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Entries by Alexia Parks from 10/2010

Ted Turner's Environmental Muse

| Posted 10.05.2010 | Denver
Read More: Wilderness Society, Conservation, Cnn, T. Boone Pickens, Voters, Argentina, Sally Ranney, Jane Fonda, Patagonia, Wilderness, Edward Abbey, Colorado, Bill Ritter, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Ted Turner, Yerba-Mate, Denver News

Ted Turner returned to Colorado the other day to deliver the keynote address at a luncheon for Colorado Conservation Voters in Denver.

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Joining the Global Work Party

| Posted 10.08.2010 | Denver
Read More: White House, Sterling Engine, Solar, 350.Org, Alternative Energy, Afghanistan, Green, Renewable Energy, Jobs, Colorado, Innovation, Obama, California, Solar Energy, U.S. Military, Environment, Bill Mckibben, Solar Power, Denver News

One day after the New York Times reported that the U.S. military was going "green" with a goal of 50% from solar and renewables by 2020, and the Obama...

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Your Life Depends Upon This Tiny Plant

| Posted 10.20.2010 | Green
Read More: Phytoplankton, T. Boone Pickens, Nasa, Military, San Diego, Marines, Goddard Space Flight Center, Iowa, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, Ncar, Des Moines, Noaa, Mississippi, Mayor Frank Cownie, U.S.S. Makin, Navy, National League of Cities, Green, Sustainability, Green News

Phytoplankton is a keystone plant species and is the basis for all life in the ocean, responsible for producing 70% of the oxygen of the planet; the very air that we breathe. And they are disappearing at an alarming rate.

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Can Mobile Money End This War?

| Posted 10.26.2010 | Denver
Read More: Cell Phones, Colin Powell, George W. Bush, Iraq, Obama, Wikileaks, Mobile Money, Barack Obama, Money, Military, GSM World, Unbanked, Vietnam, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joel Rauch M.D., Afghanistan, Ucl, Economy, Denver News

Over the past 60 years the U.S. has been involved in more than 10 wars and invasions. These have included World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam, the B...

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