Are Clotheslines Making a Comeback? Written By: Jeanne Roberts 2008-04-04 09:05:55 HB1270, as passed by the Colorado Senate and sent to the House, will prevent homeowner's associations from adopting or enforcing restrictive covenants that prevent the use of solar and wind generation, shade structures, shutters, attic fans, evaporative coolers, energy-efficient outdoor lighting and retractable clotheslines.
Are Hedge Funds Contributing to World Hunger? Written By: Jeanne Roberts 2008-04-15 11:50:04
In March 2008, The New York Times reported an inexplicable and disturbing variation between actual prices and commodity pricing in some commonly traded crops like corn, soybeans and wheat.
Aspartame’s Sweet Dreams; Who Are We to Disagree? Written By: Jeanne Roberts 2008-02-14 11:38:05 Aspartame, sold as NutraSweet, Equal, NatraTaste and Canderel, was discovered in 1965 by G.D. Searle Co., and originally used to treat ulcers.
I’ve been seeing balloons lately, and it’s not a circus or senility, or even the fact that age has me revisiting the delights of my childhood, but rather the potential for balloons (or blimps, or kites) to provide virtually unlimited energy to an increasingly power-hungry world.
Biochar: A Good Way to Store CO2 Written By: Jeanne Roberts 2008-05-18 08:29:22
When living organisms like trees, shrubs, grasses and other plants grow, they take up, or sequester, carbon dioxide.