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Fish Fence is a Shocking Failure: Is it Time to Zip up the Great Lakes?

Henry Henderson | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Invasive Species, Asian Carp, Mississippi River, Lake Michigan, Illinois River, Chicago Diversion, Great Lakes, Cal-Sag Channel, Great Lakes Fish Fence, Chicago News

The only thing protecting Lake Michigan from the menace of a voracious invading predator that all agree will decimate the ecosystem is a quirky Rube Goldberg contraption.

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A Sustainable New Orleans Rises After Katrina

nytimes.com | KATIE HOWELL of Greenwire | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

Read More: New Orleans, Alternative Energy Resources, Alternative Energy Supplies, Renewable Energy Alternatives, Alternative Energy Source, Hydrokinetic Turbines, Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy Research, Green Energy, Hybrid Buses, Alternative and Renewable, Energy Alternatives, Big Easy, Renewable Resources, Solar-Powered LED Lights, Renewable Energies, Clean Renewable Energy, Alternate Energy Sources, Evolving Energy Tech, Alternative Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy Resource, Katrina, Alternative Energy Sources, Alternative Energy Efficiency, Alternative Energy Demand, Renewable and Alternative, Renewable Energy Supplies, Mississippi River, Renewable Energy Sector, Green News

There is a big push in the Big Easy for dramatically improving energy efficiency in homes and public buildings....

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The Lunatics are Running the Asylum

John W. Whitehead | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Energy, Lead, Department of Veterans Affairs, Congress, Veterans Affairs, Obama Stimulus, Money, Alternative Energy, Economy, Public Health, Green Building, Renewable Energy, Fbi, Smithsonian, Tax Breaks, Green Energy, Energy Policy, Stimulus, Goldman Sachs, U.S. Coast Guard, Obama Stimulus Plan, Mississippi River, Stimulus Package, Colleges, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Economic Stimulus, Department of Energy, Hollywood, Politics News

If Congress have lost sight of what this economic crisis is about and whom the stimulus plan is supposed to be helping, perhaps the following sobering statistics will serve as a reminder.

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Folkin' Around with Benjamin Taylor, His Dad James, Dar Williams and That Guy Mark Erelli

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: New Orleans, Simon Draper, Keith Urban, Kate Markowitz, Jimmy Johnson, Michael Landau, Cd, Hudson River, Grey Zeien, Glen Campbell, Mark Erelli, Joan Baez, Kathy Feighery, Daryl Hall, Coal Miners, Matthew Kinney, Aidan Draper, Livingston Taylor, John Mayer, Bill Mumy, The Temptations, Naras, Folk, Val Clark, Carly Simon, Stephen Robinson, Dar Williams, Marshall Crenshaw, John Anderson, Kung Fu, Sally Taylor, Grammy Awards, David Lasley, Folk-Rock, Simon & Garfunkel, Entertainment, RIchard Bruce, Suzanne Vega, Jamie Cullum, David Saw, Lou Marini, New York, Benjamin Taylor, Digipak, Christopher Albert, Barry Mann, Greg Leisz, Leonard Cohen, Muscle Shoals, Musician Magazine, Marnie Hillsley, The Dixie Chicks, Joni Mitchell, Steve Gadd, Arnold McCuller, James Taylor, Jimmy Webb, Smokey Robinson, Mississippi River, Entertainment News

"Buzzer" is the album's most complex and surreal recording. It is an edgy piece crafted around her character's life choices and their results.

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Friday Talking Points [40] -- Obama Shines, McCain Whines

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Gaffe, Gop, Bill of Rights, First Amendment, Speech, Giants, Atlas, Pakistan, Berlin, Czechoslovakia, Free Speech, Whine, Canada, Democratic, Iraq, Campaign, National Convention, Minimum Wage, Redskins, Oil Spill, 2008, Midotw, Victory Column, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, 2008 Campaign, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Democratic National Convention, Mississippi, Risk, Dncc, Tiergarten, John McCain, Germany, Football, Whiny, Oil Rig, Democrat, 2008 Elections, Democratic National Convention Committee, 08, Photo-Op, Nfl, Democrats, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Senior Moment, Presidential, Elections, Desperation, Free Speech Zones, 08 Campaign, Mddotw, Talking Heads, Convention, 2008 Presidential Race, Afghanistan, Burning Down the House, Mississippi River, Democrat-Lite, Politics News

Be careful what you wish for, John. That seems to be the message of the week for Senator John McCain. He took some campaign consultant's idea a few w...

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Oil of Delay: McCain Cancels Louisiana Trip After Barge Spill

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 07.31.2008 | Green

Read More: New Orleans, New Orleans Oil Spill, John McCain, Oil Spill, Mississippi River, Oil, Offshore Drilling, Green News

McCain had been planning to visit an offshore rig on this New Orleans junket, but it's not the image a presidential candidate wants in the middle of an environmental nightmare.

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Oil Spill Shuts Mississippi River

Reuters | Posted 07.31.2008 | Green

Read More: MV Tintomara, Oil Spill, Mississippi Oil Spill, Environment, Oil, American Commercial Lines Barge, Harvey Canal, Mississippi River, Green News

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A collision between a chemical tanker and a fuel barge on the Mississippi River spilled over 400,000 gallons of fuel oil and promp...

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