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Things Go Better With Coke

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Written by Robert W. Kuhn Monday, 09 May 2011 21:27

Today, H.J. Heinz Company announced a unique parternship with The Coca Cola Company to source 120 million PlantBottleĀ® based ketchup bottles in 2011 under license from Coke. What's so special about that? Well, first of all it's ineresting that a global food company would turn to a global beverage company to be a significant part of its supply chain.

   

Happy Earth Day

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Written by Robert W. Kuhn Friday, 22 April 2011 00:00

April 22, 1970. The very first official Earth Day was a Wednesday. I woke up to a challenge: convince my parents to allow me to ride my bike the 2 miles to school that I would usually get taken in the school van.

   

Power Surge

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Written by Robert W. Kuhn Wednesday, 20 April 2011 00:00

I cannot recommend highly enough Nova's "Power Surge" episode, which just aired on PBS. What a cogent portrayal of the challenge we face in curbing greenhouse gas emissions and developing a sustainable, low carbon model of modern living. Consider this: China is adding a city the size of Chicago once every three months. Don't tell me we can wait to tackle this problem. Deniers...watch this program and learn. Here is a link to the video on PBS's website!

   

More Legislative Shenanigans

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Written by Robert W. Kuhn Friday, 08 April 2011 00:00

On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate correctly rejected a legislative initiative that would have stripped the Environmental Protection Agency of its court-confirmed power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. However, yesterday the U.S. House of Representatives passed the so-called "Energy Tax Prevention Act" by a vote of 255-172, which would also prevent using the Clean Air Act to regulate GHGs. In both actions, Republicans were firmly aligned against the EPA (no surprise there), but regrettably some usually-reliable Democrats also voted against the EPA.

   

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