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Two out of three ain’t bad …

July 26th, 2010 · No Comments

When it comes to environmental and energy cartooning, there is no other major outlet’s cartoonists who comes close to matching the knowledgeable and insightful cartooning that Tom Toles brings to the pages of The Washington Post. As commented before,
With Toles, we don’t know whether to laugh or cry. But, he last won the Pulitzer [...]

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Tags: President Barack Obama · Washington Post · political symbols

America’s energy sacrifices

July 13th, 2010 · No Comments

We must have cheap energy!
This is a mantra from the right, from blinder-wearing economists, from fossil-foolish interests.
In their calculation of price, however, those chanting the ‘CHEAP’ mantra don’t care to account for ‘externalities’ like worsening Americans’ health, destroying our environment, sabotaging our economy, and threatening our future.
And, well, they simply aren’t ready to account for [...]

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Tags: Energy · political symbols · politics

Put Solar On It!

July 8th, 2010 · No Comments

The roof, that is …
Just got off the phone with my better 95+% … Dominion Virginia Power staff are at my home, right now, upgrading the meter to be able to handle net metering.  Fingers crossed … with tomorrow’s dawn, my roof will be part of the power generation system covering over 90 percent of [...]

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Tags: Energy · President Barack Obama · political symbols · renewable energy · solar

Seeking tools to express outrage and a call for justice: “Prosecute BP”

June 25th, 2010 · 2 Comments

To look at images of the oil sheen across the Gulf, oil covered wildlife, the gushing oil from the damaged well, the faces of devastated residents along the coast should overwhelm all of us emotionally.  Words fail even as those images overwhelm. In the face of this catastrophic damage, we seek the paths to express [...]

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Tags: BP · Energy · OilApocalypse · deepwater horizon · oil · oilpocalyse · political symbols · pollution

What I want, and don’t want, to see on my next trip to a major aquarium …

May 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Despite the horrific nature of the massive man-made volcano of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, the utter absence of discussion of the evolving disaster in work and social environments has been a striking contrast to the virtual blogosphere world. Not once this month, without my starting the conversation, has Gulf oil been discussed: [...]

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Tags: OilApocalypse · environmental · oil · oilpocalyse · political symbols · pollution

The newest BP commercial … a must see, must share item …

May 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Consider rating it up at YouTube so more people will see it …

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Tags: Energy · OilApocalypse · oil · political symbols · pollution

“The chant is Drill, Baby, Drill …” vs “The answer is blowing in the wind …”

May 13th, 2010 · No Comments

The contrasts are stark.
The week when Deepwater Horizon blew was also the week in which Interior Secretary released the (hopefully) decisive decision to give the go-ahead to Cape Wind. Stark choice: do we want to drill aggressively, increasing the risks of massive oil damages to our oceans and costs or do we want to seed [...]

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Tags: Energy · Gulf Oil Spill · OilApocalypse · political symbols · politics · pollution · sarah palin

Back to basics … principles matter

April 29th, 2010 · 2 Comments

In the will they, won’t they, those fighting for climate change mitigation wait to see whether Kerry-Graham-Lieberman will drop a climate bill and, if they do so, what will it contain.
There are many ways to judge what comes out but the simplest and, for me, most important is to consider basic principles. At their core, [...]

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Tags: Energy · Global Warming · climate change · climate legislation · political symbols · politics · pollution

“If the glove won’t fit …” Deniers advocates vs skeptical scientists

February 25th, 2010 · No Comments

Bill McKibben’s LATimes OPED today makes a searing, and truthful, analogy. The title gives it away
The O.J. tactic
Climate change skeptics sound like Simpson’s lawyers: If the winter glove won’t fit, you must acquit.
Opinion
Yes, those who are fighting so mightedly to confuse the public about the state of climate scientists are like OJ Simpson’s lawyers. They [...]

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Tags: Global Warming · climate change · climate delayers · environmental · global warming deniers · political symbols

The political and practical necessity for bold action … not tactical retreat

February 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments

The Obama Administration seems to be pulling back, on front after front, in the face of economic challenges, sobering poll numbers, and steadfast Republican obstinacy. Whether on health care, jobs promoting legislation, EPA regulation of pollutants, and/or energy/climate policy, the political powers that be within the Obama White House have determined that ‘tactical retreats’ toward [...]

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