Energy in the shopping basket
The 320 outlet B&Q firm is offering take-home-and-install roof mounted windmills and solar panels. They’ll also help you get permission from the government to install them, help you find contractor assistance if you need it, and even tell you if where you live is windy enough to bother with the windmill. [...]

Help voters to know that neo-cons like Saxton represent the 1-2% of the most wealthy among us and the mega-corporations, NOT the vast majority of citizens.

Here’s another missive from Jed Jorgensen, our intrepid toiler in the political field:
Recently Onward Oregon posted my essay on why I returned to politics this election. I hope I can encourage you to join me in donating your time and money to the strong candidates in close races during these last few important weeks. (See [...]

We hear a lot about how China censors its news and limits Google searches and all that.

But when we look at their top news site (Xinhua) and compare it to, say, one of our top news sites (CNN) we see who really is not getting the full picture.

Let’s take a look.  

Reported by David Talbot on www.energybulletin.net
The world’s exploding energy demand–coupled with the growing risk of catastrophic rises in sea levels and climate change driven by greenhouse gases–create a singular challenge that demands urgent policy action, energy experts said at an MIT conference yesterday.
“If we don’t throw everything we have at energy efficiency right now, [...]