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Susan Rice on the Poverty-Conflict Nexus

Mark Leon Goldberg at 12/1/2008 1:01PM

Long before Susan Rice was Obama's pick for UN Ambassador, she contributed this piece to UN Dispatch. Originally published May 31, 2007.

Space Based Solar Power

Mark Leon Goldberg at 11/25/2008 11:20AM

This is a super cool video. I particularly like how it is framed as a "message to the next president of the United States." From GoGreenTube.

The Garden of Eatin'

Travis Moore at 11/22/2008 2:53PM

From Roger Dioron and Eat The View, a history of gardens on the White House lawn.

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kenneth.bledsoe at 3/17/2008 3:42PM

Establish a Department of the Environment

tags: Climate and Energy, climate change, department of the environment, environment, environmental policy, EPA, global warming, reform, secretary of the environment

On Day 1, the new President should create a Department of the Environment. Most advanced nations have a ministry or department of the environment. We have the only the EPA, and many environmental issues are split between various program areas in different departments: Interior, Agriculture, Energy, etc. With a fully functional Department of the Environment, we can streamline environmental decision-making and demonstrate to the world that it is an issue we deem worthy of a cabinet-level position.

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