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> > > > <http://lists.grist.org/bin/ftaf?id=F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>Forward > to a friend | > <http://lists.grist.org/dm?id=F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>View > in browser | > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BB2:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>Search > Grist | Sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (<http://lists.grist.org/bin/sie?id=F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>change > / > <http://lists.grist.org/u?id=F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>unsubscribe) > > ADVERTISEMENT > > > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BB5:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E&@@_replace_@@zip=14850> > > > > > > > > > > TOP STORY > > > > > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BAE:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E> > With Gore Galore > Al Gore will run as Independent for president, Bloomberg tapped as veep > > > > You might want to sit down for this: Al > Gore has announced his candidacy for president. > Wait, wait, don't get up yet: Gore, a lifelong > Democrat, will run as an Independent. He's even > announced his vice-prez pick: New York City Mayor > Michael Bloomberg, who only last week dodged > rumors that he'd be Barack Obama's second fiddle. > But Bloomberg only has eyes for Dreamy Al. "This > is a man who gets things done," Bloomberg said. > "We're tired of waiting on Democrat and > Republican bickering." In a speech in Washington, > D.C., on Tuesday morning, Gore listed climate > change, foreign policy, and getting the economy > out of the dumps as his top priorities. And he > minced no words in deflecting skepticism about > his chances. "With all due respect to Senators > Clinton, Obama, and McCain," he said, "what > America needs is Al Gore." > > > > [ > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BAC:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>email > | > > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BAD:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>discuss > | > > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA8:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>+digg > | > > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA9:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>+del.icio.us > ] > > > > sources: > > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>The > New York Times, > > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>Reuters, > > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>The > Washington Post, > > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>Associated > Press > > > > > > > > > > > TODAY'S NEWS > > > > <> Martha, Martha, Martha! > Alice Waters plans to sell Chez Panisse to Martha Stewart > > > > Fresh-food guru Alice Waters is retiring > from the restaurant biz, with plans to sell her > famed Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley to none > other than ... Martha Stewart. "It's been a good > run for me, and I'm excited about the > restaurant's future," says Waters, who turns 65 > years old this month. "Having the oomph of the > Martha Stewart brand behind local and seasonal > food will be thrilling." Um, yes. Thrilling. > Stewart, whose media company recently > acquired the rights to TV chef Emeril Lagasse's > franchise, assured through a spokesperson that > while "[w]e are considering changing the > restaurant's name to Chez Martha ... the dining > experience will remain much the same." Waters > plans to focus her now free-er time on her Edible > Schoolyard project at a Berkeley elementary school. > > > > > > sources: > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>San > Francisco Chronicle, > > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>The > New York Times > > > > > > > <> Where There's a Will, There's ... Um, Just a Will > McCain wants to run White House on nuclear power > > > > In a campaign speech at Mississippi State > University Monday, John McCain declared that by > the end of his potential presidency, the White > House will be powered "entirely by renewable > energy." Is that so, John? And what kind of > renewable energy might that be? "I will work hard > to ensure that Americans are safe from > terrorists, and I will conduct that work from a > White House reliant on safe, clean, nuclear power > produced right here in the United States," McCain > said. Really, words fail us. > > > > > > sources: > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>The > Hill, > > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>The > Reflector > > > > > > > Barging In > USDA researching floating farmland for biofuel crops > > > > The U.S. Department of Agriculture is > doing "preliminary research" into growing > biofuel-bound crops on enormous floating barges, > USDA Secretary Ed Schafer said at the Mid-America > Farm Exposition in Salina, Kan., last week. > Critics of the Bush administration's generous > subsidies for biofuel crops have raised > concerns about reduced farmland for food crops, > and the barge scheme would address that, said > Schafer. He added, "This 'oceanic farmland' would > also sequester carbon." The USDA Agricultural > Research Service plans to present its research on > amber waves of floating grain within the next week. > > > > > > sources: > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>Forbes, > > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>Associated > Press > > > > > > > <> Also Changes Name to DumbCar > General Motors buys SmartCar, shuts down plant > > > > Yesterday, General Motors bought > smart-'n'-tiny SmartCar from Mercedes-Benz > (itself a subsidiary of Daimler AG). And before > we even had time to write it up, news emerged > that GM has already shut down a SmartCar plant in > Michigan. GM execs say they're merely > streamlining and no jobs will be lost -- laid-off > employees will be transitioned to elsewhere in > the company. Activists, however, are skeptical of > the motives of General Motors, which starred so > unforgettably in the documentary Who Killed the > Electric Car? Will the enviro-beloved, teeny-tiny > Smart Fortwo, which just made its U.S. debut in > January, meet the EV-1's grisly end? Stay tuned. > > > > > > sources: > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>The > Wall Street Journal, > > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>The > Washington Post, > > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>Detroit > Free Press > > > > > > > > > > > GRIST COLUMNS AND FEATURES > > > > <> Exhale to the Chief > Umbra on breathing > > > > Q. Dear Umbra, > > I was thinking, while I was exercising the other > day, that maybe my exertion (aka panting) was > adding to global warming. Could excess breathing > put lots of carbon dioxide into the air? Should > we all be trying to breathe less? > > Carl > Annapolis, Md. > > A. Dearest Carl, > > Take a deep breath. What I am about to say might > shock you, but it is an inescapable truth of life > in the 21st century ... > > Read the rest of > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>Umbra's > answer. > > > > > > > > > > > > Ouch! Your Leg! > Grist proud of self for funny fooling > > > > The news in this email is as fake as a > Seattle tan. Happy April Fool's Day! > > > > > > see also, in Grist: > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>April > Foolery from past years > > > > > > > Coming Wednesday: How to green your underwear drawer (no, really!) > > > > > > > > > > > OPINION & ANALYSIS > > > > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA3:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E> > > > > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA3:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>Go > with the snow. New campaign will relocate polar > bears to Antarctica. > by Lisa Hymas > > > > > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>Blink > and you won't miss it. 'Moderately Paced Food' > movement aims to find middle ground. > by Tom Philpott > > > > > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>Have > I mentioned this before? Coal is the enemy of the > human race. > by David Roberts > > > > > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>On > the Ball: Undergarments edition. Jock straps go > green. > by Sarah K. Burkhalter > > > > > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>It's > gonna be bald. Natalie Portman preggers with > Moby's love child. > by Sarah van Schagen > > > > > <http://lists.grist.org/t?r=2&c=2687&l=17&ctl=21BA4:F33C1C00D9C350E452361665ADECA67E>Debunking > Joseph Romm: Part XVI. 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