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According to CNN’s Jack Cafferty, “Researchers looked at 50,000 studies conducted over 50 years — and found no significant differences in the foods. They focused on a wide range of crops and livestock raised and marketed under organic standards.”

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta

CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta chooses family and a lucrative media career over becoming the US Surgeon General.

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]]> http://inspiredeconomist.com/2009/03/06/dr-sanjay-gupta-withdraws-from-surgeon-general-search/feed/ http://gas2.org/2009/03/02/mainstream-media-discovers-algae-biofuel-and-its-a-good-chuckle/ http://gas2.org/2009/03/02/mainstream-media-discovers-algae-biofuel-and-its-a-good-chuckle/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:53:46 +0000 Nick Chambers http://gas2.org/2009/03/02/mainstream-media-discovers-algae-biofuel-and-its-a-good-chuckle/ If you’ve been a reader of Gas 2.0 for any length of time, you’ll know that we’ve been reporting on algae biofuel for, well, that entire length of time. Yet, seeing as the blogosphere is apparently full of nothing but pathetic liars (thank you Ms. Palin), I’m sure you’ve been on the seat of your pants wondering when the shining beacon of television news would truly validate algae’s potential.

Fear not intrepid reader, seems that the MSM has finally discovered algae too. During a recent installment of their “Energy Fix” segment, CNN has latched on to algae biofuel as the next big thing in renewable energy. Regardless of the laughability of the anchors, the segment is actually worth watching if for no other reason than to get a close up look at OriginOil’s Helix Bioreactors.

Besides, you know it’s gonna be good when the segment is hosted by an anchor named Poppy Harlow. Video after the jump…

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/03/02/mainstream-media-discovers-algae-biofuel-and-its-a-good-chuckle/feed/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/21/palin-must-know-the-name-of-the-alaska-oil-and-gas-conservation-commission-right/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/21/palin-must-know-the-name-of-the-alaska-oil-and-gas-conservation-commission-right/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:30:35 +0000 Timothy B. Hurst http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/21/palin-must-know-the-name-of-the-alaska-oil-and-gas-conservation-commission-right/ In an interview that aired on CNN Tuesday night, Republican candidate for vice-president Sarah Palin seemed to stumble trying to recall the name of the Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission - a commission she chaired for two years, which according to John McCain, makes her one of the foremost energy experts in the nation.
Asked by CNN’s Drew Griffin what her role would be as vice-president, Palin said she would focus on government reform and energy independence. “That’s been my forte as the governor of an energy producing state and as a former chair of the… of the energy regulator… entity up there in Alaska.” Watch it: 

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/21/palin-must-know-the-name-of-the-alaska-oil-and-gas-conservation-commission-right/feed/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/03/obama-talks-about-hurricane-gustav-and-wetlands-restoration-wonk-style/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/03/obama-talks-about-hurricane-gustav-and-wetlands-restoration-wonk-style/#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:00:56 +0000 Timothy B. Hurst http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/03/obama-talks-about-hurricane-gustav-and-wetlands-restoration-wonk-style/ What I have come to appreciate about Democrats is that they like to talk about the specifics of policy.  Dare I say, the Democratic Party is the party of wonk? Sure, I’m painting with a broad brush, but I’m going to take that liberty because it segues nicely with this video I want to show you of an interview CNN’s Anderson Cooper did with Sen. Barack Obama. What I liked about what it was that Obama doesn’t focus on the failures of this or other administrations, but rather he emphasizes restoring wetlands on the Gulf Coast.

The vanishing wetlands provide a valuable ecological service by absorbing the powerful leading edge of hurricanes and limiting the flooding potential of storm surges. Anyone can talk about courage, resolve, values, leadership, etc., but I’d much rather have the minutiae of environmental politics and wetlands restoration any day of the week. Read more about the wonky specifics of Obama’s environmental policy.

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/03/obama-talks-about-hurricane-gustav-and-wetlands-restoration-wonk-style/feed/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/23/an-environmental-brief-about-vice-president-joe-biden/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/23/an-environmental-brief-about-vice-president-joe-biden/#comments Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:49:07 +0000 Jerry James Stone http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/23/an-environmental-brief-about-vice-president-joe-biden/ “Sen. Barack Obama has chosen Sen. Joe Biden to be his vice-presidential running mate.” I was halfway through my Obama-flavoured follow up to the McCain Short List, when CNN tweeted the news.

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Okay, you say he’s not the Vice President. I say, yet. It’s good news to me. Much ado has been made in the direction of Sen. Obama’s experience. And while I don’t think the Senator quite has the inner propeller beanie that his opponents have painted him with, I myself question his ability. But Biden comes with mad experience. As a sixth term Senator - that’s 34 in people years - he can assuage a lot of those concerns. Also as Chair of the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, that’s just one more thorn he pulls from the Obama camp’s side.

Weighing in with a lifetime score of 84-percent from the The League of Conservation Voters, he shows real environmental cred. Not surprising, during his 2008 presidential run, he had this to say at a rally in South Carolina:

“If I could wave a wand, and the Lord said I could solve one problem, I would solve the energy crisis. That’s the single most consequential problem we can solve. It’s what you have to do to get greenhouse gases under control.”

Along with energy security, he’s been a strong voice on how our own accountability factors into the climate crisis. Instead of fairytale solutions, he calls upon us to clean up our own mess:

“I personally believe that the single most important step we can take to resume a leadership role in international climate-change efforts would be to make real progress toward a domestic emissions-reduction regime. For too long we have abdicated the responsibility to reduce our own emissions, the largest single source of the problem we face today. We have the world’s largest economy, with the highest per-capita emissions. Rather than leading by example, we have retreated from international negotiations.” He said before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

And before you whip out your Al Gore-shapped measuring stick, take a longer look at his scorecard:

• Cosponsor of the Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act, penned both by Sen. Boxer and Sen. Sanders.
• Calls for raising the fuel-economy standard to 40 mpg by 2017.
• Opposes subsidizing technology and practices that would only worsen global warming.
• Introduced a bill to promote the use of CFLs, unlike that other Senator.
• Active supporter of the U.S. participating in the U.N. climate negotiations.

Is he the absolute greenist candidate Obama could have picked - maybe, maybe not. But I bet he can spell potato(e).

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Image source: Joe Biden’s Senate website

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On a more uplifting note than the one of balance-teetering dismay I struck the other day with a post – CNN’s Glenn Beck and Other Doubters Need More Faith – here’s why I think the green side of mankind may be moving in a good direction.

It cheers me to realize that “green” is a common term these days. Sure, it is arguably over- and mis-used as it’s become a buzz word for marketers. But we’ll get past that, around it, through it…whatever.

Walking on the bright side of life for a bit, I think the fact that environmentalism, global warming, recycling, alternative energies and so on are in the broader public discussion at all shows that the long-timers who’ve been making this argument for decades have gained some ground for us all.

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]]> http://sustainablog.org/2008/08/13/the-positive-side-of-the-green-life-what-have-environmental-activists-done-well/feed/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/04/03/tangled-up-in-blue-the-3-am-call-that-didnt-get-through/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/04/03/tangled-up-in-blue-the-3-am-call-that-didnt-get-through/#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:15:43 +0000 Ranjit Arab http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/04/03/tangled-up-in-blue-the-3-am-call-that-didnt-get-through/ It looks like Hillary Clinton has another “3 a.m.” political ad out. This time it’s about the economy.

I’m not sure what it is about these ads that have captured the nation’s imagination; John McCain has his own version of it, and, of course, it inspired scores of parodies on YouTube and among late-night talk show comedians.

Still, I wonder if the candidates will get around to making one of these ads about the environment.

It’d be really easy to do, actually. All you need is a ringing phone…and no one to answer it.

That’s because the environment has somehow become a non-issue during this campaign season. All three candidates have fairly progressive views when it comes to addressing climate change, and they all tout the benefits of weening ourselves off foreign oil, so we’ve basically been told by the media that there’s nothing more to discuss on the topic.

The only problem is that voters WANT to discuss it.

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