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Google’s Earth (Day) Missing Something

Originally published April 23, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Google’s Earth (Day) Missing Something

So…yesterday was Earth Day. Typically I grit my teeth and do my best to ignore the whole thing. Why do we need a whole day dedicated to this subject? Aren’t we barraged with it everywhere we turn already? I thought I was doing just fine with “waste not, want not”, “use it up and wear […]

Filed Under: Featured, Happy Hour, Sustainable Development Tagged With: biodiversity, biological diversity, convention on biological diversity, google doodle, google earth day 2013, nafta, simulated reserve and corridor system, the wildlands project, un, united nations, us man and biosphere project

Fortenberry Needs To Hear From YOU: Townhall Schedule (Lincoln TONIGHT)

Originally published August 7, 2012, By Shellinda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Fortenberry Needs To Hear From YOU: Townhall Schedule (Lincoln TONIGHT)

Nebraska’s First District Congressman Jeff Fortenberry is convening townhall meetings during Congress’ August recess. We at GiN have long believed that Mr. Fortenberry should be replaced with an actual limited government representative because the evidence shows that he cannot be described as such. As Linda wrote in a September 2011 article, Fortenberry… “…spends money like […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Agenda 21, Cleaner Greener Lincoln, Climate Change, Events, Jeff Fortenberry, Meetings, Property Rights, Regulation, Republican Party, Ruling Class, Sustainable Development Tagged With: agenda 21, amtrak, baseline budgeting, big spenders, big spenders in congress, biggest spenders in congress, budget control act of 2011, budget deficits, cd01 nebraska, climate change, congressional townhalls, debt ceiling, debt deal, district one nebraska, fortenberry, fortenberry bills in congress, fortenberry legislation, fortenberry townhall schedule, fortenberry voting record, global conservation act of 2012, global warming, government spending, green agenda, h.r. 6038, house of representatives, jeff fortenberry, nancy carr, nebraska congressman, nebraska politicians, nebraska republicans, ohio congressman, passenger rail, progressive republicans, prorail nebraska, republican congressman, rob portman, ruling class, Sustainable Development, townhalls

Climate Change: Predicted Sizzle, Got Fizzle

Originally published December 22, 2011, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 5 Comments

Climate Change: Predicted Sizzle, Got Fizzle

Climate alarmists can’t catch a break these days, it seems.  First, about 5,000 more of those pirated emails that launched what’s commonly referred to as “Climategate” were released just before the United Nations convened its most recent climate conference in Durban, South Africa.  In the Hollywood spirit, publication of this most recent spate of damning […]

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Nebraska Three Faces of Eve: Jane Kleeb – Farmer, Pundit, or Radical Leftist?

Originally published October 14, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 1 Comment

Nebraska Three Faces of Eve: Jane Kleeb – Farmer, Pundit, or Radical Leftist?

Some bits of information noted in our articles about the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline project: Many Nebraskans who oppose the pipeline project or who simply want the route changed are citing environmentalist jargon in making their case. Nebraskans who call themselves conservative are working with or supporting groups and individuals with whom they would normally […]

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Environmental Religiousity: Dirty Dishes, Dim Bulbs and Eww! Ineffective Flushes

Originally published October 9, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated March 9, 2012. 3 Comments

Environmental Religiousity: Dirty Dishes, Dim Bulbs and Eww! Ineffective Flushes

This article has been sitting as a draft for months. It seems more than appropriate to roll it out at the moment as I think this whole subject underlines a very important point we’ve been trying to make recently, both in our articles and in some discussions about the TransCanada pipeline project… Don’t adopt the […]

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Reasons U.S. in Trouble: There Are Signs Everywhere (Literally)

Originally published September 7, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated September 16, 2014. 3 Comments

Reasons U.S. in Trouble: There Are Signs Everywhere (Literally)

Updated October 13, 2012 Note: Even if you don’t live in Nebraska, you are likely to find this article of interest. In fact, we would ask you to read it and see if you notice similar phenomena in your area. If so, we encourage you to leave comment (see bottom). A few weeks ago, Linda […]

Filed Under: Agenda 21, Budget, Featured, Government Spending, Health Care, Immigration, Like Drunken Sailors, Nebraska, Sustainable Development, Taxes, Welfare Tagged With: chris beutler, cleaner greener lincoln, commercial real estate bubble, commercial real estate bubble nebraska, community action partnership, coventry nebraska, department of health and human services, doctor bear, early childhood education, english as official language, entitlement programs, first five nebraska, fraud waste abuse welfare programs, government advertising, government advertising welfare programs, government billboards, head start, health care fraud, health care reform, hell's grannies, lancaster and saunders counties, lancaster county saac, lancaster county substance abuse action coalition, lincoln council on alcoholism and drugs, lincoln energy challenge, lincoln real estate, lincoln real estate bubble, lots of for sale signs lincoln businesses, mayor beutler, medicaid, medicaid enrollment, medicare, monty python, mortgage meltdown, nebraska businesses, nebraska constitution, nebraska medicaid, nebraska primary industries by sector, nebraska senior medicare patrol, nebraska seniors, nebraska shiip, obamacare, omaha diversity manuals, putting the aid in medicaid, schips program, size of government nebraska, smp nebraska, sober kids, soberkids.org, stimulus funds, Sustainable Development, united healthcare, wasteful government spending, welfare enrollment, welfare nebraska, welfare programs

SMART Meters: A Dumb Idea LES is Considering for Lincoln

Originally published June 27, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated March 9, 2012. 5 Comments

SMART Meters: A Dumb Idea LES is Considering for Lincoln

NOTE: Although this article does specifically provide information for Lincolnites, the issue is relevant to anyone who uses electricity. If you live elsewhere, especially if you are in Nebraska, and have information about SMART grid / meter implementation in your local area, please send us some information, by leaving a comment directly at the bottom […]

Filed Under: Featured, LES: Lincoln Electric System, Sustainable Development Tagged With: cleaner greener lincoln, concerns about smart meters, electrical grid, environmental protection agency, epa, green agenda, LES, les customer input, les smart grid, les smart meters, les survey, les sustainable development, les sustainable energy, lincoln electric system, lincoln nebraska sustainable development, rationing electricity, smart grid technology, smart meters, smart meters data collection, smart meters microwaves, smart meters privacy, smart meters tiered rate, the climate change agenda

Applying Alternative Energy Innovations to Spending By Politicians

Originally published April 15, 2011, By Shellinda. Updated October 13, 2012. Leave a Comment

Applying Alternative Energy Innovations to Spending By Politicians

There may be a way to curb and cut the spending by elected officials; make them work for it. James Taranto’s column[1. We’ve found James Taranto’s Wall Street Journal column, Taranto’s take on recent news and event, an informative and entertaining read, and do recommend it to others. ] in Wall Street Journal Friday included […]

Filed Under: Cleaner Greener Lincoln, Happy Hour, In the News, Sustainable Development Tagged With: agenda 21, alternative energy, chris beutler, cleaner greener lincoln, climate change, cost of gas, energy costs, energy independence, gas prices, going green, james taranto, mayor chris beutler, obama skyrocketing energy prices, rerev, rising gas prices, soylent green, Sustainable Development, university of northern texas, wall street journal, wind energy, windmills

Many Questions About Chris Beutler Decision to Join ICLEI No.1: Is it Legal?

Originally published January 17, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated April 1, 2013. 3 Comments

Many Questions About Chris Beutler Decision to Join ICLEI No.1: Is it Legal?

Thanks to Don for the excellent presentation last Monday evening about Sustainable Development. We have only begun distributing the information we’ve discovered in our research on this subject. To see our previous articles, click here. We are currently developing an information page on this topic that will include resources and references. Again, much thanks goes […]

Filed Under: City of Lincoln, Featured, Local, Sustainable Development Tagged With: agenda 21, beutler announcement iclei, beutler cleaner greener lincoln, beutler environmentalism, chris beutler, City of Lincoln, city of lincoln budget, city of lincoln issues, federal sovereignty, foreign influences in nebraska, iclei, lincoln joins iclei, media bias, personal freedoms, poor media coverage, state sovereignty, Sustainable Development, united nations

Nebraska Groups Working with the UN to Expand Welfare

Originally published December 13, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated April 12, 2012. Leave a Comment

Nebraska Groups Working with the UN to Expand Welfare

By Shelli Dawdy On December 9th, we published an article about the “Symposium on Maternal Child Health in Nebraska” convened by the National Association of Social Workers and United Nations Foundation in Omaha on September 30, 2010. As I reported, friends from Omaha arranged for a person to attend the event for the purpose of […]

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