By Julian E. Barnes | Los Angeles Times, July 14, 2008 WASHINGTON – Across the oil-thirsty U.S. military, commanders are scrambling for ways to offset the ever-rising cost of fuel. But their best efforts so far have fallen short. The military services have found ways to save millions of dollars through conservation, but the price of oil has outpaced the cost-cutting efforts. The Navy, for example, estimates it is saving. . . CONTINUE
The health of thousands of Americans compromised to protect the EPA administrator’s corporate “friends”; (confirmed by EPA’s inspector general)* “far more contaminated than many Superfund sites, where respirators and moon suits are mandatory” Worse, this proves to be Bush’s universal mission – carried out by all his appointees, all his administration and starting in late June 2008, he is dragging McCain into it! from Crimes Against Nature, a book by. . . CONTINUE
10 July 2008 In a letter to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), former White House official Jason Burnett revealed that Vice President Cheney’s office deleted portions of the testimony of Center for Disease Control Director Julie Gerberding, who testified last year about the consequences of climate change on public health. In a press conference yesterday, Boxer charged that White House spokesperson Dana Perino had ‘lied’ about the rationale behind the editing. . . CONTINUE
By NOAKI SCHWARTZ, Associated Press Writer, June 3, 2008 LOS ANGELES – Seven endangered California condors — about 20 percent of Southern California’s population — have been found with lead poisoning. The birds started turning up sick about a month ago during random trappings at Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge in the San Joaquin Valley. One of the birds died during treatment at the Los Angeles Zoo and four others. . . CONTINUE
February 8th, 2008 Court Rules EPA Violated the Law by Evading Required Power Plant Mercury Reductions The ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rebuked EPA for attempting to create an illegal loophole for the power generating industry, … EPA unlawfully decided to remove power plants from the most protective requirements of the Clean Air Act, “This decision is a victory for the. . . CONTINUE
Feb 5, 2008 Today, state legislators listened to the dire warnings of an energy leader at the Minnesota State Capitol. The world’s oil reserves are drying up according to Matthew Simmons, an energy investment banker from Houston who has recently written a book on the subject. Simmons says oil production has already peaked and soon supply won’t be able to keep up with demand. CONTINUE
By Frank Williams January 2, 2008 Fox Business – reports that a lithium-titanate-powered dragster has set a new electric vehicle speed record for the quarter mile. Dennis “Kilowatt” Berube drove the Current Eliminator V into history on Sunday. The Eliminator clocked-in with a 7.963-second quarter mile run, during which man and machine reached 160.65 mph. Berube actually broke the record twice. Earlier in the same day, he bested the current. . . CONTINUE
Friday, December 21. 2007 Posted by nader.org While many impoverished American families are shivering in the winter cold for lack of money to pay the oil baron their exorbitant price for home heating oil, ex-oil man, George W. Bush sleeps in a warm White House and relishes his defeat of the Congressional attempt to get rid of $15 billion in unconscionable tax breaks given those same profit-glutted oil companies like. . . CONTINUE
December 18, 2007 And Autopia’s 2007 Car of the Year is… Tesla_stock_2 The Tesla Roadster. Yes, it’s got a price tag approaching six figures. Yes, the first run is sold out. And yes, the it’s been in the pipeline for more than two years, so strictly speaking it isn’t really “new.” But this was the year the Tesla finally hit the road – the company is letting journalists test drive. . . CONTINUE
Crude back near $90 a barrel after oil cartel dashes hopes for increased production, saying market fundamentals are unchanged and supply is sufficient. [Despite the fact that demand has now outpaced supply] December 5 2007 Global Oil Production Has Peaked NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — OPEC dashed hopes that it would step up production at its meeting Wednesday, news that sent oil prices shooting back towards the $90 a barrel mark. . . CONTINUE
12-05-2007 Agence France-Presse NUSA DUA, Indonesia – As the world tries to hammer out a future plan to tackle climate change, tiny islands say it is too late — their homes and histories are disappearing under the rising sea. Dressed in traditional grass and rattan skirts, the islanders used music, song and slide shows to tell their story to a tearful audience in a luxury hotel on the Indonesian island. . . CONTINUE
By ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. FrugalMarketing.com It has become clear to most Americans that maintaining our national security will require reducing our dependence on foreign oil. But Republicans are using the current crisis to push through a reckless energy agenda, including drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, that will not improve America’s security. Even the conservative Cato Institute has called President Bush’s claim that Arctic oil would reduce gas. . . CONTINUE
Nov. 11 2007 Next to its new Porsche Cayenne Hybrid SUV at the 2007 Los Angles Auto Show later this month, Porsche will show off an electric car from 1900 designed by founder Ferdinand Porsche. This is the predecessor of what was the world’s first hybrid car, which followed this one by just a few years. Even Porsche’s initial all-electric design was revolutionary, despite the fact that electric cars were. . . CONTINUE
