Green Options » Secretary http://greenoptions.com/tag/secretary Posts tagged 'Secretary' Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:38:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Steven Chu Gives Me Hope http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/22/steven-chu-gives-me-hope/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/22/steven-chu-gives-me-hope/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:38:26 +0000 Rhonda Winter http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/22/steven-chu-gives-me-hope/ United States Secretary of Energy Steven Chu is by far my favorite member of the Obama Administration; I am even one of his many facebook fans. It is so exciting that science is no longer a dirty word, as it was during the dark ages of Bush. To me, the Nobel Laueate Chu comes across as a no nonsense incredibly competent visionary, and his practical genius shines though every time he speaks. This is a short clip of him explaining the tremendous potential to make ethanol from agricultural wastes, yeast and drought tolerant miscanthus grass.

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]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/22/steven-chu-gives-me-hope/feed/ Michael Pollan for Secretary of Agriculture http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/11/18/michael-pollan-for-secretary-of-agriculture/ http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/11/18/michael-pollan-for-secretary-of-agriculture/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:00:58 +0000 Stuart Stein http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/11/18/michael-pollan-for-secretary-of-agriculture/ Brian Lehrer of the Brain Lehrer Show on WNYC Radio spoke with author and activist Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma, The Botany of Desire, In Defense of Food) about government agricultural policy.

What can we do?

There is an online petition to encourage President-elect Barack Obama to choose Mr. Pollan as the next U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.

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