The Launceston community will converge today on the Regatta Lawns at Royal Park to plant hundreds of paper origami windmills in the ground to form a gigantic 350.  The number corresponds to a future where CO2 emissions are reduced down to the safety of 350 parts per million and the windmills represent one of the ways we can get there.  The event comes just six weeks before the world’s nations convene in Copenhagen for the United Nations Climate Change Conference where the new international c

Via press release, Rep. Maldonado: Williamson County Positioned as a Leader in Higher Education : Round Rock – State Representative Diana Maldonado (HD-52) hosted a Community Forum to discuss higher education Thursday evening at the Round Rock Higher Education Center. Maldonado was joined by professionals from the participating schools to discuss educational opportunities and programs that are available for residents and students in House Ditrict52. “Williamson County is uniquely position

Although electric vehicle use is on the rise, we’re certainly not out of the woods yet in terms of providing them with a steady supply of clean energy – that’s why designer Neville Mars has conceived of an incredible EV charging station that takes the form of an evergreen glade of solar trees. His photovoltaic

Global warming, pollution and conservation are the buzz words of late. Every where you go the doomsday message seems to hang on the air, depressing and oppressive, a constant thorn in the backside. And to top it the entire world is going green so fast you feel actually that the whole world is going bananas. Well no need for you to go bananas as well. But a small contribution to the solution for the problem could help. What you need to do? Install solar patio lights . If you were a green ene

Health and other non-climate damages by life-cycle component for different combinations of fuels and light-duty automobiles in 2005 (top) and 2030 (bottom). Damages are expressed in cents per VMT (2007 USD). Source: “Hidden Costs of Energy”. Click to enlarge. A new report from the National Research Council examines and, when possible, estimates, “hidden” costs of energy production and use—such as the damage air pollution imposes on human health—that are not reflected in market prices of c

By Terence Corcoran, Financial Post …At the Copenhagen climate conference in December, no group looks forward more fervently than big business to a global carbon control agreement filled with firm targets, big tax increases and massive subsidies for special interests all over the world…. …In Ontario, the list of corporations supporting and circling the province’s new Green Energy Act is an appalling demonstration of climatism run amok. From TransCanada to GE, from wind farm developers to s

Our interest in energy independence rises and falls historically with the price of oil. When the price peaks so does our awareness of the pitfalls inherent in foreign energy sources. When the price declines so does our concern with filling up our SUVs. “When the public got to $4 a gallon that was a sea change,” says V. John White, executive director of the  Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technology. “That was the level at which people said, ‘OK, I get it. I ain’t buyin’ the SUV.’”

Credit: Johnson There’s a small office on Capitol Hill that is playing a major role in determining whether Americans will have affordable health care or more renewable energy in the coming year. The Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan body in charge of providing economic data to Congress, has an incredible amount of power over our political system. In June, this office released a report on the Affordable Health Choices Act showing that enacting the proposal would increase the def

***Another reminder to please call the school or come in to sign up for 3 Way Conferences on Thursday, November 27th (3:00 – 8:00 pm) and Friday, November 28th (7:00 – 11:45 a.m).  If you are unable to make it on either of those days, we can find another time when it is convenient for you. I am available most days after school and between 7 and 9 a.m. in the morning. If I haven’t heard from you, I will sign you up for a time and hope that it works for you and your child. 9:00 –Attendance 9:

Monday, the New York Times reported that a National Academy of Sciences study tallied the cost of burning fossil fuels and found that it was running the county about $120 billion dollars each year. That price tag is based almost entirely on health care costs and thousands of premature deaths from air pollution. And that’s not even the whole story. Absent from the study’s calculations were costs associated with global warming (an issue which has the attention of insurance companies ), the e