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The Brutal Truth about climate change is this:  it s much worse, and much more threatening to our future, than the public thinks it is.  In fact, it has scientists scared.  Yet the political response is to work with business and work with Republicans and conservative Democrats like Joe Lieberman to get a passable bill that [...]

The Cooler Heads Coalition and the Competitive Enterprise Institute present a briefing by Dr. David Evans and Joanne Nova on the state of global warming science and its impact on public policy.

Is Google destroying the planet one search at a time? The recycling market has gone bust. And check out That s Just Weird. ZapRoot http://zaproot.com/ Community http://snipurl.com/zaproot_community _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Google Searching http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5489134.ece Recycling Market Goes Bust http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/world-economic-downturn-shifts-material-markets.php The Future of Recycling ttp://www.origin.popularmechanics.com/science/earth/4298520.html Gordon Brown Superglue http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1037391/Activist-tries-superglue-Gordon-Brown.html Bette Midler Ends Tour http://www.ecorazzi.com/2008/09/26/bette-midler-quits-touring-for-the-sake-of-the-planet/ Shop Lifters Will Be Composted http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/09/shoplifter-composted.php Open Source Food http://www.psfk.com/2008/07/replate-open-source-food-activism.html Honey Bees on Cocaine http://sustainablog.org/2009/01/01/honey-bees-on-cocaine-change-ideas-about-the-insect-brain/ Glowing Mushrooms http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/mushrooms-glow-in-the-dark/4821 Primate, a Colossal Squid, and Bloodsucking Moth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Colossal_Squid_Ross_Ice_Shelf.jpg http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081117-tarsier-photo-missions.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/55607576.html Giant Crystal Cave http://giantcrystals.strahlen.org/america/naica.htm http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=1143 http://www.crystalinks.com/mexicocrystals.html 12 yr. Old McDonalds Burger http://bestwellnessconsultant.com/2008/09/23/1996-mcdonalds-hamburger-karen-hanrahan-best-of-mother-earth.aspx Hailstones http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/offbeat-news/town-buried-hailstones/3573 Living Flesh http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/clothes-that-grow-from-living-human-tissue/3162 Human Liposuction Fat for Fuel http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/2412/ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ About ZapRoot: ZapRoot is an unconventional bite-sized news show that covers the fast changing world of the modern Green Revolution. With sarcasm, silliness, & sanity, host Jessica Wlliamson encourages you to have a better time while making a better world. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Subscribe using your favorite platform: iTunes http://boldurl.com/U7LdRLJ9 YouTube http://boldurl.com/UwgkpQ59 Facebook http://www.boldurl.com/UwqGc9DZ MySpace http://www.boldurl.com/UlSwHslZ Yahoo Video http://boldurl.com/URSKS2B9 My Yahoo http://boldurl.com/U4cLNgw9 Google RSS http://boldurl.com/UHXHpxF9 AOL http://boldurl.com/U2Zbv0j9 Bloglines http://boldurl.com/U84ZQBj9 Windows Live http://boldurl.com/UPw21WZ9 Miro http://boldurl.com/UCbNSYp9 Regular RSS http://feeds.feedburner.com/zaproot RSS XML Format feed://feeds.feedburner.com/zaproot?format=xml _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ most popular tags zaproot go green series environment video podcast webisode eco pop culture next new networks free autobloggreen videos new stories cool cars online tv news clips earth day web auto interior design ideas going green sustainability ideas ecorazzi earth grist report water pollution planet green channel solar wind national geographic recycle reuse alternative treehugger power geothermal energy oil al gore fossil fuels local health greenpeace plants bike bicycle good magazine ocean thedailygreen weird greenhouse effect ecogeek global warming climate change worldchanging urban products fair trade coffee inhabitat water cycle shortage twisted humor cfl wacky an inconvenient truth conscious environmental activism organic freecycle _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Production Credits: Produced by: Damien Somerset Sarah Szalavitz Hosted by: Jessica Williamson Edit by: Jennifer Masaoay Music by: Jacques Brautbar Juliana Raye

Pastor Mike believes in global warming, but it might not be the kind you think.

http://www.globalchange.com Planting trees is not the answer to global warming -- much as I love trees. Trees fall over and die -- even if they live for 100 years and fix a ton of carbon dioxide into carbon (wood) as they grow. All the carbon is later released as carbon dioxide as the tree falls down and decays on the forest floor. The answer is to capture "old" carbon -- from burning oil, gas, coal, for example with carbon sequestration technology in chimneys of coal fired power stations. Vattenfall in Norway has such a system, capturing 90% of carbon emissions, which are sent back in a pipe under the North Sea for permanent storage. This power storage provides more than 50% of Norway compliance with the Kyoto treaty. Comment by Dr Patrick Dixon, futurist, leading authority on global trends and conference speaker. (more)

The Dads offer a few suggestions on how to clean up the environmental nightmare that is child rearing. Are carbon offsets a good deal for the minivan and SUV crowd? But what could possibly be funny about global warming? Two words: methane recapture.

Rhett summarizes his bumbling adventure through the world of commodities economics and intangible assets as he attempts to figure out how the green electricity program for Florida Power and Light works. In the process, he lays out criteria he finds sufficient for a carbon offsets company and discovers NativeEnergy, a company which meets his standards.We apologize for the long running time, but there's no quick way to do this topic, and it's a very important one.Photo credits: wind farm by rasmithuk, coal plant by mikkoit, hippie dog by sis, and tree by terinea. All photos are available on a CC attributions license.The free "carbon offset" certificate humorously provided by http://www.freecarbonoffsets.com. To find out more about FP&L's green energy program, please see their FAQ here. For a list of America's biggest REC purchasers, see this list from the US Department of Energy. We'd also like to bring this report (note: PDF) from Clean Air Cool Planet regarding the state of business practices among offset companies.Also, we'd like to make it clear that we have not been paid or even asked to promote FP&L's green electricity program or NativeEnergy in any way, nor should this video be construed as an endorsement. We're too insignificant to get paid for our endorsements. The purpose of this video is to explore the market forces of RECs and offsets and show how we've come to a conclusion about how we believe we can buy an offset productively. To provide a more balanced perspective, here's an opposing article from FoxNews.com about Congressional investigation into offsets, including NativeEnergy. This was released while we were shooting.