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Cows and cowboys can relax now.

A Congressional committee has voted in favor of measure that would prevent the federal EPA from trying to regulate methane. It's a common product of living creatures and their manure. Farm lobbies despise theidea that manure would come under federal guidelines. Methane is one of those pesky...

Tags: Methane, Congressional Committee, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-01

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Could Congress head off action by EPA on emissions?

There's a move sponsored by Republicans to keep the EPA from taking administrative action to curtail industrial greenhouse gas emissions. The opponents of EPA action say the Clean Air Act was never intended to stop greenhouse gas emissions. Regardless of Congressional action, it is highly unlikely President...

Tags: Greenhouse Gas Emission, U.S. Congress, Greenhouse Gas, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Senate, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-27

denial:global warming=creationism:evolution?

Wow!This is the first time 100% have agreed with me for a microsecond!RE: denial:global warming=creationism:evolution?Somebody hasn't done their homework on the Scope's trial. Just a quick overview; 1) The Scopes trial was sponsored by the ACLU (they wanted to test the Butler (anti-Darwinism act) in the court system;2) John Scopes...

Tags: global warming, American Civil Liberties Union, Dover

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

denial:global warming=creation:evolution?

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce wants to re-enact the famous Scopes Monkey Trial when the forces of faith and creationism tried to bar the teaching of Darwinian evolution to impressionable school children. Only this time it would global warming theory on trial. Is this just another round in...

Tags: Climate Change, Fossil Fuel, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-31

Sun & Symantec: A New Breed of Sustainability Leadership?

The passage of the Waxman Markey Bill through the US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee this week has left behind it some hard feelings and a split in the business lobby. The US Chamber of Commerce came under severe pressure for lobbying against the...

Tags: Sustainability, Symantec Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Duke Energy Corp., Climate, Chamber, Bjorn Lomborg, Globalization, Security, Strategy, Management, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-05-24

Limewire addresses Washington's concerns; gives P2P users new sharing tools

Limewire, in response to national security worries out of Washington, last week told a Congressional committee about features in a new version of its software that were designed to prevent accidental sharing of sensitive files. For the most part, the new features go a long way at addressing Washington's concerns....

Tags: LimeWire, Washington, Network, P2P, Tool, Peer To Peer (P2P), Piracy, Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-04

Shock horror! Amazon makes profit on Kindle 2 sales!

Shock horror! Amazon makes profit on Kindle 2 sales!However this can be compared to the game console industrywhich routinely makes losses on hardware and makes up for it on the selling of games. Amazon figures to make a tidy sum on each book or subscription sale, so why does it...

Tags: Research & Development, Games, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-22

WSJ: More IBM layoffs in U.S.; jobs shifting to India

WSJ: More IBM layoffs in U.S.; jobs shifting to Indiais this 'change we can believe in'?We thought Bush was ignorant about the job market, but Obama is downright anti American and in bed with the big and greedy corporations.RE: WSJ: More IBM layoffs in U.S.; jobs shifting to IndiaWow. Linux...

Tags: Workforce management, Recruitment & Selection, Good Business, IBM Corp., layoff, IBM layoff, job

Discussion threads 2009-03-25

Happy birthday to me: a $20 laptop?

Happy birthday to me: a $20 laptop?Yes! India can do it.I think, India can do it, because of it size and manpower. They have done it for Mobile phone.India has the second largest cell phone users in the world and call charges are cheapest in the world and main thing...

Tags: Notebooks, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-02-02

$3b approved for rural broadband

$3b approved for rural broadbandPhone service?Isn't USF for phone service, not broadband? not sureWAIT??????Isn't the Universal Service Fund supposed to help pay this?The USF has 4 programs including 1 for High Cost, that consumers in all regions of the nation have access to telecommunications services at rates that are affordable...

Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, USF, broadband, rural broadband

Discussion threads 2009-01-23

Who Runs Government?

Following on from my post yesterday about the incoming Obama administration's challenges in maintaining momentum in the face of legal restraints and obligations, here's an intriguing big media use of collaborative publishing. To some extent the transparency announced by the new administration will...

Tags: Site, Washington Post Co., MindTouch, Government, Vertical Industries, Wiki, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Online Communications, Human Resources, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-01-22

Where to watch Obama's presidential inauguration online

Washington is about to throw President-elect Barack Obama a $160 million party on Tuesday, January 20 at 11:30 ET, so the least you should do is show up! But for those of us who don't want to bear the incredibly low temperatures of D.C. at this time of year,...

Tags: Webcast, Coverage, Site, Live Streaming, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-16

Will Detroit run out of road?

In the next two weeks we'll see what chance there is for any of those on the waiting list to get their plug-in Chevy Volt, or whether there'll be a Chrysler 2010 model. On December 2, the automakers are to deliver their own plans for salvation to the Congress....

Tags: Automobile Company, Bush Adminisitration, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-30

Palin the reformer? In fact, a pattern of stonewalling and hiding

Palin the reformer? In fact, a pattern of stonewalling and hidingPalin Yes - Obama NoIt amazes me the the Left's knee-jerk reaction to Sarah Palin, when you have Barry Obama with his association with unrepentant terrorist William Ayers and anti-American bigot Jeremiah Wright. And never mind the fact Obama...

Tags: Obama, Sarah Palin, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Sen. to carriers: Why do text messages cost $1,300 per meg?

Sen. to carriers: Why do text messages cost $1,300 per meg?I don't get it[i]If cell phone users don't like it, call the person, it doesn't cost anything extra. [/i]How does this save me from having to pay for the SMS that some marketer sent me, or the one that was...

Tags: Cellular phones, carrier

Discussion threads 2008-09-10

Yahoo bolsters opt-out policy

Yahoo said Friday that it will allow users to opt out of custom ads on its network. The move comes a day after Google provided a one-click opt-out as it integrates DoubleClick into its operations. Yahoo said in a statement that its policy change...

Tags: advertisement, yahoo! inc., larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-08

Would a re-regulated oil market destroy green tech investment?

Today oil analysts told American political leaders that regulating oil speculation could easily cut half the price of crude oil, within thirty days. Wow! They even speculated that gasoline could drop back to $2 per gallon. Forget those hybrid cars and plug-in electrics, Martha, get me that...

Tags: Green Technology, Investment, Analyst, Plug-in, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-23

How long ago did we begin to disagree about global warming?

Today's a crucial anniversary. Twenty years ago today one of the federal government's leading scientists first told a U.S. Congressional hearing that global warming was a certainty, and it was already underway. June 23, 1988. A generation has been born and grown into teenagehood since then. An...

Tags: Scientist, Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-23

House committee passes 'gluttonous' Pro IP Act

So, we have a credit crisis, a foreclosure crisis, a full-blown recession and no plans on how to get out of Iraq or how to create a regional solution. So what do we need? How about an intellectual property czar and stiffer penalties for unauthorized music downloading? ...

Tags: Damage, CD, IP, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-05-01

Proposed 3Com buyers aim to allay U.S. security concerns (again)

Bain Capital and Huawei will resubmit its bid for 3Com to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. in hopes of closing a deal. A $2.2 billion buyout of 3Com has been hung up over concerns that China's Huawei would have access to critical U.S. security...

Tags: U.S., Bain, 3Com Corp., Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-29