9/4 Tracking Plan B - War Room - Subscribe

Today, hybrids and electric vehicles account for only about 3% of total U.S. sales Posted: 03 Sep 2012 10:54 AM PDT Today, hybrids and electric vehicles account for only about 3% of total U.S. sales http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2012/09/does-new-crossover-show-ford-is-serious-about-hybrids/1#.UETtJpbheQI

Fuel Efficiency Standard Could Jump-Start Electric Cars NYT Posted: 03 Sep 2012 10:04 AM PDT New York Times (blog) Fuel Efficiency Standard Could Jump-Start Electric Cars New York Times (blog) - ‎5 hours ago‎ In many ways electric cars are still inferior to their gas-powered cousins. Charging the vehicles, especially from a regular home power source, can take hours.

The world's extinct and endangered species – interactive mapThe Guardian Posted: 03 Sep 2012 09:27 AM PDT Extinction Rates Are Biased And Much Worse Than You Thought Smithsonian (blog) - ‎32 minutes ago‎ However, this map is inherently biased. These are only documented extinctions, after all. While the U.S. is undoubtedly skilled at bulldozing wetlands to build shopping malls and shooting passenger pigeons into extinction just for fun, we are also ... One in five invertebrates at risk

Great Barrier Reef now calcifying at halved rate FIS Posted: 03 Sep 2012 09:25 AM PDT Great Barrier Reef now calcifying at halved rate FIS - ‎2 hours ago‎ In recent decades, coral reefs around the world, home to large numbers of fish and other marine species, have been threatened by human activities such as pollution, overfishing, global warming, and ocean acidification. This last process affects ambient ... See realtime coverage »

Severe drought dries up W. Wash. food banks' supplies KOMO News Posted: 03 Sep 2012 06:05 AM PDT Severe drought dries up W. Wash. food banks' supplies KOMO News - ‎11 hours ago‎ Parched land and withering crops stretch across thousands of miles of U.S. farm country sending food prices soaring. That's tough enough on a family budget, but extra hard for food bank charities like Food Lifeline which serve thousands of families in ...

Global weather woes could boost food manufacturers' input prices FoodManufacture.co.uk Posted: 03 Sep 2012 06:04 AM PDT Global weather woes could boost food manufacturers' input prices FoodManufacture.co.uk - ‎3 hours ago‎ Short-term shortages of wheat for food processors and longer-term price increases are likely to be the outcome of the wettest summer for a century, a crop specialist has warned.