theGreenTax, show #54
Restoring the Great Lakes Becomes a Campaign Issue
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- The relatively little energy saved when the Eiffel Tower flashes their 20,000 light bulbs 5 minutes every hour instead of 10.
Show Topics:
- Restoring the Great Lakes Becomes a Campaign Issue.
Links from the Show:
- Eiffel Tower cuts twinkling time to save energy
- Restoring Great Lakes becomes a campaign issue
- Obama Campaign: Announces Obama-Biden plan for the Great Lakes
- The Great Lakes Regional Collaboration
- Regional Collaboration Interagency Task Force
- Carbon Constraints are Here
- President Bush Signs Energy Bill into Law; EPA Immeidately Uses New Legislation to Reject California’s Clean Air Act Wavier Request
- EPA Rejects California Emissions Law
- John McCain and climate change, How strong is McCain’s commitment to fighting global warming?
- Green Tips iPhone App
- New York City’s Yellow Cabs Go Green
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Green Tip:
- Keep the lint filter in your dryer clean so that it uses less energy.
- Remove window air conditioners in the winter
- Next time you need a cab ride, and are in the big city, try calling for a hybrid taxi.
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Michigan, renewable energy portfolio standard, reps, Jennifer Granholm, Michigan, water, Great Lakes Water Compact, Great Lakes St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, Great Lakes, podcast, green, environment
theGreenTax, show #53
Nike’s Reuse a Shoe Program
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The thousands and thousands of tiny paper cups used during the New York Marathon, do they get recycled, or do they just get thrown out?
Show Topics:
- Nike’s Reuse a Shoe Program.
Links from the Show:
- Nike: Let Me Play
- Nike: ReUSE A SHOE
- NIKE
- The New York Marathon
- Runner’s World: HOW TO BE A GREENER RUNNER
- Nike: Find your local shoe drop off site
- Nike: The Grind
- Runner’s World: Races & Places: New York Marathon
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Green Tip:
- Run outside whenever possible.
- Buy powdered sports drinks and mix it yourself.
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Tags: New York Marathon, recycle, reuse, marathon, shoes, letmeplay, nike, gatorade, podcast, green, environment
theGreenTax, show #52
Michigan Has a Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard.
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- The millions of gallons of water diverted from The Great Lakes, 5 gallons at a time, side stepping The Great Lakes St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact Implementation, under the brand names Aquafina and Ice Mountain.
Show Topics:
- Michigan Has a Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard.
Links from the Show:
- Michigan lawmakers approve sweeping energy plan
- Renewable Power Standard Passes, Some Say -Weak
- Bottled Water at Issue in Great Lakes
- Democratic National Convention Clean Energy Town Hall
- Governor Granholm Signs Great Lakes Water Compact
- wiki: Jennifer Granholm
- PRESIDENT BUSH SIGNS GREAT LAKES COMPACT
- Devine Caroline
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Green Tip:
- Clean your house with borax, vinegar, and baking soda.
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Tags: Michigan, renewable energy portfolio standard, reps, Jennifer Granholm, Michigan, water, Great Lakes Water Compact, Great Lakes St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, Great Lakes, podcast, green, environment
theGreenTax, show #51
Chevy Volt Production Version
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- The floating hotdogs off the coast of Portugal, whose costs “plump” while you try to maintain them.
Show Topics:
- Chevy Volt Production Version
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Green Tip:
- Take shorter showers.
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Tags: podcast, green, environment, chevy volt, gm, general motors, electric car, zev
theGreenTax, show #50
Shades of Green.
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- The future, a time when Apple may be recycling significantly more than either Dell or HP.
Show Topics:
How many shades of green are you?
Use this guide to help lighten your impact on the Earth and the animals that share it with us.
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Green Tip:
- …see the link Shades of Green and pick something to do.
The Green Tax Podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 License. More information about The Green Tax, news and views about being green in today’s world by Joe Hershey and Ed Maurer, can be found here.
Tags: podcast, shades of green, green, detroit zoo, zoo, environment
theGreenTax, show #49
GM Going 50% Landfill-Free by 2010.
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Show Topics:
-
GM Going 50% Landfill-Free by 2010.
Links from the Show:
- Tinker Bell & Friends Want You to Save Energy
- Kids saveing energy
- GM Going 50% Landfill-Free by 2010.
- Paper Retriever – Make Every Page Count
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Green Tip:
- Remove excess weight from your vehicle.
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Tags: podcast, green, environment, recycle, recycling, general motors, landfill, wastestream, tinkerbell, disney
theGreenTax, show #48
Paper recycling that you don’t have to pay for.
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Show Topics:
-
Paper recycling that you don’t have to pay for.
Links from the Show:
- Glenn Beck’s Carbon ONset Program
- Carbon – Democratic National Convention
- Greening the 2008 Democratic National Convention
- Paper Retriever – Make Every Page Count
- A letter to lake orion residents
-
NO HAZ Days, find it in your community
- Household Hazardous Waste
- wiki: Hazardous Waste
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Green Tip:
- Participate in your community’s NO HAZ collection day.
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Tags: podcast, green, environment, recycle, recycling, hazardous waste, household hazardous waste, abitibi, glenn beck, carbon offset, carbon onset, Democratic National Convention
theGreenTax, show #47
Californians saying no to the greentax.
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- The ZEV car / motorcycle combo riding next to the marathon runners at the Beijing Olympics 2008 — one’s good for show, and the other’s good for black steamy smoke to tow the communist pollution party line.
Show Topics:
- Californians wary of costs of going green: survey
- tgt: Show #3 where we talked about DTE Green Currents program / campaign
- DTE Green Currents
- Colber Report, interview with Brendan Koerner, goto time 01:50
- The Green Lantern
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Green Tip:
- If you’re going slower than 45 in the car, roll the windows down…if you’re going faster than 45, roll the windows up and turn on the air conditioner.
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Tags: podcast, california, energy, survey, alternate energy, green, environment, brendan koerner, green lantern, slate magazine, stephen colbert, green currents, dte
theGreenTax, show #46
Google Maps.
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- The giant celebratory kangaroo playing the Australian National Anthem, celebrating their ban of the incandescent lightbulb. ( look at videos on this most excellent funny microsite == Unscrew America
Show Topics:
- Google Maps.
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Green Tip:
- Use google maps to find and alternate route.
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Tags: podcast, google maps, google, cfl lightbulbs, unscrew america
theGreenTax, show 45
Upgrading your IPhone for Free.
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- The movie, BMW Hydrogen 7 escapes from New York…enjoy the trials and tribulations of the new BMW Hydrogen 7 vehicle as it tries to get out of Manhattan without driving over bridges or through tunnels.
Show Topics:
- Upgrading your IPhone for Free.
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Green Tip:
- Change your driving habits:
- Give your old iphone away instead of putting it into the landfill.
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Tags: podcast, iphone, greenwash, google search engine
