http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ en-us doug@shoutstudios.com 2007-03-28T15:32:12-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000373.html This past Sunday, I recorded the first three parts of the Planet Earth mini-series from The Discovery Channel. I got to watch two of the three episodes while at home with my sick daughter on Monday and wow! The imagery... 373@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ The Environment 2007-03-28T15:32:12-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000362.html The More Hip Than Hippie podcast had a link to an article on about.com talking about the EPA's plans to remove lead from the list of regulated air pollutants. Their rational, the concentration of lead in the air has dropped... 362@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ The Environment 2006-12-14T10:14:37-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000329.html Lately, I have become warry of reading any "article" posted on digg.com that deals with anything remotely environmental. It's not that the articles are bad reads, it's that the comments irritate me. They used to at least start out as... 329@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ The Environment 2006-04-21T14:41:35-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000326.html Through a link found on www.alternativesource.org, I found a link to a consumer reports article comparing the TCO of many hybrid vehicles to their conventional counterparts. The article charts how much money you can expect to save or loose over... 326@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ The Environment 2006-03-09T07:51:58-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000320.html There has been a lot of talk recently about the need to reduce our dependency on foreign oil, especially with the recent "revelations" that purchasing petroleum based products could be funding radical Islam. President Bush has now called for a... 320@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ The Environment 2006-02-09T12:34:25-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000315.html My favorite podcast, More Hip Than Hippie had a cast last week about green new years resolutions. I found most of their suggestions achievable, if not something that I already do, and all were good ideas. I figured I would... 315@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ The Environment 2006-01-03T10:46:00-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000306.html Yesterday, Representative Charles Bass of New Hampshire successfully penned a letter that caused the removal of the provision that would allow for drilling in ANWR from the House version of the budget bill. This was the first thing that I... 306@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ The Environment 2005-11-10T11:22:15-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000303.html With the anticipated spike in home heating costs this winter as well as my general desire to both screw the oil companies and help the environment as much as I possibly can, I have taken a few steps to improve... 303@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ The Environment 2005-11-08T08:09:06-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000297.html I'm going to get back on my soap box here. This past weekend, Sarah and I participated in the American Heart Associations Heart Walk. We took a nice 5 mile walk around Lancaster city with Grandma, Grampy, and Auntie Jen.... 297@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ The Environment 2005-09-26T15:18:00-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000294.html Yesterday, I found another podcast, More Hip Than Hippie, which deals with environmental stewardship, and all things "green". So far, I have listened to a podcast about hybrid cars, alternatives to mosquito control, and now a podcast about outdoor entertaining.... 294@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ The Environment 2005-09-20T09:35:07-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000280.html With the destruction from hurricane Katrina, the ongoing unrest in the middle east and most importantly, the inability to refine enough crude oil to meet the ever growing demand, gas prices jumped a total of 22 cents in the past... 280@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ Politics 2005-08-31T09:02:48-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000238.html Yesterday, the US Senate voted to allow drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge up in Alaska. This has been a hot debate for a while now, and previous attempts to push a bill through congress has failed.... 238@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ The Environment 2005-03-17T12:04:52-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000216.html Lately, I've found myself becoming more and more conscious of what I eat. Not just eliminating the fast foods and other foods that are "bad" for you, but truelly attempting to eliminate everything that is "bad" for human consumption. I... 216@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ The Environment 2005-01-07T14:16:02-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000209.html With the birth of our daughter this summer, Karen has been hinting about wanting to get a minivan sometime in the near future. In general, I have been against this idea for a few reasons, but mostly dealing with cost... 209@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ The Environment 2004-11-24T12:38:23-05:00 http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/archives/000194.html Chemicals, n.: Noxious substances from which modern foods are made.... 194@http://www.shoutstudios.com/~doug/blog/ The Environment 2004-09-13T19:40:11-05:00