http://green.bligblog.com Enviromental Issues Facing Our World Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:04:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Joseph Romm, Salon, June 2, 2008 No nuclear power plants have been ordered in this country for three decades. Once touted as "too cheap to meter," nuclear power simply became "too costly to matter," as the Economist put it back in May 2001. Yet growing concern over greenhouse gas emissions from fossil ... http://green.bligblog.com/the-nuclear-power-bomb-2-7285.html Joseph Romm, Salon, June 2, 2008 No nuclear power plants have been ordered in this country for three decades. Once touted as "too cheap to meter," nuclear power simply became "too costly to matter," as the Economist put it back in May 2001. Yet growing concern over greenhouse gas emissions from fossil ... http://green.bligblog.com/the-nuclear-power-bomb-7255.html From the San Francisco Chronicle: The Senate will decide this week whether to follow in California's footsteps and pass legislation requiring cuts in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change. Lawmakers are set to vote Monday to begin debate on a bill that could reshape the U.S. economy by requiring industry ... http://green.bligblog.com/carbon-caps-will-drop-our-rateseventually-2-7286.html This morning we headed over to the Mpls farmer's market and had fun perusing the produce, flowers, and local treats.       On our way out we had a flyer on the windshield of our (semi-compact) car.  I am in agreement that there has to be something done about the oil crisis in our country. ... http://green.bligblog.com/gas-prices-got-cha-down-go-see-gashole-7258.html Ksubi and Herbert Mason Architects have put on their arts and crafts hats and created an award winning design. The Bombed Mache was awarded with the top prize at the 2008 Interior Design Awards, by the Design Institute of Australia, for their ingenuity. 80% of the store was created from refuse ... http://green.bligblog.com/ksubis-cardboard-shop-the-bombed-mache-7259.html Pacific Park, Santa Monica has spent $1.5 million dollars on this eco-friendly ferris wheel, making it the first solar powered ferris wheel in the world. You may have seen the ferris wheel it replaced. (The original wheel was sold on EBay for $132,400) "Forever in the celebrity spotlight, the Pacific Wheel ... http://green.bligblog.com/solar-powered-ferris-wheel-7260.html Bluewater Wind:   $105.90 per MWh guaranteed for twenty five years. Delmarva Power:  $110.00 per MWh not even guaranteed for three years. Do they have a math class in Legislative Hall, particularly on the South End of the building? Blog advertising http://green.bligblog.com/fontificating-7275.html Click here to advertise on thousands of blogs including mine http://green.bligblog.com/all-categories-7269.html For you tree-hugging, eco-friendly people, you will love this place. Everything you eat or drink on comes from recycled paper, corn, cardboard. They even have natural powdered soap in the restrooms. I had to get used to that. Stephen, the girls and I tried bison. It is lower in fat ... http://green.bligblog.com/teds-montana-grill-7261.html On Friday, May 30th, U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions visited the Auburn University campus for a demonstration of our new mobile biomass gasification unit and energy briefing. Amy Weaver covered the story for the Opelika-Auburn news.  Checkout her story and photographs on the O-A News website. Thanks, Amy, as always, for your perspective.  ... http://green.bligblog.com/au-searching-for-energy-solutions-7270.html