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July 23rd, 2008

Silence: It’s Golden. And Quiet…Very Quiet.

Taos is a different kind of place, as on one side you have what is basically the desert – flat land, no water, sagebrush growing everywhere. And on the other side of town, you have canyons and Carson National Forest – tons of trees, grass and water. It is quite a dichotomy, really. But my favorite part of both sides of town is the silence – I have never experienced silence like this, and it has taken some getting used to. We are so used to traffic, blaring horns, booming stereos and just a general buzz that when we got here and tried to fall asleep the first couple of nights, we couldn’t!

Environment
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July 11th, 2008

EPA To Avoid Action On Climate Change While Bush Is In Office.

Thankfully, we only have a few more months to get through, but still…really?
“U.S. lawmakers said the Bush administration will reveal it will not take measures to tackle greenhouse gas emissions while the president is in office in a proposal by environmental regulators to be announced on Friday…Lawmakers who saw drafts of the EPA’s advanced notice [...]

Global Warming
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June 29th, 2008

EarthTalk: Cogeneration As A Means Of Generating Power.

EarthTalk is a weekly installment from E/The Environmental Magazine.

Dear EarthTalk: What is “cogeneration” as a means of providing heat and power?
Cogeneration—also known as combined heat and power, distributed generation, or recycled energy—is the simultaneous production of two or more forms of energy from a single fuel source. Cogeneration power plants often operate at 50 to [...]

Responsible
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June 11th, 2008

Images Of Plastic Bags Polluting Life On Earth.

This is why we need to ban plastic bags as soon as possible and make it mandatory that people bring their own reusable bags to the store. San Francisco did it. A city in Maryland did it. The entire Whole Foods chain did it. The western Indian state of Maharashtra did it. In [...]

Pollution
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