg) -- Oil prices need to rise to about $70 a barrel to sustain investment in fields and avoid shortages, Venezuelan Energy and Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said. The South American country is discussing prices with other members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 13:53:03

Georgian Cheese Boat Breads (Adjaruli Khachapuri)

Flatbreads and Flavors by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid represents a dream job for me - and probably most of us - travelling the world and sampling authentic cuisine so you can write a cookbook that will be widely acclaimed and loved by all. This book is wonderful and is as much travelogue as it is recipe book [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 16:07:05

WELCOME TO THE VERY FIRST METAMORPHOSIS MONDAY!

It's here...the first Metamorphosis Monday! Yipee! I can't wait to see all the wonderful "Before and Afters!" I'll be sharing the exterior changes that took place at my home when I added on my screened-in porch. If you are participating in Metamorphosis Monday, please be sure to add your permalink below, and not your general blog address [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 03:00:00

making wind farms eco-friendly neighbors

.. Wind power is a popular and growing source of “green” and clean energy ... that the process of getting wind-turbine “farms” approved by towns and villages is also clean — free ... .  As Art says at his website: They may be touted as “green and clean,” but inappropriate siting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 01:42:13

"Hotel for Dogs": Movie Review

One Day, 3,000 Adoptions from Pet Shelters, No FeesUSA TodayThey're pulling out all the stops next week — including giving pets to some adopters at no charge — in a nationwide effort to boost the number of shelter animals that find new homes.Three hundred shelters across the USA are holding Change a Pet's Life Day on Jan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 12:52:00

Opinion: Obama Can Solve the Energy Crisis With Electric Vehicles

There is a way to solve our energy crisis with strong leadership. Either candidate could have done it, and President-elect Barack Obama should. If our rich and prosperous country’s leader defines the strategy, implements the tactics and requires results, he could free the U.S. of dependence on foreign oil, clean the atmosphere, and lower [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:00:28

Putin's house of cards coming down

To little notice in America, a drama is being played out in Eastern Europe that future historians may mark as the beginning of the end of Russia’s neo-imperialist ambitions under Vladimir Putin, as the economic house of cards he built collapses and the tyrant himself heads for the dustbin of history [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 05:20:00

Challenges and Actions for AL in Bangladesh

The world watched with great enthusiasm as the new government of Bangladesh let by the Awami League party was swearing in ... of Bangladesh. The recent clean selection of Cabinet posts is a welcome sign for the people ... parties. 2. Based on the COAL Policy start exploration of COAL and construction of At least one or two [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:32:56

Quick action needed to counter serious indoor-air pollution

A funny thing happened on the way to the enviros’ protest march the other day. While government workers and members of the environmental movement were concentrating on cleaning ... pollutants, which once escaped from homes through chimneys, open windows, under doorways [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 17:11:47

The Consequences Of Post Housing Bubble Policy

Readers added to my topic suggestion on policy. “There is a housing bubble question regarding the government and central bank that needs to be addressed at this point in time. What are the consequences of post housing bubble policy?” “It is well known that Japan had twin manias in both stocks and real estate in the 80’s [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 15:14:07

Top Three Gaza Myths Debunked

Despite the so-called “liberal” media’s endless barrage of pro-Israeli propaganda, a significant portion of the U.S. public is opposed to the current attack on Gaza. As the casualties mount and peace is pushed further out of reach, The Indypendent’s Jaisal Noor exposes three big myths of the conflict [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:39:43

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Release the black balloons!

Credit where credit’s due. At the dawn of 2009, John Brumby, and his Minister for the Environment and Climate Change, Gavin Jennings, announced the formation of four new national parks in Victoria. These national parks aim to protect sections of Victoria’s stressed River Red Gum ecosystems, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 11:46:00

7 Quick Takes Friday (vol. 17)

--- 1 --- Ugh. Honestly? It hasn't been a great week. Other than some very bright spots like one dear friend cleaning my house and another bringing over some delicious homemade meals for me to keep in my freezer, it was one of those weeks where I felt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 06:00:00

Feed-In Frenzy

A simple green tariff has transformed Germany. Why isn’t Canada following suit?by Chris TurnerPublished in the Jan/Feb 2009 issue.Solar Valley (Image courtesy of Salon AG)The gritty industrial town of Bitterfeld, Germany, is about an hour southwest of Berlin by train, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 02:07:00

Preliminary Plan: American Recovery and Reinvestment

Here is a href=”http://beacheconomist.com/Appropriations_Stimulus_0115.pdf”the plan (PDF file) ... construction;br /br /• $31 billion to modernize federal and other public infrastructure with investments that lead to long term energy cost savings;br /br /• $19 billion for clean water, flood control [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 03:11:01

Gore: Recornd Cold Snap Is Actually Global Warming

Gore: Record Cold Snap Is Actually Global WarmingCopyright © 2009 William Kevin Stoos Just back from a world tour to promote his new book, No, Really, It Is Global Warming! Internet inventor Al Gore talked to Stoos Views in an effort to address mounting world skepticism about global warming and whether Gore is indeed the savior of the planet [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 18:59:00

Clean Power From Deserts

The Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Technique by Dr. Gerry Wolff Close up view of parabolic trough and heat collector. Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) is the remarkably simple technique of arranging mirrors to concentrate sunlight and using the resulting heat to raise steam to drive turbines and generators, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 15:54:43

Range Fuels Clinches $80M USDA Loan Guarantee

While all eyes are on the $54 billion for clean energy in the proposed stimulus package, ... financing for clean power projects the federal government is one of the better places to help ... crashed), from Passport Capital, BlueMountain, Khosla Ventures, Leaf Clean Energy Company and Pacific [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:35:33

Nuclear Reaction - A Greenpeace blog about nuclear power: Nuclear News for January 14th 2009

Some other stories from the nuclear industry you may have missed: Associated Press: ... power plants.’ UPI: US Energy secretary nominee supports clean coal, nuclear power ‘Chu has made ... support the construction of new nuclear reactors.’ Reuters: Entergy Arkansas 2 reactor cut to 60 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:31:14

Gore: Record Cold Snap Is Actually Global Warming

Gore: Record Cold Snap Is Actually Global Warming By William Kevin Stoos Sunday, January 18, 2009 Just back from a world tour to promote his new book, No, Really, It Is Global Warming! Internet inventor Al Gore talked to Stoos Views in an effort to address mounting world skepticism about global warming and whether Gore is indeed the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 02:31:11

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