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What Is Patriotism?

Janet Ritz | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Patriotism, Unemployment, The Environmentalist, Economy, War, Health Care Reform, Green News, Climate Change, Afghanistan, Health Care, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Corruption, Congress, Politics News
Janet Ritz

President Obama may deserve criticism. But trying to undermine his presidency, his legitimacy, his personal safety, especially in a time of war, is unpatriotic at best.

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Will Walmart's Drive Toward Sustainability Work?

Janet Ritz | Posted 08.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Walmart, The Environmentalist, Green, Global Warming, Sustainability, Business, Climate Change, Green News
Janet Ritz

Walmart announced this week that they are planning to put green/sustainability labeling on all their products within the next five years. The question, of course, is whether they can make it happen.

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Searching for Relevancy in an Obama World

Janet Ritz | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Green Lifestyle, Lifestyle, Green Office, Responsibility, The Environmentalist, Environment, Green, Deniability, George Witte, Barack Obama, Obama Transition, Politics News
Janet Ritz

Eight years of having someone to point at and say: See! There's the problem (and it was), was an easier proposition than looking in the mirror and asking: How am I the problem?

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Greening Your Office in a Recession

Janet Ritz | Posted 03.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Office, Opportunity, The Environmentalist, Green Office Blog, Economy, Environment, Green, Office, Crisis, Sustainability, Business, Recession, Green News
Janet Ritz

My clients ask me why they should green their office in a recession. I reply that the Chinese use two separate brush strokes for 'crisis': One character stands for danger; the other for opportunity.

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Deniability: Facing the War on Terror through Poetry

Janet Ritz | Posted 03.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: History, War on Terror, Torture, Poetry, The Environmentalist, Politics, 9/11, Literature, George Witte, Deniability, Entertainment News
Janet Ritz

George Witte's Deniability is spectacular for its simplicity, its perfect placement of each word and for its bravery in peeling back the layers of the war on terror in verse.

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Palin Loses Attempt to Block Protection of Alaska's Whales

Janet Ritz | Posted 11.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Interior Department, The Environmentalist, Center for Biological Diversity, Noaa, Beluga Whales, Sarah Palin, Green News, Environment, Endangered Species, Climate Change, Alaska, Whales, Politics, Bush Administratione Endangered Species, Endangered Animals, Animals, Green News
Janet Ritz

Palin had opposed the endangered listing for beluga whales in part by questioning the science and saying the listings would hinder oil and natural gas drilling.

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John McCain's Missed Opportunity

Janet Ritz | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain Attack Ads, Patriotism, John McCain, Missed Opportunities, Obama Assassination Threats, Martin Luther King, John Lewis, Sarah Palin, Democracy, Presidential Debates, Barack Obama, The Environmentalist, Politics News
Janet Ritz

Senator John McCain made a point during the debate that Barack Obama should repudiate John Lewis' Wallace comparison, which Senator Obama had done already.

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Cost of Forest Loss Exceeds Current Banking Crisis

Janet Ritz | Posted 11.10.2008 | Green

Read More: Green News, The Environmentalist, Deforestation, Climate Change, Convention of Biological Diversity, Bank Crisis, Biodiversity, Wall Street Crisis, Green News
Janet Ritz

The global economy is losing more money from the disappearance of forests than through the current banking crisis, according to an EU-commissioned study.

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2010 Scenarios: Which Country do you Want First?

Janet Ritz | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Scenarios, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Worst Case Scenario, The Environmentalist, War, Best Case Scenario, Sarah Palin, Environment, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Green, Politics News
Janet Ritz

Have you thought about what America will be like two years into the next administration?

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John McCain's Big Lies

Janet Ritz | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Craig Ferguson, The Big Lie, Chris Matthews, John McCain, Orwell, Politics News, The Environmentalist, Political Rhetoric, McCain Maverick, Politics News
Janet Ritz

The distortions coming from the campaign make it impossible to determine who John McCain is beyond the noise, the distractions

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Sarah Palin as George Bush

Janet Ritz | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Rush Limbaugh, Politics News, Hurricane Ike, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Climate Change, Dick Cheney, Conservative Elitism, Politics, Sarah Palin, Sexism, Environment, Green News, Racism, Community Organizing, Matthew Scully, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin Reaction, Jack Abramoff, The Environmentalist, John McCain, Green, Politics News
Janet Ritz

That's the question I want to ask: Sarah, who would you pick as your vice president?

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Too Much Spin

Janet Ritz | Posted 09.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Democrat, The Environmentalist, Barack Obama, Economy, Middle Class, Negative Campaigning, Environment, Republican, Tax Cuts, Spin, Media, Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis, 2008 Election, John McCain, Politics News
Janet Ritz

I was in a doctor's waiting room recently, listening to pundits on a big-screen TV, when a middle-aged man turned to me and stated: "Too much spin." ...

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Oil Prices Were Manipulated, U.S. Government Commission Charges

Janet Ritz | Posted 08.01.2008 | Green

Read More: U.S. Economy, New York Mercantile Exchange, Crude Oil Prices, The Environmentalist, Commodity Prices, Heating Oil Prices, Green, Commodities Speculation, Green Business, Gasoline Futures, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Business, Investigation, Cftc, Oil Price Manipulation Investigation, Corporate Crime, Politics, Gasoline Prices, Oil, Oil Prices, Optiver Holding, Green News
Janet Ritz

The agency charged with "ensuring the integrity of the futures & options market," has accused Optiver Holding of manipulating the prices of crude oil, heating oil and gasoline futures on the NY Mercantile Exchange.

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Credit Where it is Due: H.R. McMaster, the Author of the "Surge" Strategy

Janet Ritz | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, John McCain, The Environmentalist, Jack Keane, Robert Gates, H.R. McMaster, George W. Bush, David Petraeus, Political Rhetoric, Afghanistan, Iraq, Surge, Barack Obama, Politics News
Janet Ritz

Credit where it is due, Senator McCain. In the case of "Clear, Hold and Build," that credit belongs to H.R. McMaster and those who tried for so long to have his strategy implemented; too long for the many lives that have been lost.

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G8 Leaders Endorse 50% Emmisions Cut, but With No Specific Targets

Janet Ritz | Posted 07.16.2008 | Green

Read More: G8, The Environmentalist, Emission Standards, Politics, United Nations, George W. Bush, C02 Levels, Global Warming, Climate Change, Environment, Nasa, Green News, Yasuo Fukuda, c02, Green News
Janet Ritz

The G8 Statement's lack of requiring that carbon emissions reduction targets be met was seen as a result of US resistance, and will doubtless raise questions among both environmentalists and businesses.

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James Hansen's Warning to the G8: We've Exceeded Safe C02 Levels

Janet Ritz | Posted 07.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Nasa, The Environmentalist, Japanese Prime Minister, United Nations, Dr. James Hansen, C02 Levels, Yasuo Fakuda, Climate Tipping Points, United Nations Climate Change, Columbia University, Tipping Point, Kyoto Protocol, Environment, James Hansen, Goddard Institute on Space Sciences, Climate Change, Japan, c02, Global Warming, G8, Green News
Janet Ritz

Hansen opens with current climate status: the loss of sea ice, the approaching tipping points, the effects on people and wildlife, the unstoppable sea level rise, shifting of climate zones and more.

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Permafrost Threatened by Rapid Retreat of Arctic Sea Ice

Janet Ritz | Posted 07.09.2008 | Green

Read More: No Ice North Pole, The Environmentalist, Green News, North Pole Ice, North Pole, Green, Science, Permafrost, Climate Crisis, Methane, Greenhouse Effect, Arctic, Sea Ice, Rising Sea Level, Greenhouse Gases, Environment, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Global Warming, c02, Green News
Janet Ritz

A new study warns that the integrity of carbon and methane sequestering permafrost is threatened by the rapid retreat of Arctic Sea Ice, and this summer may see the first ice-free North Pole for the first time in recorded history.

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EPA Documents Bombshell: EPA Administrator's global warming warning withheld by White House

Janet Ritz | Posted 07.03.2008 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, The Environmentalist, Edward Markey, Emission Standards, Politics, George W. Bush, Breaking Green News, Congress, c02, Global Warming, Climate Change, Environment, Epa, Oil, Green News, Breaking Politics News, Stephen Johnson, Henry Waxman, Green News
Janet Ritz

This revelation comes after President Bush evoked executive privilege to withhold information on his intervention in the lowering of the rural and California smog standards.

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President Bush Claims Executive Privilege in EPA Investigation

Janet Ritz | Posted 06.29.2008 | Green

Read More: Epa Political Interference, The Environmentalist, Bush Killed Smog Standards, Politics, Office of Management and Budget, Michael Mukasey, George W. Bush, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, c02, Henry Waxman, Executive Privilege, Global Warming, Smog Standards, Environment, Epa, Richard Nixon, Political Interference, Stephen Johnson, Breaking Green News, Green News, Breaking Politics News, Green News
Janet Ritz

Today the President has asserted executive privilege to prevent the Committee from learning why he and his staff overruled EPA.

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NOAA Makes it Official: Extreme Weather Due to Climate Change

Janet Ritz | Posted 06.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Hurricanes, The Environmentalist, Green, Breaking Green News, Commerce Department, Floods, Weather, Climate Crisis, Sea Ice, Weather Forecasts, Climate Change, Storms, Drought, Environment, Noaa, Extreme Weather, U.S. Climate Change Science Program, Tornadoes, Global Warming, Green News
Janet Ritz

Congress, candidates and electorate take note: The extreme weather the U.S. has been experiencing is due to climate change and is expected to become more extreme in the future.

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Corporations' Plea for Climate Legislation Ignored

Janet Ritz | Posted 06.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Barbara Boxer, Newscorp, Mitch McConnell, Nike, World Wildlife Fund, The Environmentalist, Zimbabwe, Johnson & Johnson, Politics, Bali Conference, Green, Global Warming, Business, Climate Change, Shell Oil, Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe, Environment, Fox News, Harry Reid, Joe Lieberman, Wwf, Robert Mugabe, Levi Strauss, United Technologies, Green News
Janet Ritz

The need for the United States to lead by example through legislation has never been greater. Unfortunately, the need for change in Washington may have superseded that consideration.

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What's with the Weather? The La Niña-Tornado Connection

Janet Ritz | Posted 06.03.2008 | Living

Read More: The Environmentalist, Climate Change, Environment, Storms, Science, Living, Weather, Tornadoes, Global Warming, Breaking Living News, La NiñA, Living News
Janet Ritz

Why has 2008 has seen a record outbreak of tornadoes in the United States from California to the Midwest, from the South through the central plains, to the Appalachian states?

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