are you 4-MEI, or against me?

Pepsi still has a cancer causing chemical in it, 4-MEI.  Coke took it out.  In California the state wrote a law to force it out of soft drinks in the state.  Coke took it out of all their US products, not Pepsi, only where they had to.    Whats wrong with our congress that they don't force cancer causing products off the market, or bee killing chemicals as the EU did last month????

I don't drink any soft drinks, they contain chemicals that prevent the uptake of calcium, every wonder why there are so many kids with broken bones, hell I think every nephew in the family lives on sugar drinks, broke an arm or ankle, and is fat.  When my son was growing up, he almost never had a soft drink, only one we know of before he was 5 and that one supplied by an obese addicted to cokes uncle, it's not hard to make kids eat right.  Furthermore, high fructose corn syrup speeds the growth of cancer cells, and makes you obese, diabetic, etc. etc. etc.

Blow me down south

9 States have no wind generation ability at all, are not helping to build the safety of local distributed sourcing and clean energy needed for the future.  The weak links in the chain are: Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, Virginia, Kentucky. The same states that made decisions in the past that brought failure on the region is nothing if not consistent.
The states profiting most from wind ordered in Mwh  produced: Texas, California, Iowa, Illinois, Oregon, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Kansas, Washington.
The newest large wind turbines being delivered now meet or beat the cost of coal, oil, and in many cases even natural gas.

GASLAND Part II Official Trailer, Premieres July 8th 2013 on HBO

I don't do HBO, so I won't get to see it, maybe it will be repeated on PBS or Science later, or DVD, I could borrow it on DVD.

GASLAND Part II Official Trailer, Premieres July 8th 2013 on HBO

I don't do HBO, so I won't get to see it, maybe it will be repeated on PBS or Science later, or DVD, I could borrow it on DVD.

A Boom With No Boundaries: How Drilling Threatens Theodore Roosevelt Nat...

Listen to the great great grandson of Theodore Roosevelt.  40 to 60 thousand fracking wells to surround the park in the next few years.  And  the park is being considered by the government for destruction, drilling in the park, as 12 others already are open for mining and drilling.

US Army and Navy criticize our quest for oil and gas

A military report says America's fixation with domestic drilling and securing supplies of fossil fuel is misguided and destructive.

The paper points out we could make greater, quicker and permanent gains by instead working on energy efficiency and renewables to replace coal, oil and gas.   It goes on to accuse policymakers and legislators of refusing to accept "robust" scientific evidence global warming is already harming our economy and will destabilize countries and commerce around the world.  It also states our political leaders are avoiding the short term up front costs of green energy sources, even though it will resolve many of our problems and in the long run provide lower cost energy and security.
It's amazing,  the military trying to wake the deaf.

1949 - 2013, forest fires and death

Noman Maclean, best known for his "A River Runs Through It" also wrote a lesser known great book, "Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire".  Up until yesterday, the 1949 South Canyon Fire was the most deadly fire on record for forest fire fighters.  It is an excellent accounting, by Maclean who spent his time as a forest worker in Montana, and became one of America's best writers.  Get either of these books, they are page turners, one a novel, the other a detective story and safety manual for people in the wilderness and fire fighters.  I loved both these books, Maclean had a lot of trouble getting published, as one letter of rejection stated, "this book has trees in it, no one wants to read about trees".
Increasing heat and drought and disease of forest plants guarantees more terrible deaths await us in the forest.  Hopefully lessons will be learned that can keep firemen safe.