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Wind power is increasingly in the news these days as more people begin to see it as a viable component in the mix of renewables. The animated map below shows the growing installed base of wind power in the US by state.

Bet you haven’t heard this one…The Obama adminsitration has a goal to produce 80% of the US’s electricity from renewables by 2035. Now that’s aggressive!

Do genetically modified organisms represent the promise of abundant healthy food or represent a form of genetic pollution?

Personally I’ve always been fascinated with glaciers. I spent a fair amount of time ice climbing when I lived out in California – mostly on Mount Shasta. To be in the immense glacier environment gives one perspective.

The map below shows activities around the country to overturn Citizens United. Links to get involved with Overturn Citizens United are shown below the map.

Here are the main issues with fracking – methane and fracking water contamination.

Do you think big corporate money and politics is a great combination? If not you may be interested in the Overturn Citizens United campaign led by Senator Al Franken. To help overturn Citizens United you can use the following link:

Are you concerned about fracking New York? Are you worried that fracking New York will have side effects that are not as rosy as Oil-n-Gas says? Or do you think fracking New York will create a idyllic, utopian environment for residents?

Electronic waste is among the most graphic examples of how the environment pays when businesses and consumers don’t.