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:: Saturday, February 03, 2007 ::

Green pens

Sustainablog

Green Options (launching Monday - preview now available)

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On a different note:

Top Yankee Prospects by baseballprospectus
[via yankeesetc]

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Labels: environment, sustainability

:: Matthew 2:06 PM [+] (3) comments ::
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A Push for Workers' Rights

An nytimes editorial on being able to receive compensation (sue) if you have been harmed while in the workplace.

"In a ruling that would have done Kafka proud, the court held that there was never a valid time for Mr. Cline to sue. If he had sued when he was exposed to the benzene, it would have been too early. Alabama law requires people exposed to dangerous chemicals to wait until a 'manifest' injury develops. But when his leukemia developed years later, it was too late. Alabama’s statute of limitations requires that suits be brought within two years of exposure."

And scientists, in the form of the National Research Council, refuse to allow the Office of Management and Budget rewrite the definition of a risk assessment.

I also like this opinion piece at nytimes about the politics of food. Kelly shops at the farmer's market in Union Square a lot, which I really like. The author, a chef, notes:

"While our legislators are at it, they might also look at another powerful paradox that chefs confront every day. If I want to purchase a case of carrots, it’s much easier (and cheaper) to get them from the Salinas Valley, in California, than from the Hudson Valley that surrounds my restaurants. The food distribution system favors size. A distributor in California can send one truck to pick up 50 cases of carrots; a distributor procuring exclusively from the Northeast will need to send 50 trucks to 50 different farms.

That’s a shame, not just because a carrot that comes to New York from California gets singed with petroleum as it travels cross-country, but because at this time of year carrots pulled from the rich muck dirt of Western New York have 50 times more flavor than their West Coast counterparts.

Same with milk...

And also it's much more environmentally friendly to buy locally (see "food miles"). Read more about big-business agriculture here.

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Labels: environment, politics, workers rights

:: Matthew 8:46 PM [+] (0) comments ::
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Electric costs

Want to have a free month of electricity? See here. Total savings if the US installed smart electrical meters and adjusted 7% of peak power usage: $23 billion. Wow!

(Conveniently it would keep older power plants off-line as well, decreasing the amount of pollution in the air.)

A variation on a theme: saving electricity.

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Labels: electricity, environment

:: Matthew 11:09 PM [+] (0) comments ::
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The Electric Car

40 miles per charge and 100 gallons per mile? Looks like it's already a concept car.


Biobutanol:

"Butanol yields an impressive 104,800 BTU/gallon far surpassing the meager 84,250 BTU/gallon of ethanol. Gasoline contains about 121,000 BTUs/gallon. This means the butanol in your Otto cycle internal combustion engine will yield fuel consumption close to that of gasoline. E85 increases fuel consumption by about 10 percent or more. The net energy released per air fuel ratio is higher for butanol than that of gasoline."

[electric car info via dailykos.com]

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Labels: butanol, electric car, environment, ethanol

:: Matthew 10:36 PM [+] (1) comments ::
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The Energy Challenge

A Series from NYTimes:

The Energy Challenge

Articles in this series will periodically examine the ways in which the world is, and is not, moving toward a more energy efficient, environmentally benign future.

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Labels: energy, environment

:: Matthew 10:28 AM [+] (0) comments ::
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