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There is an excellent primer-type article profiling 28 "warriors and heroes" fighting global warming in today's Salon.com. The article, titled, "Climate Warriors and Heroes" also contains a link to a special essay written by Al Gore on the importance of facing up to facts and getting down to business. If you aren't a subscriber, you can still get in by sitting through an Infiniti commercial to obtain a site pass. It's worth it just to pause for a moment and consider the notion that an automobile company is backing a global warming article. There are many warriors and heroes left out of this piece, of course. Go to the comments section and make your voice heard. Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus were omitted, which seems a bit strange. Would have made it a perfect 30. There are also no pioneers of waste reduction and/or recycling gurus listed in this crew. This may be a function of the diffused, regional nature of this field, but I would vote for e

The third part of the essay " The Green Emperor Gets Naked " is posted at GetUnderground.com. It takes a look at how government is failing and succeeding to deal with global climate change. Not a boring article. Also, to find out about the wildly exciting efforts of RecycleBank, the latest and greatest innovation in the recycling world, see my article in BioCycle, Reinventing Recycling In America . An even better version of this article was published in the most recent edition of In Business , but you can only get that if you subscribe to the magazine.