Nationwide "Teach-In" Planned to Address Climate Change
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/012408EA.shtml
Stacy Teicher Khadaroo reports for The Christian Science Monitor on global warming teach-ins that are planned for this week on college campuses across the country: "Organizers bill the culminating day, January 31, as the largest teach-in in the nation's history, drawing parallels to the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960's and 1970's. More than 1,500 institutions, most of them colleges and universities, will host classes, documentaries, performances, energy-saving competitions and discussions with political leaders."
Gore Says "Changing Light Bulbs" Not Enough
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/012408EB.shtml
Ben Hirschler, Reuters, "Climate campaigner Al Gore urged world policymakers on Thursday to change laws, "not just light bulbs," in tackling global warming, and a UN official said world market turmoil must not be allowed to delay action."
Drought Could Force Nuke-Plant Shutdowns
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/012408EC.shtml
Mitch Weiss, The Associated Press: "Nuclear reactors across the Southeast could be forced to throttle back or temporarily shut down later this year because drought is drying up the rivers and lakes that supply power plants with the awesome amounts of cooling water they need to operate."
A personal quest to promote the use of wind energy and hydrogen technology in the Great Lakes area of the United States. The Great Lakes area is in a unique position to become an energy exporting region through these and other renewable energy technologies. *Update 2014: Just do it everywhere - Dan*
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