Transition Staunton Augusta -- Advocates for Clean Energy & Good Jobs, Staunton, VA
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It's easy to get cynical about "buy local" campaigns when you compare the traffic at Main Street shops with the parking lot at Wal-Mart. Is Buy Local any more effective a slogan than Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No"? A new survey just says yes. The study, put out by a coalition of business groups, shows that the little guys actually outperformed the big guys this Christmas season. And further, … [Read more...]
We need to burn fewer fossil fuels and release less carbon to slow down climate change. And because of rising demand from developing nations and decreasing supply, it’s easy to see that our economy needs to kick its addiction to fossil fuels for purely economic reasons. Richard Heinberg and others argue that it was not the subprime mortgage crisis that led to today’s recession, the worst … [Read more...]
