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Free Global Warming Flick in West Des Moines

By Adam Burke 3/14/08

Iowa Global Warming will host a free screening of "The 11th Hour," a documentary about ecological threats on the planet, to be shown in West Des Moines Monday night.

Game Review: My Left Footprint = 4.5 Earths

By Adam Burke 10/31/07

There are more than 6 billion humans living on Earth and if we all consumed, traveled and lived as I do, we’d need about four and a half Earths to sustain us, that’s according to an on-line game produced by American Public Media. 

If I continue to need so much energy and supporting infrastructure, a [...]

Videos: Energy Expo Speakers Optimistic about Iowa’s Energy Future

By Adam Burke 9/6/07

During her featured speech at the University of Iowa Energy Expo on Wednesday in Iowa City, Hunter Lovins said that pursuing corn ethanol was “daft.”  The audience, mostly college students, did not challenge her claim.  Her presentation and the theme of the Expo was focused on reducing our carbon footprint to reduce global warming [...]

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