Jul 14 2008
Actually I’ve been one all my life. But after suffering through five or six major bouts of kidney stones over the last twelve years (I forget how many times I’ve had them), all of which required at least one hospitalization and one which resulted in my giving birth to a stent (for the gory details [...]
May 05 2008
Since I lost all of my prior blog postings over the weekend I have been thinking about some of my personal favorites over the years. Here is still my all time favorite video: Will Farrell’s George W. Bush on Global Warming, courtesy of our friends at Stop Global Warming and TBS’ Earth to America series.
Enjoy …
May 04 2008
California Republicans are up in arms over Governor Schwarzenegger’s hiring of dozens of staff throughout state agencies to implement the state’s mandate to curb global warming. But the Gov is simply doing what private industry is quickly realizing is a profitable enterprise. When I worked for Rainforest Action Network pushing banks to calculate their carbon [...]
Jan 12 2007
The school board in the south Seattle suburb of Federal Way (home, it should noted, of logging giant Weyerhaeuser) has restricted showings of An Inconvenient Truth, imposing requirements that it be balanced with an adequate opposing viewpoint and be shown only with the school principal and district superintendent’s approval.
The decision was apparently sparked by complaints from parents [...]
Dec 15 2006
As Hanukkah begins Friday night, the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and synagogues around the nation are urging congregants to use energy-efficient light bulbs.
This Jewish response to global warming, dubbed “How Many Jews Does it Take to Screw in a Light Bulb” by COEJL, gives new meaning to the Festival [...]
