Tag Archives: Environment

A couple pics of tonight’s storm 5

*cough* BS *cough* 0

Via CNN.

$5 bounty on stray cats? Sign me up! 0

So this city in Iowa is having problems keeping their stray cat population under control. The city council decided to pay alert, proactive, responsible citizens (you know, people who don’t have cats) five bucks for each stray cat they bring in. Unfortunately, it appears that you have to bring the cats into the vet alive [...]

Ethanol may be back in the running as an alternative energy source 0

I’ll quote some highlights from the article, then the link if you’re interested in learning a bit more. But first, some background. Ethanol (or E85 which is 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline) was once looked upon as a possible replacement for oil – we can make it here in the U.S. reducing our dependence on [...]

Al Gore wins Nobel Peace Prize (seriously) – UPDATED 0

See here. While I definitely think things need to be done about the way we treat the environment, and I’ve blogged about An Inconvenient Truth before, it seems a little weird that Al Gore’s work on climate change wins a Nobel Peace Prize. I don’t get it. UPDATE: Apparently I’m not the only one with [...]