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Chaos Theory And Consequence - The Rock-Tenn Example
The easiest part of environmental policy is to campaign against those things which obviously have a seemingly negative impact on our world or community. These crusades produce the most exposure, activism, and political maneuvering. No company wants to be portrayed as a bad steward and despite the rhetoric from rabid protesters most corporations do their best to balance environmental, workforce and profit obligations.
We know that coal has a negative impact on air quality. That is not good even as it is cheaper than most other ways of producing energy, supplies are plentiful, and new technology has made it somewhat friendlier to the environment.
- Excel Energy was persuaded by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) to close it’s High Bridge coal plant in favor of a natural gas energy plant.
- Rock-Tenn Company produces paper from recycled material. The company processes half the recycled paper in Minnesota and nearly 1 percent of the United States total.
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Poo Pulp Produces Paper
I work in a recycled paper mill. We make cardboard from trash paper. The pulp is mainly recycled carboard but also contains other waste paper and various discards that get mixed in. There are mechanisms in the process that clean out the debris and unwanted contaminents. Nevertheless we joke about making paper from garbage. Here are some providers that take recycling to the extreme.
- The Great Elephant Poo Poo Paper Company Unlimited.
- Sheep Poo Paper .
- Panda Poo Paper profits.
- Dung & Dunger Bison Dung Paper Arts.
- Scarab Paper “Scratch and Sniff” Collection.
- Elephant Dung Paper Tutorial.
- Kangaroo Poo Paper.
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Scientists Suggest Climate Change Question Unsettled
This blog links to scientists that are not in lockstep with the current “consensus”. Nor are they discredited hacks doing the business of the Bush Administration.
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Climate Change Views
Dr. David Deming, University of Oklahoma testimony before US Senate Commitee on Environment and Public Works.
From The United Kingdom:
Apocalypse Cancelled. Moncton of Brenchley.
Document above addresses these assertions:
That the debate is over and all credible climate scientists are agreed.
That temperature has risen above millennial variability and is exceptional.
That changes in solar irradiance are an insignificant forcing […]
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Climate Change: The Human Role
This article covers the topic of climate change, greenhouse gases, and global warming through the lens of a scientist. It does so in a clear fashion bereft of the political agenda commonly associated with this subject. Author is Kerry Emanuel a professor of meteorology at MIT. In 2006 Time magazine recognized him as one of […]
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What Does This Mean for Global Warming?
There’s a dimmer switch inside the sun that causes its brightness to rise and fall on timescales of around 100,000 years - exactly the same period as between ice ages on Earth. So says a physicist who has created a computer model of our star’s core.
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