Bad Timing
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http://www.GOP.com -- On the same day that President Obama is in Nevada touting his clean energy investment program, local Las Vegas news is reporting that one of his past clean energy investments is laying off nearly two-thirds of its workforce.
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- -: Bad Timing
January 26, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://www.GOP.com -- On the same day that President Obama is in Nevada touting his clean energy investment program, local Las Vegas news is reporting that one of his past clean energy investments is laying off nearly two-thirds of its workforce.
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- -: TEDxSydney - Veena Sahajwalla - Reviving Waste
June 14, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla is the leader of research into Sustainable Materials as the Director of Sustainable Materials Research & Technology (SMaRT@UNSW) at the University of New South Wales. She holds an ARC Future Fellowship. Veena is an international award winning scientist and en...
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- -: Bill Gates on energy: Innovating to zero!
February 20, 2010 (about 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com At TED2010, Bill Gates unveils his vision for the world's energy future, describing the need for "miracles" to avoid planetary catastrophe and explaining why he's backing a dramatically different type of nuclear reactor. The necessary goal? Zero carbon emissions globally by 205...
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- -: TEDxStAlbert - Evan Chrapko - Crap is Cool
November 15, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Evan V Chrapko, CA, JD and his brother Shane Chrapko, P.Ag., co-founded and, 30 months later, orchestrated the CAD$811 Million exit of DocSpace. Evan is currently a full-time co-CEO with Shane for www.GrowingPower.com and also for www.Highmark.ca. They are in the business of converting tens of th...
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- -: Dave Barry - Why You Shouldn't Make Fun of North Dakota
November 16, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/09/20/Dave_Barry_s_History_of_the_Millennium_So_Far Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist Dave Barry identifies what is, in his words, a common "theme" running throughout his career. ----- Dave Barry discusses "Dave Barry's History of the Millennium (So ...
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- -: Outsourcing Global Pollution to India - Vandana Shiva
June 10, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/28/Vandana_Shiva_in_Conversation Environmental researcher and activist Vandana Shiva points out that as India has taken on greater production of global goods, it has also taken on a proportionate amount of global pollution. ----- Since the 1980s, Shiva...
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- -: Finding Joy in Sustainable Living - Leslie Hoffman
April 7, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/11/19/Fast_Life_Slow_Fashion_A_New_Theory_of_Fashion Earth Pledge president Leslie Hoffman argues that modern life discourages thinking about the origins or effects of everyday consumption. "A New York kid could think that food comes from a waiter," she say...
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- -: Dumpster Diving for Gourmet Pig Feed - Novella Carpenter
October 16, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/05/Education_of_an_Urban_Farmer_Novella_Carpenter Author Novella Carpenter reads an excerpt from her book Farm City, describing how she scrounged feed for her urban farm animals. "In five minutes we found a squashed key lime pie, a bag of still-warm bean...
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- -: Recycling Russian Nukes into US Electricity - Stewart Brand
October 27, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/09/Stewart_Brand_Rethinking_Green Environmentalist pioneer Stewart Brand addresses worries about nuclear energy concerning proliferation of material and waste disposal. He describes a recycling program that converts old nuclear warheads into energy and a...
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- -: Toxicology: What Chemists Don't Know Might Hurt You
March 26, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/03/10/Chasing_Molecules_The_Promise_of_Green_Chemistry Elizabeth Grossman, author of Chasing Molecules, marvels at the fact that learning basic toxicology is not a requirement for a degree in chemistry. "Chemists are never required to take a course," she sa...
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