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Solar state

Thursday, January 4th, 2007

“Spurred by recent legislation that provides financial incentives — and by rising energy costs and, perhaps, by a lingering distrust of power companies in the aftermath of the California electricity crisis at the start of the decade — homeowners across the state have come to see solar power as a way to conserve money as [...]

Climate moderate

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007

Climate change poses a real threat to the world, and the prevailing idea is to spend billions trying to slow it. Yes, we should do what we can to recycle and save energy, but it isn’t the only global problem we face. I’m increasingly of the opinion that we should be realistic that it’s now [...]

Do your bit

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

Freecycle is a nonprofit organisation which lets people help the environment by recycling as well as doing a bit of good for people in their area. Anyone can register for free to either give something away or ask for something they want. Right now, someone in my area is giving away an entire dinner set, [...]