Daily Loaf

What’s the buzz on the latest issues in the Green Community? Check out what you may have missed this last week:

Is solar PV dead in Florida? – In an important proceeding at the Florida Public Service Commission in Tallahassee, approval of large-scale solar projects is in doubt.

Obama and other world leaders fess up: No climate change deal likely in December – After all of the efforts from people around the globe to get our world leaders to listen up and take action against climate change in December in Copenhagen, it looks like things aren’t going to be changing any time soon.

Tips on heating, cooling and sealing your home to save energy and some green (video) – Did you know that you can save energy and money on your utility bill just by properly using your thermostat and keeping your house sealed from outside air?

Ponzi schemes target green investors – The SEC reports of a $30 million Ponzi scheme involving 300 investors nationwide who participated in a purported environmentally-friendly investment.
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Earlier this week, the UK’s climate chief and leading authority on global warming, Lord Stern of Brentford, released a report on the raising of cattle and pigs, and how its production greatly affects greenhouse gases and climate change. Bentford said that, “Meat is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse gases. It puts enormous pressure on the world’s resources. A vegetarian diet is better.”

Stern reports that meat production at about 18 percent of global carbon emissions. He also hopes that “a successful deal at the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December would lead to soaring costs for meat and other foods that generate large quantities of greenhouse gases.”

This is proving to be yet another topic to send Glenn Beck on a tirade. Beck plays the meat-loving victim and asks, “Are we going to stand for that? Are we going to put up with this?” He also goes on to mock the Meatless Monday movement and makes it sound like more of a punishment for school children than something that would help teach them to make healthy food choices.

Video after the break:
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