Each year the world?s taxpayers provide an estimated $700 billion of subsidies for environmentally destructive activities, such as fossil fuel burning, overpumping aquifers, clearcutting forests, and overfishing, as I write in as I write in Chapter 12 of Plan B 2.0. An Earth Council study, Subsidizing ...
Posted 2.7.2007 3:32pm (2 years ago)
Ok I’m going to try and save this and put it up here, but for now, go to this link to see the clip of me on Toronto Living. It’s quite good. The only thing that made me go “D’OH” is that they show me with the bags on the fan again but cut [...]
Posted 2.7.2007 8:50pm (2 years ago)
There is a war on — a war for the hearts and minds of Americans. Newsweek is constantly protecting innocent Americans from the stories they can’t handle. Is the world melting? Did the White House betray a deal with North Korea? Did we lose that war in Afghanistan, too? That’s for Newsweek’s ...
Posted 2.5.2007 9:01pm (2 years ago)
"It is a 13th Century church with a 21st Century secret." St Mary's Church, in the village of Lidgate, is believed to be the oldest church in the country to have solar panels. Ten panels were fitted to the roof of the tower, which dates back more than 700 years. They are hidden from public view by ...
Posted 2.6.2007 8:25am (2 years ago)
Did you know that The McLaughlin Group is still on the air? It is, broadcasting live each week direct from 1986. Last Sunday’s was apparently insane. We didn’t catch it, but HuffPo’s Rachel Sklar, Pat Buchanan fetishist, did, and she’s posted the video.
You know you are in for ...
Posted 2.5.2007 5:46pm (2 years ago)
Brazil's President Lula says rich nations are not doing enough to fight global warming.
Posted 2.7.2007 12:59am (2 years ago)
A Charlotte Baptist church says it would rather leave the Baptist State Convention rather than face expulsion under a new policy to ban congregations that welcome homosexuals.
Posted 2.6.2007 7:18pm (2 years ago)
Tim shows you how those Aquaskippers work and how to take one out for a spin...
The "Aquaskipper" is a human powered hydrofoil made by Inventist.com . It's similar to the original Swedish Trampofoil, which is no longer available. There's also one called the "Pumpabike" from South Africa.
They're ...
Posted 2.5.2007 4:35pm (2 years ago)
A US woman astronaut is charged with trying to kidnap a rival for the affection of a space shuttle pilot.
Posted 2.6.2007 4:43am (2 years ago)
Hello, I’m Joe Biden, and I’d like to wish you all a very happy Black History Month. As some of you may know, some of my best friends are black, and I appreciate the opportunity to celebrate them each and every year for 28, and occasionally 29 days.While it’s true that I’m known ...
Posted 2.2.2007 5:59pm (2 years ago)
A police chase that started in Wilmington Friday morning ended in Brunswick County with speeds reaching more than 90 miles an hour.
Posted 2.5.2007 6:29pm (2 years ago)
Cory Doctorow:
Peter sez, "The classic animated film The Last Unicorn is coming out in a new remastered DVD on Feb 6th. You've reported in the past about Peter S. Beagle's difficulties in getting his due from the Granada Media, so I thought you might like to link to a place where BoingBoing readers ...
Posted 2.4.2007 1:38pm (2 years ago)
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Posted 2.5.2007 11:08am (2 years ago)
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Posted 2.5.2007 4:00am (2 years ago)
Experts stress that the UK outbreak of bird flu on a farm in Suffolk poses no immediate risk to human health.
Posted 2.3.2007 8:34am (2 years ago)
Wilmington Police say an aggressive panhandler did more than just ask for money Thursday morning.
Posted 2.2.2007 8:40pm (2 years ago)
I think I saw a dog trying this in the Walmart parking lot the other day:
(if you can’t see the video, click here)
Posted 2.4.2007 12:19am (2 years ago)
If they ever make a video dictionary, this woman should be listed as the first entry under obsession:
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Posted 2.2.2007 10:50pm (2 years ago)
Thank our American God the law is coming down hard on these two terrorists. The men were hired by the “Time Warner” company to leave little cartoon things around Boston, which caused a complete shutdown of the once proud city.
Other sinister men left the same comical things all over other, ...
Posted 2.1.2007 12:32pm (2 years ago)
CONROE, Texas (AP) -- A 65-year-old retired truck driver who was attacked by a vicious pit bulldog during a neighborhood walk choked the dog to death as he defended himself....
Posted 2.1.2007 4:58pm (2 years ago)
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