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...approve,’” McKenna said. Saint Patrick has been considered the patron saint of Ireland since as early as the 7th century. Born to a Roman family in Britain around 400 A.D., he was kidnapped, sold into slavery, and forced to herd sheep in Northwest Ireland at age 16, according to legend. He then experienced angelic visitations that empowered him to escape slavery and guided him to safety. Patrick eventually returned home, but continued to hear angels and the voice of the Irish, which encouraged him to return to walk amongst the Irish once more. After...
...Krupp talk about climate policy in the U.S. and a zero-carbon future on Greencast.) That includes characters like the Irish-born Conrad Burke, the charismatic CEO of the young solar company Innovalight; or Alla Weinstein, a Russian immigrant who wants to bring tidal energy to the Pacific Northwest. Touring the best ideas in solar, wind and geothermal power, biofuels, even clean fossil fuels, Krupp does what might seem impossible - he delivers a global warming book that leaves you feeling hopeful. "This is a positive future, a future of abundance," says Krupp. "This is a race that will create...
KENTUCKY AND OREGON Since 1998, freethinking Oregon has been the only state that conducts its elections entirely by mail. Obama has won several Pacific Northwest states...
...turned its attention north to the state boundary it says it never ratified and the billions of gallons of water just out of reach on the other side. "Georgia not only has legal and historical claim to the Tennessee River, but it has an ecological one because all of Northwest Georgia drains into the Tennessee River," Georgia State Sen. David Shafer told the Chattanooga Times-Free Press...
Gutt also acknowledged that the reaction to this possible act of domestic terrorism is a bit unusual as far as terrorism cases go. "A lot of people in the Northwest, on the West Coast, and in the U.S. and in the world today are environmentalists, have concerns about the earth and Mother Nature, myself included," Gutt says. "A lot of people up here may be more sympathetic to the objective. It's a social objective many people can share." But, he adds: "I don't think it makes the methods any more acceptable. There are ways to effect real change...